Mayhem Ghostbusters 2016 (Mattel)

Mayhem is the ghost encountered at the concert and is the first ghost to be trapped by the new team of Ghostbusters. This figure is cast in a fun translucent red plastic. The articulation in the head, arms, and wings is good but the legs are at a weird angle. I attempted to recreate a scene from the movie at the end of the gallery. You can decide how successful I was. There's also a fun light-up feature.

Jillian Holtzmann Ghostbusters 2016 (Mattel)

Kate McKinnon plays Dr. Jillian Holtzmann, Ph.D perhaps my favourite character in the film. She fills the Egon role by being the main inventor and (most) misunderstood genius of the group. She's manic and zany and pure awesome. Her hair is inspired by the animated version of Egon.  Unfortunately the unique sidearms she invents for each 'buster are not included with any of the figures which is a bit sad. Holtzmann's goggles look a bit better than Abby's glasses.

Patty Tolan Ghostbusters 2016 (Mattel)

Patty Tolan (played by Leslie Jones) is an amateur New York historian and transit worker who joins up with the fledgling Ghostbusters earlier in the film than poor Winston did in the original. She has some great one-liners and her knowledge of New York is instrumental in identifying the key building for plot reasons. (That made it sound way lamer than it is but I don't want to spoil anything) One of her great scenes in the trailer I'll recreate later.

Erin Gilbert Ghostbusters 2016 (Mattel)

Kristen Wiig plays Erin Gilbert the co-author of "Ghosts from Our Past: Both Literally and Figuratively: The Study of the Paranormal" who abandons her search for the paranormal but gets drawn back in to investigate a potential haunting. She is closest in temperament to Peter Venkman from the original movie.  Her flirtation with the Ghostbusters' secretary Kevin makes for some funny moments. Though it's not fair to isolate a single bit, the whole movie is hilarious. And these figures are pretty good too. Articulation is decent and the paint is not bad. Not great but not bad.

Abby Yates Ghostbusters 2016 (Mattel)

Abby Yates (played by Melissa McCarthy) is the co-author of "Ghosts from Our Past: Both Literally and Figuratively: The Study of the Paranormal" and the one who pursued paranormal studies. She is the analogous to Ray Stanz as the slightly goofy one. She's also a bit more of a leader. The figure's glasses are kind of wonky but it's difficult to do glasses on figures well. The Proton Pack was a bit annoying remove so I've elected to leave it on for the other Ghostbusters. It's not hiding anything interesting anyway.

Rowan Ghost Collect-and-Connect Figure (Mattel)

After my unofficial run of DC-centric posts I decided to do a theme week on purpose. Well more than a week but less than two so "Frightening Fortnight" as a name doesn't work. "Ghostbusters Gala" sounds like a dance or a fundraiser. So wharves. Here are some Ghostbusters figures.

Rowan was the antagonist in the 2016 Ghostbusters movie which I quite liked. I thought it was a fun take and unfairly maligned by misanthropes on the internet. This is the Collect-and-Connect figure from the 6" line tying into the film. He's got limited articulation but a funky facial expression.

DCU Classics Golden Age Hawkman (Mattel)

To end an unintended run of all DC Comics characters I've chosen to finish up my DCU Classics set of the Hawk family.  Carter Hall was an archaeologist who discovered he was the reincarnation of an Egyptian Prince as well as the secret of the ancient anti-gravity "ninth metal" (a reference to alchemy which was eventually changed to "Nth Metal"). One fun fact about the Golden Age Hawkman is that he could talk to birds much like Aquaman could speak to marine life. This figure is one of several Hawkmen I own but the rest are at my dad's place back in my hometown. He sports the exact same wings as Hawkgirl but his mace is a different mould. The two heads are only two of the various helmet/masks that Hawkman wore in the Golden Age. The simpler cloth mask was often used for the Earth 2 Hawkman in the Silver Age because otherwise the two Hawkmen would be virtually identical. The only other difference in their attire was the number of stripes on their boots. This similarity in look as well as the use of the same name for their alter-egos is part of what caused the continuity snarl that is Hawkman's post-Crisis history. In any incarnation Hawkman is one of those second tier heroes for which I have particular affinity and this figure is lots of fun.