Courtesy of 2005 Board member Gepard we can share for you our first in-hand images of the new Transformers x Ghostbusters Afterlife Ectotron.
This figure is a retool and slight redeco of the original Ectotron figure. It comes in a blister with retro-packaging design and it includes the “Transformers Ghostbusters Ghosts of Cybertron” issue #01 comic with an exclusive cover plus Slimer and Masher ghost figurines. This figure features a new head-sculpt with “updated Ecto-Goggles” inspired by the movie and a some weathering paint apps.
Check out all the images on this news post and Gepard’s comments and review after the break. This figure is already out in the US exclusively at Target.
mx-01 archon
I don't know if the tolerances are any different on the Afterlife version to make it more difficult, but it pops right back in on the original. You might need to twist a bit as you push to get the rubbery peg seated, but it should eventually fit.
cyberpredicus
Hey guys, the latter popped out of the hole on mine and I can't get it to go back in, anyone have any advice on how to fix it?
pokemonsdoom
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this one has more going for it
oturan
Quality wise which should one get?
The original release or this retool?
Value for money put aside 1st.
pokemonsdoom
Oh could of been my post on the unicron thread.
Back to ectotron. Cool toy.
GAUGE
Btw once I managed to get it to vehicle mode which was a super easy transformation. though those soft rubber piece suuuuuuuuuuuuuuck omg.
But the car mode is so puuurdy. even with the messy poo poo stains on the hood.
GAUGE
Not sure, to be honest. That was some TFW thread that just happened to be on the screen when I took the photo. I don't recall which one. sorry man.
I never watched the vid. so not sure what it was.
pokemonsdoom
is that transformers Parody compilation i see on your screen?
Whatthechuck3
As I said mine has an issue with the backpack staying on (at all), but otherwise all the joints on my copy are super tight! It might be worth a return and swap if they have any more copies.
Soundwinder
Toss my hat into the "if I see it on clearance" team. $60 for a Voyager is rough, even with the extras. Especially one that shares engineering with a mold I have and is flawed.
GAUGE
Managed to find one at Target and begrudgingly picked it up, it's all they had sadly. mine hasn't gotten a single TF in since January.
*sigh*
Anyway… Pretty highly disappointed with it and just about tossed it accross the room for not being able to stand at all on it's own it is so fuckin loose. keeps falling over, the heels are super loose, arms super loose. the entire figure feels like it's about 25-30 years old it's so floppy and loose.
none of the hoses stay in place. the soft rubber ladder is laughable lame and limp.
head is super loose. I think I got a really bad one bros. Even his Backpack isn't staying on constantly falling off onto the floor.
It has to be the laziest retool I've ever had the displeasure of owning.
I have yet to turn it into car mode but once I do, it's staying that way.
(Shortly and I mean about a second after snapping that botmode photo he took a nosedive off my desk onto the floor below.)
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deliciouspeter
It looks great. Great packaging and it’s a nice figure. I have the original.
But for $60 I can’t imagine these moving. I’ll be waiting for the discount.
Ectotron
The original has the same issue. Some Pledge should help.
Whatthechuck3
I have to fight to get mine to stay on for even half a second, much less if I actually touch him.
Gepard
Mine is easy to knock off, but it does stay on.
Whatthechuck3
Anyone have any issues getting his proton pack to stay on his back? Mine won’t stay on at all
Mister D
I like this much better than the original, at least in robot mode. The tan on the legs and belt break things up much better, and the figure looks much less plain despite being the same design and color palette. I would love to see two more GB's released (to bring us up to 4, 1 for each of the original memebers) of the 1A from GB2 and the 2016 Ecto-1.
Any idea is anyone made/makes GB figures that would be in scale with these, or compatible proton streams?
Gepard
You should absolutely exchange it. Mine is perfect and, since these don't seem to be flying off the shelves, he should be easy to find.
Depthcharge
So it seems I got unlucky with mine. Feels like it has a lot of mold degradation. Most notably the left leg (the black part that makes up the lower knee joint) has a bad twist in it that makes his left lower leg point outward about 10 degrees relative to the cut joint at the upper thigh. Likewise the cut joint at the upper thigh also seems to have an issue and there is a gap at the front as if the mushroom peg is bent backward. Lastly his head which is on a ball joint is permanently looking slightly upward due to the molding around the front of the neck blocking and limiting it more so than on my v1.0's head.
I got mine via Target.com and will probably return or exchange it. I think I just got a QC loser given nobody else is reporting similar issues.
I will say, I like this one a tad better than the original release even though the differences are really pretty subtle.
Jertallica
Looks like mine just got delivered. I'll have to check it out after work!