I think in the early days of RGB being broadcast on ITV/CITV, they skipped it for some reason… As we didn’t have it on our Betamax/VHS recordings in those early years, and we were pretty good at taping the episodes when they aired.
I do remember that it eventually did get broadcast (and we taped it) around the time that CITV was showing episodes like The Grundle and Standing Room Only, which seemed a little jarring, given Lorenzo and then later Arsenio departed the voice cast, and Janine was undergoning her Q5 revamp. I think Lost and Foundry might’ve also been aired around this time as well.
I’ll definitely be getting the two-packs… The Ghostbusters are the best execution of the cartoon designs that have ever been produced, and finally getting official large-scale figures of Samhain, Boogieman, and other notable ghosts is a dream come true.
Sandman seems like a clear partner for Winston. I’m not too sure about Ray, though the Keystone Ghost from Bustman’s Holiday would work as the mini-ghost accessory. If a big ghost with a specific tie to Ray can’t be found (as cool as the Winged Puma would be, I think the reduction in size so it can fit in the packaging would make it less likely), then I’d be happy with the Grundle being his big ghost accessory.
That’s all the major ones that could work as figures off the top of my head. I’m sure I missed plenty but the later episodes I kind of ignore, including Peoplebusters…
Nobody want’s Doc Holiday, or the Earp brothers? Heck I’d love to see the figures made if not to ■■■■ off the modern day Clantons. They like to revise history in favor of the Clanton Gang in Tombstone. But yeah, I’d love to see Mondo take a shot at the People busters. (See what I did there?)
You know what I haven’t seen mention of at this point, and it’s probably a pipe dream considering that no RGB licensee seems to have done anything since Mattel, but…you know? this lady was kind of a big deal in that show? Make a great two-pack with the lotsabucks or the Genie.
Heck, I wouldn’t care, but I know there are people who’d probably like this schmuck with Dr. MacCatheter or the Ghostmaster or something?
I can see Janine either packaged with the Genie (which version though? The goggle-wearing Paul Lynde version, or the demonic dog version? I’d be tempted to go with demonic dog), or Proteus, seeing as she defeated him single-handedly. I’d imagine Mondo would have her in her office attire, but if they went the uniform route, I’d almost be tempted to go with the uniform scheme she when her dream self fought the Sandman.
They should do two versions of Janine. One in her office attire, and one in her uniform. A second version of Winston while packaging them both with different variants of the Sandman. Maybe for the second run we get Winston in his baseball gear.
I’d still like to have the option of being able to buy both separately at half the cost. They could always switch it up by packing the single figures with display pieces or parts of a figure to build an exclusive Ghost. There would probably be those of us who would by the 2 pack line, and the single line just to get those extra pieces or exclusive ghost.
