WHERE: Gallery1988 (East) 7021 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90038 OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, June 17, 7:00PM – 9:00PM HOURS: Wednesday to Sunday: 11am-6pm Monday to Tuesday: Closed This Friday, our friend and occasional co-conspirator Matt Skiff is having is having his very own solo art show at G1988 (East)! Entitled “Best Friends,” the show is […]
The Real Ghostbusters
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I could have sworn that I’ve seen this footage online before, but maybe I’m just crazy. Regardless, it’s totally worth checking out this unaired pilot for The Real Ghostbusters created by producer/director Richard Raynis and animators Kevin Altieri and Eddie Fitzgerald when pitching the show to ABC back in the 80s. Of course, the coolest […]
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LEGO sure does know how to make fans start frothing at the mouth in anticipation. With a little over a month left before it’s release, LEGO® Dimensions™ has been dropping one amazing tie-in after the next and yesterday proved to be no different with the announcement of several Ghostbusters expansion packs. These include a Level […]
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This week’s Fan Art Friday is brought you by the letters ‘J’ and ‘P,’ and the number 9. Specifically nine pieces of fan art by illustrator/designer Jake Parker (The Antler Boy) that take iconic Star Wars space ships and transforms them into hideous monsters. It sorta reminds me of those old ‘Haunted Vehicles’ from Kenner’s […]
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Teased this past weekend on Instagram, it would appear that terror titans Horror Decor and blogging fiend Freddy in Space have once again joined forces to unleash a dose of ectoplasmic nostalgia upon us all in the form of a citrus-scented Ecto-Cooler candle! A product tie-in for The Real Ghostbusters animated series, Ecto-Cooler (originally Citrus […]
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Tokyo Ghostbusters – The 1980s Anime As if they reached into my mind and fondled my pineal gland, those pranksters over at Nacho Punch decided to imagine what it would be like if The Real Ghostbusters had been a 1980s anime complete with yōkai (that’s Japanese for ghosts) and a special guest appearance at the […]
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[Welcome back to our Collector Spotlight feature where we spotlight members of the SKC community who have dedicated their time, money and living space to amassing an awe-inspiring collection of toys, games, pencil toppers or novelty soaps. If you collect it, are proud of it and want to share it this is your chance!] Name […]
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I had a few major loves as a child. These infatuations consisted of Batman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, G.I. Joe and The Ghostbusters. My toy box overflowed in a great abundance of toys from these lineups. In my younger years, though, Ghostbusters was my “main crush” (so to say) and the others were late night […]
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Re-makes are a hell of a tricky thing. Basically, you are trying to do something that’s already been done, which oftentimes includes tampering with an established idea or formula that is by default a product of its own time and bound to the culture in which it was created. During the 90’s many productions accomplished […]