Hasbro's Real Ghostbusters Slimer and Stay Puft Kenner Classics IN HAND review!

[@SONICR2K]

Your 87 StayPuft is just a little warped, from either storage or production. Using near boiling water to soften him, and reset his molding before you shove him in a freezer for a couple mins to bring his temp back down to hold the stance. Also if you sit the 87 figures outside for 8hrs a day for at least a week, it'll help restore their colors from the yellowing that happened from hot storage and CFL lighting.

[@Robert-nu4vc]

Yeah, heating up, re-shaping, and cooling down works good for figures and accessories. I had a couple LJN Thundercats Lion-O swords that were warped, and I heated them up near a space heater and reshaped them and then let them cool, and they are nice and straight again.

[@coltrider666]

So excited for these. Still got my old Slimer and some of the figures, def. will get the whole set. Hasbro made em close enough for a nice shot of that nostalgia feeling

[@GeekDadLife]

They are a great shot of nostalgia for sure!

[@catherinefan32]

Man I love this Slimer figure. I’m so glad they reissued it.

[@joshuahawkins2743]

I still have both of them originals from the 80's open box of course when you are a kid you know you are gonna open them

[@lordfartquadbeanz2002]

One other thing,both my kenner green ghost and staypuft looked quite old and likely discolored, and i found that magic eraser worked wonders!!!

[@lordfartquadbeanz2002]

Mcdonough walmart has peter,egon,ray,and winston,as well as green ghost and staypuft too,they were practically falling off the shelf the day i went! They were 12.99 ea. and well worth that price for the nostalgia alone!!

[@thefont9]

You know I gotta say, I like the new version. Stay puft can never be too big!

[@GeekDadLife]

Haha I agree! Would love a comic con exclusive huge version of the kenner mold.

[@thefont9]

Geek. Dad. Life. Seems like that would be a fun third party idea like that 2x ghost that goes with Ecto 1.

[@GeekDadLife]

@@thefont9 He's doing more of the first wave companion ghosts, I can't wait to get mine. I think pre-orders are still up.

[@lordfartquadbeanz2002]

@@GeekDadLife that would be EPIC!!! Especially if they made him more in scale with the kenner rgb firehouse!!!

[@Takeshi357]

@@thefont9 Didn't someone make an official Stay Puft who was like 2 feet tall or something? I just vaguely remember seeing a really big one in an open box.

[@seanschops3172]

Hi, I have 3 walmarts all about a mile or 2 from my house in different directions. One store had a shelf full of just slimmer and stay pufft and the other 2 had full shelves of the heros. I was able to purchase 2 of each from the collection, one set to display on card and the other set for my son to open and play with.

[@GeekDadLife]

Glad you got to find them! It's so crazy how these have been popping up so randomly and at different times.

[@thestaypuftmarshmellomenra3717]

I just ordered my stay puft yestarday it was only 22 dollars plus shipping cant wait!

[@DR676767]

These and the swamp thing toys were the coolest

[@deszaras3]

Oh how I wanted these when I was a kid

[@GeekDadLife]

Hopefully you can get them now!

[@ronp774]

Hey buddy I finally found stay puft and slimer this morning I was so happy

[@GeekDadLife]

YES! Glad you got them!

[@colt5189]

I stopped by a few different WM's, and one had all 4 Ghostbusters, but didn't have Slimer or Stay Puft. Looks like just random WM's got boxes of these Ghostbuster reissues. Though I say "reissues", they are more like recreations as it's apparent they built new molds for these.

[@GeekDadLife]

Hopefully we'll see more and more over time. The pre-orders don't ship till early June. And you're 100% right on these being new figures.

[@colt5189]

@@GeekDadLife I originally had these Ghostbusters and the Wave 2 of Star Wars retro figures all on preorder. But cancelled a month or so ago when it appeared the 2nd plague was spreading and everything was shutting down. But I've since got most of Wave 2 and most of these Ghostbusters figures picked up from random WM's before even the pre-orders have gone out.

[@luzrodriguez7251]

Loved this review!

[@GeekDadLife]

Thank you!

[@80sfreak42]

Love this...I has both of these in the 80s....

[@alanszteoh]

Hey, what stand do you recommend to display Slimer ?

[@ruthcranston5659]

Got nearly every vintage toy and the slimer plus the four heros

[@blacksmith6125]

Great video! I’m a subscriber 100% I’m not a fan of the new hard Slimer, but it’s possible the chemical for the softer feel is not a healthy option🤣 Discovered your channel while looking for the complete cartoon series for my son, unfortunately the current DVD collection is missing episodes. I’m looking into the ITunes digital series!

[@ChitChatGaming]

My friend found all the heroes for me but yeah, no green ghost or stay puft yet.

[@doctorgoodguy1]

Stay Puft seems the most changed of all the figures.

[@GeekDadLife]

Yeah I think so, It's verrrrry different.

[@ghostbusterspluscollector9624]

Hey! Love your channel and collection. May I ask you where you got your clear figure stands for your Real Ghostbusters figures? Thanks!

