# Toy/Merch Speculation **URL:** \ **Category:** Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)\ **Created:** [August 13, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/toy-merch-speculation/5400 "2019-08-13T13:42:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![craigtheowl1](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/craigtheowl1/32/4016_2.png) [@craigtheowl1](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/craigtheowl1)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/toy-merch-speculation/5400/1 "2019-08-13T13:42:49Z")
I figured this would eventually be a thread, so here we go! We know that [Mattel](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/toys/mattel) has has the master toy license for the last decade, and to everyone’s knowledge, that deal is still in place? Are we expecting a great line of figures from this new movie? The ATC line was pretty underwhelming and kind of sputtered out quickly; do we think that GB20 has the potential to launch a succesful on-going line of figures like Jurassic World? ---
**Author:** ![RedSpecial](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/redspecial/32/3978_2.png) [@RedSpecial](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/RedSpecial)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/toy-merch-speculation/5400/2 "2019-08-13T13:51:29Z")
It really depends how well received the movie is. If it hits the mark with fans they’ll clamour for tie in merch and the line could have decent longevity with multiple waves across various licensee’s If its a lukewarm reception or worse , it’ll likely fizzle out pretty quickly after an initial wave of merch. ---
**Author:** ![alphagaia](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/alphagaia/32/180447_2.png) [@alphagaia](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/alphagaia)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/toy-merch-speculation/5400/3 "2019-08-13T15:27:02Z")
I’ll get a new [Ecto-1](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/uncategorized/ecto-1) with chasing roller granny day 1. For my kid obviously. So I’ll get two. ---
**Author:** ![tylergfoster](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/tylergfoster/32/3977_2.png) [@tylergfoster](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/tylergfoster)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/toy-merch-speculation/5400/4 "2019-08-13T15:29:37Z")
It’s hard to say not knowing what the movie will be like. I feel like this is going for something different tone-wise, so the kind of toys they made for 2016 might not totally apply. I’m a big Funko Pop! guy, so I’m hoping for some of those (maybe they can do _[Ghostbusters II](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/games/ghostbusters-ii-activision)_, as well…). ---
**Author:** ![wafflerobot](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/wafflerobot/32/187360_2.png) [@wafflerobot](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/wafflerobot)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/toy-merch-speculation/5400/5 "2019-08-13T15:46:03Z")
I hope they release a rusted/ beaten up looking Ecto 1 as we’ve been seeing in the trailer and leaked images. ---
**Author:** ![icecoldinalex](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/icecoldinalex/32/187225_2.png) [@icecoldinalex](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/icecoldinalex)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/toy-merch-speculation/5400/6 "2019-08-13T15:59:14Z")
I’d imagine Playmobil will probably get something out to coincide. ---
**Author:** ![cosmobubba](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/cosmobubba/32/181875_2.png) [@cosmobubba](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/cosmobubba)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/toy-merch-speculation/5400/7 "2019-08-13T20:13:04Z")
I’m hoping for more Ecto Cooler, personally. ---
**Author:** ![alphagaia](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/alphagaia/32/180447_2.png) [@alphagaia](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/alphagaia)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/toy-merch-speculation/5400/8 "2019-08-13T20:38:47Z")
Am I the only one who does not care for ecto cooler? Maybe it’s because we never had it in the Netherlands, but it seems just such a trivial thing to want. ---
**Author:** ![910dohead](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/910dohead/32/38855_2.png) [@910dohead](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/910dohead)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/toy-merch-speculation/5400/9 "2019-08-13T21:17:02Z")
I can’t speculate on what will be made in the toyline because I know very little about who is who or what is what in the new film. However, I do know which company has the rights for the movie toyline. If the upcoming movie is actually great and satisfies the fandom, then the toyline is also going to be as equally amazing. Another revival of Ecto Cooler would also be great, but they really would need to do a better job of distributing it. It really was a pain in the ass trying to find it. Then when it seemed to have disappeared from shelves, all of the sudden 99 cent stores literally had pallets and pallets of the stuff priced to fly out of the door. I wasn’t complaining but the stock was weeks away from the printed expiration date. ---
**Author:** ![tylergfoster](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/tylergfoster/32/3977_2.png) [@tylergfoster](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/tylergfoster)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/toy-merch-speculation/5400/10 "2019-08-13T21:29:31Z")
Bring back the marshmallow Twinkies! ---
