Mystery solved – that other Stay-Puft we saw was the Diamond Select piggy bank. I know this now, as I’ve found a picture of the light-up Mr. Stay-Puft, and you can’t confuse the two.
What’s a bit of surprise is that Diamond Select was showing off their light-up Statue of Liberty. It’s not walking, no Ghostbusters peeping out of her crown, nothing to distinguish her from regular New York souvenirs. And for only $70, like the Stay-Puft and Slimer! A little card says it’s still pending licensor approval – I wouldn’t hold my breath that this goes into production, not without some sort of…
OK, Diamond, pay attention; Things You Can Do To Make This More Ghostbusters-centric. (cost not accounted for)
- Put in little Ghostbusters in her crown. Subtle, but still…
- Make the stand look like water, have her head and arm sticking out like in the movie, plus Ghostbusters in crown, which are easier to see at the larger scale. Flaming torch can still light up.
- Make her look like she’s walking, about to crush a police car.
- Make her look like she’s looming over the museum, which being covered in pink slime shell could also light up.
- Any and all of the above can play Jackie Wilson’s Lifting Me Higher.
Cheapest solution;
-Keep this statue mold, put her next to the key to the city ceremony at the end of GB2 with little people standing next to her.
But at this rate, you’re well on your way to another Ghostbusters Firehall Sign-type fiasco and cancellation.
Stay-Puft is due June 2011 and the Statue of Liberty, provided it goes ahead, is due October 2011 (Right. Spooky. Good thinking.)
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First off, in tossing my two cents in, I want to express my appreciation for the wealth of GB attention to products being produced. We didnt have this kind of attention a few years and I do not want to look a gift horse (ghost) in the mouth.
That said, that said… I think a fair amount of these “select” market toys are being lazily produced and essentially just rehashed. I understand that such tactics are often employed to generate sales, namely with kids toys. They see something slightly different, they want it. I dont agree with it, but hey, dont want – dont buy. WHICH is technically true for us with all this new stuff.
However, a lot of these new releases are guilty of some serious rehashing. Granted I get the collector mentality is not unlike that of a toy-hungry kid, but some of these new issues are really pushing it…
Again, dont want – dont buy… I just wish the people producing products for such a selective market weren’t so blatant about trying to snag ALL of our cash. </end rant
I dunno if its just the lighting of the picture but isnt the statue of liberty toy covered in pink slime? I still agree with you though, my favourite out of your suggestions would just be having the head and the arm coming out of water with the gbs inside.
No, the statue needs to play the Howard Huntsberry version of Lifting Me Higher like in the movie.
Now if they made a dancing toaster…that could play the Jackie Wilson version.
I’m gonna have to pass on all of the above.
In the 80s, those would’ve been alright…
Problem is, most GB fans are well into their 30ies now, and I don’t think we want kid-like merchandise.
They could bring back the Slimer bubblebath and Ecto-Coolers, while they’re at it.
No-prize for Mike.
It’s hard to say which one would be cheaper to license.
At least put the statue of liberty in a different pose then her norm. A pose of her at least “walking” and perhaps crushing a police car? For sure needs the guys in her crown. Still looks awesome tho…
happy stay puft head looks dumb
I sort of agree, I’m SO tired of these poses. Stay Puff isn’t bad, but the Slimer one I’ve never been thrilled with. I own both banks, and the Slimer one sort of annoys me, I’m not sure why but it seems like all this stuff uses that same image.
The Stay Puff stuff, really isn’t as bad. I guess because he’s always been one way, and you really can’t modify that much without seriously changing it, but slimer you could make thicker, lighter, etc. etc. drip with slime, have food inside him etc. etc. so I sort of feel like he has been getting shafted.
I wonder how bright they are, what color light is inside of them, that could make me decide on whether I get them or not.
Another thing is, if you already have the staypuft bank that glows in the dark, why do you need another 1 that lights up?
That Slimer looks horrible! If Steve Johnson were dead, he would be rolling over in his grave.
I’m sure at least a small (how small you ask? Heck if I know…) handful of folks would actually pay $70 for a cheap mini-Statue of Liberty even when you could just visit New York and probably pick one up at a gift shop for no more than $20, but I don’t think they’ll be able to – the pending license will probably be declined since Diamond Select Toys have been long beat when it comes to selling Statue of Liberty minis…
I really do like Mike’s idea; if it could just play the 80′s “Higher and Higher”, that wouldn’t require a lot of daring awesomeness, just a simple touch of unique…UNIQUE!