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From GBFans: Hasbro brings back the Ecto-Glow Heroes for SDCC

Following a few teases/leaks in the past week or so, toy company Hasbro has revealed that it's next offering in the Ghostbusters Kenner Classics range will be a re-release of the Ecto-Glow Hero figures, as reported by Toy News International.

Originally released in 1991, the Ecto-Glow Heroes represented the final run of Real Ghostbusters figures from the original Kenner run, and featured the four Ghostbusters and Louis Tully in special glow-in-the-dark uniforms (including glowing mask accessories of their own heads), packaged with glowing ghosts and proton packs.

The 2025 versions of the Ecto-Glow Heroes (minus Louis)...

WHOO-HOO! This sounds awesome so far!!!

...are currently set to be an exclusive collectable at this year's San Diego Comic Con.

Final renders and further details, such as the retail price are expected to be released in the near future, however for comparison, the first wave of Kenner Classics figures retailed for around $14.99 each.

woo-hoo. This sucks.

This line was rather spottily distributed; I personally didn't even know they existed until I saw a guy at a comic show selling them for a big markup, around 1993 or so. I bought his Egon and Venkman, but he didn't come to the next show and I could never get Winston and Ray (or even Louis) back in the day.

Ah well, guess I can't complain too much about something I never had anyway, right?

--Fritz V. Baugh

The Real Ghostbusters 2024: The Sign Of The Twins, Part Four
June 20, 2024--Timeline Year Forty-Two
John Spengler reels from what Enrico Amore has told him--and the questions that are still unanswered. Meanwhile, what has got Slimer so completely freaked out?

--Fritz V. Baugh

Illustration by John Tobias, Rich Rankin, and Suzanne Dechnik

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So I want to wish everyone a Happy N...

Goddamn it, this year is going to suck with teeth, isn't it?

Speaking of things that suck, I have a new story to inflict upon you!!!

The Real Ghostbusters 2024: The Sign Of The Twins, Part Three
June 20, 2024--Timeline Year Forty-Two
As Eric, Marie, and TJ go on a bust, John has a meeting with the Dean of the Sons of Ether, a man who seems to have some surprsing knowledge of John's situation with the mysterious Children of Zodiac.

Have as safe and happy a Thirty Fifth Year of the Age of Aquarius as you can.

--Fritz V. Baugh