[ShabbyBlue]

When Mattel rolled out that Ecto-1 kickstarter in 2012 or 2013 their excuse at the time was that it was the only way we could get one since there was no new movie to support it at retail (or the 6" line itself). But they didn't put much effort in promoting it online, set the goal ridiculously high, and didn't run it long enough for it to draw attention and suceed. It's no wonder it failed. They seem to be repeating that with this ring too.

And yet a few years later when the 2016 film came out, they didn't bother putting out the Ecto-1 then when they had a new movie to "support it at retail". However, they DID put out repacks of their original film Ghostbusters at retail alongside the new female-GB line. Kind of a slap in the face to those of us who originally supported buying them online thru Mattycollector before that and tried to support the Ecto-1 kickstarter. So yeah, kind of hypocritical of Mattel.

And now with Hasbro holding the license and a new GB film coming this year, heavily playing on the nostalgia of the original film, it's surprising they won't put out a 1/12 scale Ecto-1 to go with all their 6" plasma line figures. It would surely sell well and could probably be offered at mass retail at a reasonable price. If they can re-release the Real Ghostbusters Ecto-1 as a Walmart exclusive AND put out a new cartoony Ecto-1 for their new 5" Ghostbusters line (which I've seen several times this week at Target stores), then it makes no sense why a movie accurate version can't be done too since it wouldn't be that much bigger than the Real GB or 5" Toon versions.