[TimothyR]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

Unfortunately yes. The bottoms of their boots are not flat and while this is technically accurate to how shoes look in reality these toys aren't people so they can't shift their weight the way a person actually could. Combined with what I'd call loose ankle joints it means that, as I said, "he can't stand for shit on his own." When I first picked up Venkman it crossed my mind that I might want to get the other three but now I've had a hard enough time getting one Ghostbuster to stay up so I'm probably just gonna stick with Venkman on his own. I've gone through varying poses trying to get around the feet problem and the best I'm at now is a slightly squat position with the proton pack leaning against support.

I can't bring myself to dislike the figure though because it is still a solid representation of one of Murray's best/iconic roles. Also knowing Mattel couldn't do any better makes me feel better, I think.

looks wise i think they're great.. but QC, and functionality is what kills it for me. i think i'm going to try and figure out a way to flatten the bottom of the feet and perhaps chisel away at the inner elbows to give them better range when holding the wand.

i didn't realize mattel was also rereleasing the classic ghostbusters in stores.. i would've LOVED for them to give them their real ghostbusters color schemes.. i may have bought them if that were the case. but no, they're the standard releases without any accessories and a BAF piece to complete the "no ghost" symbol.

right now i have the DST ghostbusters displayed in a detolf.. but winston and egon are leaning against 1/6 clone troopers, ray has recently started leaning against the door.. and peter is actually standing on his own, but who knows how long that'll last.

it'd be different if the little black base's included with the toys r us releases actually worked. but they don't.

i'm just disappointed. there's just so much potential. i really don't understand the elbow choice either. i mean, if they weren't going to give them double joints, they could've at least improved the range of motion, but no. it's frustrating.

in my dreams.. hot toys would give us perfect 1/6 scaled versions of each ghostbuster, and figuarts would give us the real ghostbusters plus the bogeyman.