# Long-time fan getting back into the game **URL:** \ **Category:** Introductions\ **Created:** [June 6, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/long-time-fan-getting-back-into-the-game/24860 "2012-06-06T17:03:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VanHelsing](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@VanHelsing](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/VanHelsing)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/long-time-fan-getting-back-into-the-game/24860/1 "2012-06-06T17:03:05Z")
Greetings, everyone. Allow me to introduce myself… My name is Jeffrey Wade and I am located in the western suburbs of Chicago. Among other things, I am an actor, artist, author, costumer and historical reenactor. Is that enough? Do I need to supply more detail? I have filled other online forums with photos and details of my various interests and exploits, but I presume you would be much more interested if I concentrated my remarks about Ghostbustercentric issues… My long-time interest and informal studies into the paranormal (supernatural, unexplained phenomena, occult, etc.) rivals that of Dan Akroyd, with a personal library on the subject to match. That means that when I first sat through _\*Ghostbusters \*_in 1984, the movie resonated something within me unlike any before it. No previous movie had so well treated pseudoscience in such a realistic and honest manner – it was the movie that I would have wanted to make, had I the ability/resources/wherewithal to do so. I would love to gush here and now about my 1984 reaction to the attention given to detail, minutiae, terminology, etc., but I imaging that such a conversation would seem rather unimportant, or even quaint, 28 years later. I raised my step-son on _[The Real Ghostbusters](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/games/the-real-ghostbusters-activison)_, which allowed me the justification to watch (and endlessly re-watch) all the episodes and collect all the toys – most of which I still have. The first Ghostbusters costume I made was in 1989, although it was for my four-year-old. The costume marked my first attempt at cross-stitching: I hand-embroidered a 3/4 size GB logo patch for my son’s costume, as well as a full-size patch for myself. _Yadda yadda yadda…_ Have I bored you yet? Despite my passion about costuming and prop creation since the mid '70s, I never came back to make my long-anticipated Ghostbusters uniform – until now. In preparation for the strong Ghostbusters theme of this year’s **\*\*Cyphan \*\*** convention (27-29 July 2012 - [http://www.cyphan.com](http://www.cyphan.com)), I have been dusting off my long-shelved plans and pulling out the half-assembled prop components so I don’t get shown up by people who weren’t even _\*born \*_in 1984. I’ll come back and post photos… P.S. – **\*\*A note to the Forum Administrators \*\*** – during the New Member Registration process, the anti-robot question requires you to accurately answer the question: _“Who Ya Gonna Call?”_ It took me TWO tries, as the system does not accept the screen-accurate response “ **He-Man**.” Really? How disappointing… but I guess you had to make a decision on this one. ---
**Author:** ![VanHelsing](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@VanHelsing](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/VanHelsing)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/long-time-fan-getting-back-into-the-game/24860/2 "2012-06-06T20:01:31Z")
Here’s a montage of 1989 photos of my son wearing the Ghostbusters costume I made for him – ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/3/2/3263355e9f19187fa010e7d363773a7455359b07.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![KCGhostbuster](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/a9a28c/32.png) [@KCGhostbuster](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/KCGhostbuster)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/long-time-fan-getting-back-into-the-game/24860/3 "2012-06-06T20:16:44Z")
Welcome to the forum, we’re glad to have you. ---
**Author:** ![VanHelsing](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@VanHelsing](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/VanHelsing)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/long-time-fan-getting-back-into-the-game/24860/4 "2012-06-13T20:51:55Z")
Here’s a shot of my newest outfit… ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/7/c/7c22c85c0b6e1efe2ac405dd26367040e11e1038.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![aj-quick](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/aj-quick/32/187072_2.png) [@aj-quick](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/aj-quick)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/long-time-fan-getting-back-into-the-game/24860/5 "2012-06-15T18:16:41Z")
> [@VanHelsing](#): > > P.S. – **\*\*A note to the Forum Administrators \*\*** – during the New Member Registration process, the anti-robot question requires you to accurately answer the question: _“Who Ya Gonna Call?”_ It took me TWO tries, as the system does not accept the screen-accurate response “ **He-Man**.” Really? How disappointing… but I guess you had to make a decision on this one. Another joke you probably didn’t have to make/explain. Because.. “He-Man” is a valid response during the registration process. ---
**Author:** ![VanHelsing](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@VanHelsing](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/VanHelsing)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/long-time-fan-getting-back-into-the-game/24860/6 "2012-06-15T21:36:37Z")
I wasn’t making a joke, I was stating a fact. “He-Man” was not accepted. Sent from my DROID2 using Ghostbusters Fans on Android ---
**Author:** ![VanHelsing](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@VanHelsing](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/VanHelsing)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/long-time-fan-getting-back-into-the-game/24860/7 "2012-09-03T15:41:08Z")
I finally dug out my old license plates; thought I would share a photo – . ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/b/b/bb5a51b5811cc957902031730c3345a4a04ae32a.jpeg) Yeah, that was me advertising _“I am a huge Ghostbusters fan”_ to every other driver on the road for more than ten years.