The iconic Ghostbusters logo sat prominently at the top left of the card, just above the figure bubble. It was basic but still eye catching and attractive. The packaging for the second wave of the Real Ghostbusters line was essentially the same as the first wave. Not a ton of new items for wave 2, but the ones that were released were definitely fun. Since the Ghost Zapper was released the year before, 1987 saw the Ghost Popper, which was basically a nerf gun to shoot foam projectiles at ghost targets. Kenner also released the first vehicle for the line in Wave 2, with the iconic ECTO-1, which came with a ton of fun features to use. These were basically plastic ghost sets that you could pour slime into, so they could slime our favorite ghost busting heroes. We also got three new ghosts as part of the new accessory line, Gooper Ghosts. The new ghosts introduced were Bad to the Bone, Bug-Eye, and H2 Ghost. There was still pretty stiff competition in the toy market with GI Joe, Masters of the Universe and Transformers, but the Real Ghostbusters were definitely holding their own.Īfter a big kick-off for their first wave in 1986, Kenner gave us only three new figures in 1987, with all three of them being new ghosts to be used with the figures. Ghostbuster merchandise was also spilling out of the action figure realm and into many other items that were popular with kids at the time, such as lunchboxes, bed linens, school supplies and room decorations. The toys and action figures weren’t the only thing doing extremely well either, the animated series was going into another full season in 1987 and scoring huge ratings with the kids. Toy sales were picking up momentum, and Kenner’s gamble on the line was paying off big time. Since the Real Ghostbusters animated show was also proving to be a huge hit on the small screen, kids were starting to really jump on the Ghost Busting bandwagon.
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