I have mentally committed

Seeing this photo (from Art Asylum) of the Ghostbusters minimates, in their packaging, has officially committed me to getting them. The packing is far too reminiscent of the old Ghostbusters boxes, and elicits such a happy feeling, that I'm going to have to get them. I might leave them in the boxes; we'll see how they look in person, and on a shelf. Not sure about paying a ton of money on eBay for them, but I'm willing to hit up TRU to see if they're there.

I've got the feeling I get when I'm excited about a new toy: I just want to drop what I'm doing and go out on a hunt. After finishing night float while doing OB/GYN, I used to stop at TRU, Target and Walmart on the way home (probably not safe to be driving after being up all night, but...whatever) to see if they had any new TDK Movie Masters. (In case you're wondering, they didn't.)

In other news, images of the Hot Toys Silk Spectre II have been revealed, and... I'm less than enthused. It's pretty much as I expected: she looks like a brunette Barbie doll in a Watchmen suit. I didn't expect much, and I'd imagine it is pretty difficult to make a female action figure that maintains 1) articulation, and 2) sexual appeal.

Not that I'd buy a female action figure because of its sexual appeal. I'm not that guy. But part of Silk Spectre's character is her (subtle?) abuse of her sexuality, and I think it's an important aspect of the notion of a female superhero that is never really addressed in mainstream comics.

We shall see what Hot Toys can manage to pull off for the other Watchmen figures, however. I'll never say never.