[correction] This is the THIRD wave of TRU Ghostbusters minimates, not the second as I originally wrote. I’m not sure how the repackaged minimates will be counted.
Well, this just keeps getting better and better. Besides Diamond Select Toy’s intention to repackage, as TRU 2-packs, favorite figures from the first two waves of specialty shop Minimates, they’ve now announced the NEW figures that will be available as TRU-only 2-packs. These include;
-Ghostbusters 2 uniform Egon Spengler with the Titanic Ghost
-Courtroom Ray Stantz with a Scolari Brother (unknown which at this time.)
-Courtroom Egon Spengler with a Scolari Brother (unknown which at this time.)
-Vigo the Carpathian with World of the Psychic Peter Venkman, complete with Ira, the hairless cat!
In addition to these new sets, the wave 1 and 2 repackages will include;
- Library Ghost with GB1 Egon
- Slimed Peter and Slimer (Clear – with food in tummy)
- GB1 Ray and Staypuft
- GB2 Luis Tully with Slimer
That’s a lot of 2-packs to pick up this year!
[VIA GBFans and Toy News International)
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This is actually the third wave of TRU Minimates… not the second.
And they look amazing. Can’t wait.
Ira was the name of the stagehand or the director (I forget which), not the name of the hairless cat!
Well, now I know what I’m checking on tonight – I’ve always assumed it was “Gimme Ira.” not “Gimme [him/her/it], Ira.”
The Scoleri Brothers! Yay!
I cannot wait for these. Anyone else notice that the Scoleris are wearing the skullcaps/bands used with the electric chair? I thought that was a cool detail.
I also thought Ira was the name of the cat…
I think they finally nailed Egon’s hair with the courtroom figure. Now they need to do something about Ray’s…
WOW!!!!!!!!!! Very exciting !!!!!!!!!! I’m VERY impressed !!!!! You hit the nail on the head, Chris when you said this just keeps getting “better and better”. We have Egon and Ray in their courtroom suits n’ packs to compliment the Peter courtroom minimate. We have Peter, complete with hairless cat, from his World of the Psychic show. GB2 Egon with Titanic ghost. But, best of all VIGO and the SCOLERI BROTHERS !!!!! I’m already sold! Good show DST !!!!!
Fantastic. I’m glad we got a Ghostbusters II wave!
Yeah, I thought Ira was the name of the cat, too.
So, where’s Courtroom Winston?
HOORAY!!!
Looking over the IMDB page for GB2, we see:
Ira S. Rosenstein … Stage Manager (uncredited)
So this backs up my line of thinking that Ira is the name of the person who gives Peter the cat, not the cat itself.
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I’m not a big fan of these figures(I much prefer the Mattel line), but I’ll probably be picking up Egon and the Titanic ghost, to complement my Ray and Stay-Puft.
Wow! I named my hairless cat Ira for nothing!
I love the Scolari Brothers figures! The courtroom scene is my faverite from GB2.
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