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Slimer Head Knocker

King Randor is back tonight with the follow up to his Stay Puft Marshmallow Man review - this time it's the Slimer! It's all yours, King!

Since its release in 1984, Ghostbusters has had probably one of the most successful, and most well-known franchises in existence. It’s had almost every piece of merchandise you could possibly think of, a movie sequel, and a cartoon spin-off( which had two of its OWN spin offs, the first two years later, and the second, 11 years later). However, the ONE thing the movies never DID have were the one things most fan boys and other geeks crave most of all: good toys- action figures, to be exact. Well, those are coming, finally, later this year from NECA. For now, however, they’ve decided to whet our appetites with the release of the Ghostbusters Body Knockers. The two to choose from are the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, and Slimer. This review is for Slimer.

Sculpting - ****
First, we’ll begin with the sculpt- ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL. I didn’t find a SINGLE problem with it, ANYWHERE. From the giant green glob that IS Slimer, to all that wonderful food sculpted onto his base, this is probably one of the most PERFECTLY done body knockers I’ve ever seen.

One minor side note, that I’d like to mention- Slimer IS a bit fragile, and be VERY careful upon opening him. Upon trying to get him out of his inner-plastic prison, he flew out of it, hit my desk, and his finger broke off. Luckily though, I was able to glue it back on with ease- from the pictures, you’d never even know it broke off- yeah, they did it JUST that good! Regardless, be EXTREMELY careful.

Paint - ****
Next, the paint job. For the most part, it’s priceless. There are some MINOR bleed issues in his gums, and with the food on the bottom, but for the most part, the piece was SO well done, you REALLY have to look for it to notice it- now THAT’S quality! Paint wash- they messed this up RIDICULOUSLY with Stay Puft. Slimer, however, they did it PERFECT. I’m literally mesmerized with the job they did on him. Seriously- you just CAN’T ask for more with this one!

Body Knocking Action - ****
Slimer can knock back and forth, shake and groove like it’s NOBODY’S business. And THAT’S one of the most important features for this piece!

Packaging - **
The packaging is much the same as with Stay Puft- unfortunately, not very eye-catching. It’s the type of packaging I’d expect to see for something in 1989, but not now. Keep your eyes peeled for these, when you go into stores. I found ‘em because I was putting out the freight at work. But I doubt most of YOU will be so lucky.

Overall - ****
This piece was perfect- just absolutely perfect in every way. The flaws that it DID have, in my opinion, are easily excusable. It was just THAT well done. Ok, NECA, we’ve seen what you can do with Ghostbusters, now please, I beg of you- give us the Scoleri Brothers, and Lord Vigo!

Where To Buy:
When I bought this piece, I was still working at Suncoast, so you’ll definitely wanna check there, as well as the other Musicland Affiliates. They have them for around $14.99 each, I believe. Not a bad value, really. Entertainment Earth currently has them for $16.99/piece. Amazon.com currently has them for $10.99 each!

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