Real Ghostbusters Online takes us down memory lane with this wonderful unboxing video of the Real Ghostbusters Firehouse by Kenner.  The firehouse,  which has been in storage for nearly 22 years, was factory sealed is opened for the first time during the video.

Also, a friendly reminder, only 5 days remain to pre-order the Real Ghostbusters DVD collection before the 10% discount expires.

A trip down memory lane as we wait for Activision to decide how it should flush their only chance at redeeming their long history of publishing sub-par Ghostbusters video games.

Thanks to Lionheart from the Ghostbusters Message Board for spotting this new Ghostbusters t-shirt design, now available at Hot Topic.

While the shirt is not currently available online (only in Hot Topic retail stores), it may very well be added soon.

08/19/08 UPDATE: You can now order this shirt online at HotTopic.com.  Thanks to Ghostbusters.net members Edge and JamesCGamora for the tip.

The official Real Ghostbusters trailer that aired during the San Diego Comic-Con which includes on-air commentary from J. Michael Straczynski.  Just a friendly reminder, be sure to pre-order your collection before September 1st and save 10%!

The collection includes over twelve hours of bonus material including documentaries and twenty-one innovative on-camera commentary tracks featuring producers, writers, artists, voice actors, and other personnel. Also included is a never-before-seen promotional pilot, over eighty on-camera episode introductions, art and photo galleries, scripts, storyboards, informative booklets, and much, much more.  Don’t miss out!

Ghostbusters.net member Jason Lundy has produced something that ghostheads have been dreaming about for over a decade.  A 12″ Ghostbusters action figure based on the likeness of the characters from the original film.  Starting off with Ray Stantz, Jason has built the ultimate 12″ Ghostbusters figure.  Just look at it, this fan-crafted marvel glows in the dark!

As we have pondered in the past,  Murray, Aykroyd, Ramis, and Hudson are on board together for the first time since 1989, and Sony Pictures is heavily investing in the revival of the franchise through several products coming out later this year / early next.  It is certainly a possibility that we could see the real thing at some point.

Until then, why not give Jason a shout for his great work at the Ghostbusters Message Board.

MTV has an exclusive look at Ghostbusters: The Other Side, the new IDW comic that debuted at San Diego Comic-Con this week. Below is a quote from writer Keith Champagne, visit MTV for the entire scoop, along with some great hi-resolution art.

So we’re back about ‘89 or ‘90. The decade isn’t important so much as picking up with these characters before they were watered down in so many different incarnations between now and then. The Ghostbusters are flying high in the aftermath of defeating Gozer and Vigo. Enough so that the gang has caught the attention–and the ire–of a quartet of Ghosts that realize the Ghostbusters are getting a little too big for their britches, that the gang could become a threat to these particular ghosts way of un-life. And these ghosts look at guys like Gozer and Vigo as pansy ballerinas, and they decide to get rid of the Ghostbusters before the Ghostbusters can get rid of them.

What do you think of the new Ghostbusters comic?  Post your thoughts at the Ghostbusters Message Board.

This is it, this is definitely it!  If you’re a fan of The Real Ghostbusters, you’ve been waiting for this DVD collection, and it is finally here.

The 25 DVD box set will contain all Real Ghostbusters episodes, all Slimer! episodes, and over 12 hours of bonus footage which includes:

• The original promotional pilot for The Real Ghostbusters, NEVER BEFORE AIRED
• 21 on-camera Commentary Tracks with producers, voice actors, writers, animators and production personnel
• 5 exclusive Documentaries
• 86 Episode Introductions
• 16-page booklets include episode synopses, trivia, and art for every episode!
• Plus Scripts, Storyboards, Image Galleries, Music & Effects Audio Tracks, and Much More!
• Interviews with J. Michael Straczynski (Writer & Story Editor), Maurice La Marche (Voice Of ” Egon Spengler”), Laura Summer (Voice Of First “Janine Melnitz”), Kath Soucie (Voice Of Second “Janine Melnitz”), and Many Others

This is, without a doubt, the definitive collection of The Real Ghostbusters.  You can pre-order your copy before September 1st and save 10%.  The collection is scheduled to ship on November 15th.

Note, prior to publishing this article, I placed my order and was charged the full amount.  A simple call to customer service solved this issue.

TvShowsOnDVD.com is holding a contest to determine the art direction for the Real Ghostbusters DVD box set.  Please keep in mind that these are early concepts and may change.  

Voting ends this Friday, so as they say, vote early and often.

After watching those new Terminal Reality tech demos for Ghostbusters: The Video Game demos, and seeing all the new details on the equipment, I am reminded of how cool a new line Ghostbusters toys would be.  Other than the Real Ghostbusters (and to a lesser degree, Extreme Ghosbusters), the movie franchise has been seriously lacking in the toy department.  Sure, there were those Ghostbusters action figures a few years back.  But the line only consisted of the spooks, when in reality what we all REALLY want are the boys and their toys.

It isn’t due to lack of demand that we have no Ghostbusters toys currently displayed on our shelves or a top our computers.  Its a known fact that this is due to celebrity likeness and the lack there of.

It has been many a year and people have stopped expecting any Ghostbusters movie figures.  But then a new Ghostbusters game is announced.  And not just that!  This game has all the approved likeness of each actor!…including their voices!   Could this be true?  Have all actors dropped the iron curtain and their faces can now be on products?  Could this mean….*GASP*….there is the possibility of a toy company making action figures based on the new video game?!  Ultra detailed, super poseable renditions of our favorite characters with the classic pack, the revamped game pack, traps, PKE’s, goggles, THE WORKS!  Each figure could be packed with a spook from the game.  Each could have a piece of a charred, pissed off Stay Puft that you can assemble when you collect all the characters.  And if the Gods were smiling upon us, each figure could have a voice chip in it.

Can you imagine the glory of such figures?

Who knows.  Stranger things have happened.

Too Zuul For School

AnimeonDVD has full coverage of the TOKYOPOP Anime Expo Industry Panel, which included mention of Ghostbusters manga and a confirmed release slated for this October.

Ghostbusters, scheduled for an October release, is to coincide with the video game. Set in the timeframe of the video game, it is five separate stories by several artists including Yamashita, Johnson, Delk, Lorenzo, Shelfer, Watson, and Steinbach. Delk (AKA Chrissy Delk) was in TOKYOPOP’s Rising Stars of Manga.