# Question about original RGB toy molds... **URL:** \ **Category:** Ghostbusters Cartoons\ **Created:** [March 18, 2007, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/question-about-original-rgb-toy-molds/2155 "2007-03-18T08:03:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![donkey8012](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/donkey8012/32/187682_2.png) [@donkey8012](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/donkey8012)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/question-about-original-rgb-toy-molds/2155/1 "2007-03-18T08:03:32Z")
Can someone please tell me why the original RGB figures ( and all of the spin-off figures that used the original molds) only had ONE elbow pad on their right arm? The only logical explanation I can come up with is that it was there because they held the [particle thrower](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/particle-thrower) on that arm and it would help “protect the Ghostbuster from recoil of the thrower”, if you will. Does anyone know why they don’t have both elbow pads? ---
**Author:** ![donkey8012](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/donkey8012/32/187682_2.png) [@donkey8012](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/donkey8012)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/question-about-original-rgb-toy-molds/2155/2 "2007-03-19T08:25:42Z")
Wow. Nobody knows why? Does anyone know what I’m talking about, or am I going crazy? ---
**Author:** ![keoni](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/a4c791/32.png) [@keoni](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/keoni)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/question-about-original-rgb-toy-molds/2155/3 "2007-03-19T11:56:27Z")
i know what you’re talking about and have wondered the same thing. but i have no idea why it was done that way ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/187259_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/question-about-original-rgb-toy-molds/2155/4 "2007-03-20T15:35:20Z")
> [@Donkey8012](#): > > Wow. Nobody knows why? Does anyone know what I’m talking about, or am I going crazy? That’s only really the sort of info you know for sure if you were able to talk to the sculptor… there’s two like reasons: 1. Like you mentioned, it was left off so the Pack guns could be worn. 2. The scultptor forgot to add a second elbow pad. ---
**Author:** ![jettajeffro](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@jettajeffro](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/jettajeffro)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/question-about-original-rgb-toy-molds/2155/5 "2007-04-04T01:33:21Z")
I just know that if I ever made RBG gear, I would only wear one elbow pad to see who would get the joke. ---
**Author:** ![Midcoast\_Ghostbuster](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Midcoast\_Ghostbuster](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Midcoast_Ghostbuster)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/question-about-original-rgb-toy-molds/2155/6 "2008-03-03T02:15:16Z")
Funny thing I read a while back on a now defunct Ghostbusters website, but I understand that [Kenner](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/real-ghostbusters/kenner-10410) made a run of [first series](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/toys/kenner/first-series) Winston figures with two elbow pads instead of just one, I have no idea if this variation was something common or not. ---
**Author:** ![fritz](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/fritz/32/10773_2.png) [@fritz](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/fritz)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/question-about-original-rgb-toy-molds/2155/7 "2008-03-03T02:32:28Z")
Since the Ghostbusters only wore the elbow pads on busts, maybe it was Kenner’s rather lame way of allowing them to look more “casual”, for those non-busting moments. … Nah, I got nothin’… ---
**Author:** ![80sguy](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/8/ecccb3/32.png) [@80sguy](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/80sguy)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/question-about-original-rgb-toy-molds/2155/8 "2008-03-03T03:50:53Z")
RGB Sculptor 1: There, it’s done. (sends it to the office) RGB Sculptor 2: Hey Jim, you forgot to sculpt the other elbow pad thing on the arm. RGB Sculptor 1: Ah, dammit! Oh well, not like anyones gonna care. … Ok, I’m out of ideas. Probably so the blaster can fit onto the arm like mentioned. Only logical explanation. ---
**Author:** ![Zack](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/f6c823/32.png) [@Zack](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Zack)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/question-about-original-rgb-toy-molds/2155/9 "2008-03-03T03:54:51Z")
> [@Donkey8012](#): > > or am I going crazy? _I_ don’t think you’re crazy. I noticed but I think I was always either mesmerized by each characters creepy eyes or noticing that the collars and trim weren’t colored like the cartoon. I really cannot complain about the figures at all though. They’re probably my favorite action figures of all time. The height and weight differences were there unlike the EGB figures where Kylie and Roland were the same height… :sigh: ---
**Author:** ![80sguy](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/8/ecccb3/32.png) [@80sguy](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/80sguy)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/question-about-original-rgb-toy-molds/2155/10 "2008-03-03T22:10:01Z")
> [@Zack](#): > > The height and weight differences were there unlike the EGB figures where Kylie and Roland were the same height… :sigh: Think that’s bad? Try getting 'em to stand up for more than a minute. Those packs weigh like a ton compared to the figs.