“OK, so, she’s a dog.” While not Dana Barret’s finest moment, we all fondly remember the time when the two dogs perched on either side of the steps waiting for the arrival of Gozer. Now, Diamond Select Toys is giving you the chance to recreate that moment in your home with the Ghostbusters “Terror Dog” light-up statue. Here are some in-progress pictures, including the finished Bill Mancuso sculpt, and the great job painter Jason Wires did of capturing the look of the beast. As of this writing, the factory is getting the electronics finalized, but since I was blogging anyway, I thought I’d share a shot of the light-up feature taken for review purposes. Enjoy!

First of all, regarding the modern adult look given to Alice — what did you expect ?  Luckily, when it was time for a paint deco variant, Kat Sapene (painter extrodinaire with the patience of a saint) was more than up to the task.  I’ll stop talking and just let you bask in the glory of the picture. Details on availability to come!

By now you’ve all seen (and bought?) the Slimer light-up statue and you’ve all seen (and pre-ordered?) the Stay Puft light-up statue.  Well, here is the third piece in the line, the Statue of Liberty.

Straight from the finale of Ghostbusters II, this statue will be the same general height as the other pieces in the line and, of course, she’ll be translucent resin so she’ll light up on your desk or shelf.  An edition size has not been determined at this time, but expect this to be highly collectible.  After all, an icon like the Statue of Liberty is going to appeal to patriotic fans all over, regardless of their feelings toward Ghostbusters.

Continuing our line of Star Wars bust banks, allow me to present to you - Commander Cody.  Long before he took up the habit of blasting Jedi, Commander Cody was a trusted ally of Obi-Wan Kenobi.  So the question now is - do you trust him to hold your money?  Of course you do, it’s an inanimate object.  Really people, you have got to stop letting me influence you into thinking these things have feelings.  Although, is it just me or does Cody’s visor follow you when you move?  Hmm…Anyway, this piece was digitally sculpted by Oluf Hartvigson and painted by Star Wars afficiando Ed Wires.  While all of my Clone variants have unique sculpts, Cody is by far the most detailed with his brand new head and shoulder pads.

In addition to the Minimates (see other/future blogs) we are doing a 7″ Jak figure with an in-scale Daxter accessory.  Fans of any incarnation of the video game are sure to want this infamous duo on their shelves.

If you aren’t chuckling right now, it means someone changed my subject line.  Anyway…at this point you have all seen the awesomeness that is the Ghostbusters Slimer Light-up Statue.  Well, I’m here to let you know that he was just the first of many such statues.  The logical follow-up - Mr. Stay Puft.  Using Bill Mancuso’s sculpt from the rotocast bank, we have created 2 versions of statue.  The mass release will be the normal white figure with the happy face.  The exclusive (or future mass release) will be styled after our “exploding” style (translucent red) with the angry face.  Please note that the photos are just early prototypes, so the lighting effects are not necessarily final.

Hello again Monster Lovers!  It’s been nearly a year since I gave you the news about the glorious plans for the classic film monsters of yesteryear.  Today I’m going to let you see what is in store for Year 2.  Many of you have been lucky enough to see the prototypes on display at some of the shows late last year, but for those who didn’t, here you go.  This year’s stars are Dracula, Frankenstein, and Bride of Frankenstein.

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He’s back!  Everyone’s favorite fictional marshamallow mascot is returning for an all-new variant.  This time he is modeled off of our Series 2 “Exploding” Minimate.  We couldn’t do translucent plastic for this one (well, we could, but I really didn’t like the way it looked) so we went with Glow-in-the-Dark.  At first glance, the non glowing bank is a little odd, but turn out the lights and you’ll know you made a good purchase. 

Now you see the other reason why the last photo was painted in Jedi colors.  We’re doing BOTH paint styles.  There are a couple of fine folks showing interest, so no final decisions have been made, but the Empire Strikes Back color scheme is going to be a limited edition exclusive to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the film.  Stay tuned for more info…

Yes, as a matter of fact I am completely ashamed that I used that as the title of my post, but it’s been one of those days and it seemed somewhat clever at the time.  Anyway, you’ve seen how awesome the Boba Fett sculpt is, now take a gander at the colorized version.  I went with the Return of the Jedi color scheme for 2 reasons.  One, it’s  bit more eye catching for the casual shopper.  Two, well, you’ll see in my next post.