[@GeekDadLife]

Thank you so much! I love "Star Stands" that a friend of mine Iain makes. It would be the vintage kenner style with the wider base. www.ebay.com/str/iainitfcusa But any vintage kenner figure stand will work with Ghostbusters figures. (luckily kenner made them all the same from Star Wars, GB, Batman and more!)

[@ghostbusterspluscollector9624]

Geek. Dad. Life. Awesome! Thanks really appreciate it!!

[@colinj5291]

Slimer did not have an official name in the 1984 film, rather he was just called the "green ghost". He was given the name during the cartoon, and this carried over into Ghostbusters II. So he is now known as Slimer in pop culture. That's probably why the figure was called "Green Ghost".

[@GeekDadLife]

Yes at first they didnt have the slimer name, but if you notice they had Green Ghost copyrighted, but Slimer was never copyrighted on the Kenner Packaging, through the whole line. So it kind of a Shazam Captain Marvel thing.

[@grecofabulous]

Do you have any idea if Walmart has these listed under the same price tag/master sku as the other ghostbusters figures? Or what the shipping packaging says on the outside? I know that the original 4 ghostbusters all have unique UPCs, but ring up under the same master SKU. Every Walmart I've been to has the same price sticker on the hooks and doesn't differentiate between the Stay Puft/Slimer pack vs the Ghostbusters one

[@GeekDadLife]

They have the same master SKU at checkout, so they should be the same.

[@handsomehanson4657]

Are they still in stores ore have they already been sold out?

[@GeekDadLife]

They are still in stores, popping up across the US

[@handsomehanson4657]

@@GeekDadLife Ok thank you, I hope the four ghostbusters are still available

[@tayvenponder]

I got the slimer and stay puft and I’m trying to decide if I should open them or keep them sealed. What would you recommend?

[@GeekDadLife]

Well if you already have vintage ones, then opening is not as much of a need unless you want them for your kids to play with, or you want to display the new ones and keep the vintage ones safe somewhere else, or maybe your vintage ones have seen better days? But I do see these being good to open if you're giving them to your kids to play with, or maybe wan some vintage RGB goodness for your office desk.

[@therealivydawg]

Never had a StayPuft. still have the slimmer

[@M.H.I.A.F.T.]

The more I think about these rereleases, the more convinced I become that the orignal moulds must be lost or worn out; if they weren't then presumably it would be cheaper and easier to reuse them than to reverse engineer new sculpts (?)

[@GeekDadLife]

Maybe? Who knows how much they have saved from the Kenner archives? Would love to do a interview with someone on the Hasbro Ghostbusters team.

[@nolove175]

Found both today 3 of each.

[@GeekDadLife]

Nice! They seem to be popping up a lot!

[@shanemarten]

after 3 decades, i confirm the slimer i bought in a general store as a kid was a knock off, from this video review...same packaging but the Slimer figure was plasticy...id definitely get this one to close that book right...

[@christphern]

I’ve yet to find any of them. Been using BrickSeek, and even at the stores they’re supposed to be in stock at, nothing. I swear I recall the Slimer being more rigid in the 80s. I definitely had one with a broken inner mouth, anyway. I feel like it might have been something they changed in later releases or has changed over time.

[@GeekDadLife]

It's funny how memory works, I always remember the Slimer feeling this way, maybe our hands got stronger over the years, 3 year old me would have a tougher time than 30 something year old me lol

[@christphern]

Geek. Dad. Life. Well, again, it could be something that changed over time, or something that was different from factory to factory. I remember taking the tail off Slimer and having a hell of a time getting it back on. I don’t think I’d have that issue with the softer ones.

[@GeekDadLife]

@@christphern That's very true, there were always factory variants back then and probably now.

[@Grandmaster-ry1uz]

I love those

[@kellyfeutz1735]

I couldn't find slimer at Wal-Mart or on the website. Stay puff was on the website but out of stock. Like if you ran into this problem.

[@thatretrogeek.]

Im a kid and umm I have all the originals apart from 6 I have been collecting alot

[@Gbusted]

Are they going to produce more sets, the supply is so high, these things are completely sold out?!?!

[@GeekDadLife]

Hasbro has said they have made what they're going to make, so once these are gone they're gone. But! That doesn't mean they can do more runs in the future, maybe with the different style card backs?

[@impala359]

Whats this talk about preorder? I want to get them for retail and not this secondary market scalper bs

[@GeekDadLife]

They went up for pre-order in late February and early march on Walmart.com They are sold out now though.

[@impala359]

Geek. Dad. Life. That is messed up i kept looking for updates on whether they were gonna be preordered. How could I have missed it.

[@80sfreak42]

@@impala359 I went through Ebay cause every walmart was sold out...i paid 92 dollars for the first wave figures only...it sucks cause they're only 14.99 retail for each one...now I just need the slimmer and the sat puft

[@impala359]

HUGO 562 I finally gave in and bought all 6 on ebay additional $40 + $12 shipping. I was burning gas and time searching. I had to go the ebay route before the prices skyrocketed.

[@GeekDadLife]

@@impala359 At the end of the day, that's not too bad considering your future time and gas saved :)

[@killerpitdbo]

I just wanted heroes. Don't want slimer or stay puft but that is all there is.

[@RicoToyComicsInc]

The new slimer has less teeth on the bottom