Stay Puft Marshmallow Bobble Head Review

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(More customer reviews)I've been on a bobblehead kick recently [thanks to Fallout 3], and while I don't like a lot of their work on action figures, NECA has a lot of very cool bobbleheads. When I saw that Stay Puft got immortalized in bobble-form, I hunted one down right away. This is probably my favorite one I own so far, and I can see why this guy's going for 2 or 3 times the original price. But there's one thing that keeps it from getting 5 stars, and it's the usual problem I have with NECA.
Mr. Stay Puft stands at about 8" tall and is made of the standard resin that most bobbleheads by NECA are. The sculpt is really good, and he's got an evil little face here, which is a nice change from the usual happy expression (though I would've been fine with that one too). He's molded in a walking pose, crushing a few cars on the base. It's a cool stand, and this is what I like to see rather than the basic empty bases that most other companies do. Stay Puft even has a real ribbon on his hat, but the one on his sailor...napkin...thing is part of the mold. He isn't necessarily a bobblehead since his head doesn't rock, but instead his body does, while his legs stay put. He works best rocking from side to side, and goes for a while before coming to a halt. 'really cool to see one of these go for so long!
So what's the problem if it looks so good? The paint. As soon as I got mine out of the box, I thought that some fan with no paint experience had done the work. NECA usually ends up using too much paint on their figures, killing the detail in the sculpts, but here, there were no clean lines. Blue paint from the sailor thing went into Stay Puft's chest, white paint from his head was in the bottom of his hat, etc. It's pretty ugly. That's one thing against me though for waiting on buying this and getting it offline instead of getting one in a store when it came out, when I could've inspected them on the shelf before buying. But from what I've seen, a lot of these guys have bad paint- even the one in the customer images.
One last thing I need to mention is that the spring and post inside Stay Puft's body that causes him to bobble, is very long, and there's a chance of him breaking at the post because of this. Just be careful that you don't rock him too hard, and that you hold him by the base with one hand and support the back or front with the other when you're moving him off a shelf because he could probably break if you tilt him in one direction for more than a few seconds.
Even with the poorly applied paint, this is a great bobblehead for any collector or Ghostbusters fan. And as long as you look around for a good price, you should be happy with the purchase. Now if only they made a Janine bobblehead too...

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Ghostbusters Mini Mates Sliimed Peter Venkman and Clear Slimer Review

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(More customer reviews)I've been meaning to buy some of the Minimates figures for a long time now, but unfortunately, most of the ones I wanted to get are long gone! My daughter's into Ghostbusters at the moment, and when she saw these "Lego Ghostbusters", she had to have them. After checking these things out when she wasn't looking, you know what? These are pretty cool toys. Even being as little as they are, any kid or adult collector is sure to get a kick out of these.
In this set you get the slimed version of Peter and the clear version of Slimer. Peter has a disgusted expression on his face and it looks great. He has green slime all over his jumpsuit, and comes with his Proton Pack, which has the gun portion that he can hold in one hand. He has pretty good articulation too, at the shoulders, elbows, wrists, head and legs. He even has little elbow pads that you have to move out of the way so you can bend his arms. I was surprised with how well they painted him, right down to the Ghostbusters patch on his sleeve. I know with these Minimates figures, you can mix and match parts with other Minimates. For example, you can take off Peter's hair and replace it with, say, Winston's. The only things to watch out for with him are the cord on the Proton Pack connecting to the gun part, since it's very thin plastic and could snap easily, and making sure that his limbs are all snapped in place so you don't lose anything. Finally, he comes with the laser stream for his gun so he can catch Slimer. I actually couldn't get mine to stay on the gun, but it's there!
The clear Slimer looks great, and I'm glad they made a new sculpt for him instead of just slapping the face on a regular Minimates body. There's the outer 'shell' for Slimer, which makes up his body, and it slides onto a Minimates body with the arms and head (where the shell snaps onto from the inside). He also comes on a clear plastic stand so it makes him look like he's floating around. The body also has some food painted on it, making it looks like how he did in the movie when he took in plate after plate of goodies. No complaints here at all- Slimer looks fantastic, and this is my favorite version of him from the Minimates series. He also has articulated arms like Peter, but that's it for obvious reasons.
Overall, these are really cool toys and I can't wait to buy my daughter, and myself, more! You can get a lot of good poses out of the basic Minimates body, and the different facial expressions in this Ghostbusters line makes for lots of display possibilities. The price is usually good too, provided you get these when they come out at retail, rather than paying inflated prices (hint hint). 'highly recommend these guys, and now I have to track down those Man With No Name ones...

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