My year of toy happiness has officially begun

Sorry it's been so long, to that one person out there who reads this blog (me). I'd explain why it's been so long, but you know already. So I'll dispense with that and move on to the awesome.

EGON IS HERE. Don't let me understate the amazingness that is that fact. Finally, after close to 18 years without a new Ghostbusters toy (excluding NECA, obviously, but 1) I didn't get them when they came out and 2) they didn't even have any Ghostbusters), I finally have a super-articulated Egon Spengler figure. The figure is great; his articulation is incredible, even better than the movie masters'. And Slimer is translucent, but the effect is increased because of some kind of layering done with the translucency. He's not just clear-- he looks like he's made of slime. So obviously, I'm incredibly excited that these figures turned out so well, and I can't wait until October when Ray comes out... because the Logo Ghost he comes with might be glow in the dark! It's like Mattel is reading my mind with this new line.

Speaking of glow in the dark, I found out the SDCC exclusive Peter/Stay Puft minimates set has a glow in the dark Stay Puft. How awesome is that?? I am trying to figure out how to justify spending the amount of money required to obtain him from eBay, which is annoyingly high. However, I did manage to find 3 TRU minimates sets (no Washington Square ghost or exploding Stay Puft... yet) and I got the series 1 box set online. They are pretty damn cool, and I'll be able to rest happy when I have the Washington Square ghost and possibly the glow in the dark Stay Puft. I'll put up pictures of those later.

12" Ray comes out next month, and I'm definitely looking forward to it. However, I discovered online a complete set of Fright Features Ghostbusters, MOC, currently at $40 bidding on eBay. I've been looking for that set for a while, and I think I'm at a point now where I can justify spending a wee bit more to get them (nothing will compare to the Super Fright Features, which I got MOC for $10 a piece... but I digress). Bidding ends on Saturday, and I think I'm going to commit to winning them, as long as the price doesn't get too absurd. I'll post all about that when/if it happens.

I'm slightly pissed that I have to wait until July 2010 for Peter, and that I'll be able to get Walter Peck (with containment unit!) before then, but that's okay. I'll be living in a new house, new state, with a new (real) job at that point, which is weird to think about, so I won't! Off to look at Egon some more.

AWESOME