Ghostbusters Minimates Series 3: Pictured are the two Scolari Brothers packs because those are the shortpacked ones from most TRU shipments. I managed to score these online, and they were sold out ONE DAY LATER. Sadly, I think the scalpers got most of them. I also got the other 2 packs and the video game assortment, but the photo didn't turn out and I am feeling lazy. Suffice it to say that Egon comes with a GIGA meter, World of the Psychic Peter comes with a hairless cat, and Vigo is just awesome (plus comes with an extra demon head).
Slimer from the 2nd wave of RGB ghosts (circa 1988) with the red variant proton pack: there are 2 versions of this guy, one with a blue proton pack and one with red. The blue one is the only one in all of the promo pics, so I was pretty excited to get the red one. Either way, though, this was another GB toy my cousin had that I always coveted. How could I not? It's Slimer! The package is a little beat up, though, with a dent/crack in the bubble and one corner slightly detached, but I think it's good enough for display purposes. Part of me really wants to open him up, but I've transformed into one of those weird MOC people... at least for the vintage carded things I own.
I also got the zombie monster, the only classic monster figure we didn't have as kids. His package is in pretty good shape, which is nice since I paid a whopping $6 for him. That's actually only a dollar more than what he would have cost in 1988. Awesome.Finally, I have completed the Gobblin' Goblins series by finally getting Nasty Neck. I did open him up but forgot to take a picture, so you get the stock photo of his packaging! This was a good find, too. I had a saved search on eBay for him, and he was the only one (aside from a Buy It Now from someone who thinks he's worth $50... nope).
As far as toys go, the Gobblin' Goblins are pretty useless (though Terror Tongue is pretty great). Nasty Neck's action feature is that he becomes tall, and "towers over the hero!" Despite that, I love the way they're designed. I guess "useless" is the wrong word, since all of these wonderful things I have are useless. Maybe I mean... they don't really do anything, and the things that they do are... lame. There, that's the word. Lame.
So there you have it: my new material possessions that bring me joy and love me when no one else will! (Just kidding, I swear I'm normal.) Which actually reminds me, I find it interesting that any time my friends come over (none of whom collects toys, by the way), they make a bee-line for the collection and stare at it, or pick stuff up and play with it a little bit, while my brother (who DOES collect toys, but not really in the same hardcore way that I do) only makes fun of me. Maybe my friends aren't comfortable making fun of me? Or maybe they, somewhere deep down, think it's a little bit cool? I don't know. I don't care, either. I love this goofy hobby. :)