**Author:** ![cosmobubba](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/cosmobubba/32/181875_2.png) [@cosmobubba](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/cosmobubba)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/toy-merch-speculation/5400/11 "2019-08-13T23:59:27Z")
[quote=910dohead post\_id=4922464 time=1565731022 user\_id=36345]Another revival of Ecto Cooler would also be great, but they really would need to do a better job of distributing it. It really was a pain in the ass trying to find it. Then when it seemed to have disappeared from shelves, all of the sudden 99 cent stores literally had pallets and pallets of the stuff priced to fly out of the door. I wasn’t complaining but the stock was weeks away from the printed expiration date. [/quote] I’ll second that, if only because I never did see Ecto Cooler in stores. I bought a few cans from the local Cinemark theater during a screening of the original movie, and I managed to get two cases of juice boxes from the Western Kentucky Ghostbusters franchise at a local convention, and that’s all I ever saw. ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/188026_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/toy-merch-speculation/5400/12 "2019-08-14T00:57:51Z")
Maybe a Playmobil set or two to coincide. I’d love to see Lego release a tie in, in follow-up to previous sets, and it’d be a lot of saved work: re-release the [Ecto-1](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/uncategorized/ecto-1) with rust stickers, a bit of tweaking on the driver side for the chair/door features, with minifigs of the most important characters, and maybe paired up with whatever they’re trying to bust in the chase sequence. I bet we’ll get a die-cast replica of the run-down Ecto-1, probably Hotwheels/Johnny Lightning, maybe one of the bigger releases as well. ---
**Author:** ![spaceballz](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/spaceballz/32/187389_2.png) [@spaceballz](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/spaceballz)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/toy-merch-speculation/5400/13 "2019-08-14T01:57:03Z")
> [@Alphagaia post\_id=4922459 time=1565728727 user\_id=46289](#): > > Am I the only one who does not care for ecto cooler? > > Maybe it’s because we never had it in the Netherlands, but it seems just such a trivial thing to want. Im not gonna lie, the taste isn’t the greatest. I think people mostly love it for nostalgic purposes. If they re-release the Ghostbusters cereal I’d buy it in a heart beat and squint whilst I choke down the bran and sugar but smile on the inside . ---
**Author:** ![glenn-frederick](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/glenn-frederick/32/188091_2.png) [@glenn-frederick](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/glenn-frederick)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/toy-merch-speculation/5400/14 "2019-08-14T19:36:35Z")
Not to make this thread completely about ECTO Cooler but it was a popular drink years before Coca-Cola slapped the word “ECTO” and a picture of [Slimer](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/characters/slimer) on the box. It used to be called Citrus Cooler so it wasn’t just a marketing plan to make a Hi-C Ghostbusters drink, it has its Fans! ---
**Author:** ![guitar1036](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@guitar1036](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/guitar1036)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/toy-merch-speculation/5400/16 "2019-08-14T21:20:23Z")
@cosmobubba - One can never complain when Ecto Cooler is back on the shelves. @spaceballz - GB cereal coming back would be amazing! ---
**Author:** ![deadderek](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/deadderek/32/98787_2.png) [@deadderek](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/deadderek)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 6:22am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/toy-merch-speculation/5400/17 "2019-08-15T06:22:00Z")
Oh boy someone dropped the ball on the distribution of Ecto Cooler in 2016 that’s for sure. Hopefully they do better this time around. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Seth\_Rex](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@Seth\_Rex](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Seth_Rex)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/toy-merch-speculation/5400/18 "2019-08-15T16:17:51Z")
I would like a proper Ecto 1 to go with the new movie. The one for ATC was a bit TOO kiddy, and that’s saying something considering Playmobil made 2 perfect Ectomobiles. ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/188026_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/toy-merch-speculation/5400/19 "2019-08-15T17:32:59Z")
> [@Seth Rex](#): > > I would like a proper Ecto 1 to go with the new movie. The one for ATC was a bit TOO kiddy, and that’s saying something considering Playmobil made 2 perfect Ectomobiles. Do you mean the one with the [Slimer](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/characters/slimer) figure? The LEGO and matchbox renditions were pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Seth\_Rex](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@Seth\_Rex](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Seth_Rex)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/toy-merch-speculation/5400/20 "2019-08-16T16:11:35Z")
> [@Kingpin post\_id=4922576 time=1565890379 user\_id=76](#): > > > [@Seth Rex](#): > > > > I would like a proper Ecto 1 to go with the new movie. The one for ATC was a bit TOO kiddy, and that’s saying something considering Playmobil made 2 perfect Ectomobiles. > > Do you mean the one with the Slimer figure? The LEGO and matchbox renditions were pretty good. Yeah, that one. ---
**Author:** ![ghoulishfright](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@ghoulishfright](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ghoulishfright)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/toy-merch-speculation/5400/21 "2019-08-18T02:36:33Z")
> [@Alphagaia post\_id=4922459 time=1565728727 user\_id=46289](#): > > Am I the only one who does not care for ecto cooler? > > Maybe it’s because we never had it in the Netherlands, but it seems just such a trivial thing to want. Of course you would think that if you’ve never had it. Ecto Cooler is like the nectar of the gods! It tastes kinda like Mountain Dew, but more orangey and smooth. Plus, it’s the principle of the thing. Discontinuing Ecto Cooler has been the single greatest snack injustice of the last century. [Next page](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/toy-merch-speculation/5400.md?page=2)