Visitors to the Spook Central Facebook page already know, but to get everyone up to speed... The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has just given Ghostbusters: Afterlife its official film rating in the United States:

TITLE: Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
RATING: PG-13
CERTIFICATE #: 52045
REASON: Rated PG-13 for supernatural action and some suggestive references.
DISTRIBUTOR: Columbia Pictures
ALTERNATE TITLES: Rust City; Untitled Ghostbusters film

This is one of an ongoing series of reviews that looks at the "Build The Ghostbusters Ecto-1" model subscription from Eaglemoss, through their Hero Collector imprint. Let's take a closer look at this issue...

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Sony recently began uploading full episodes of The Real Ghostbusters to the official Ghostbusters YouTube channel, which I have been documenting here on Spook Central. (Sony's Extreme Ghostbusters episode uploads are being documented here.) This is great news, of course, but what if you want to own all episodes of the series on disc? TimeLife's Complete Series DVD box set is long out-of-print and going for ridiculously high prices on the aftermarket. Sony released most of the episodes on 10 DVDs (reviewed here and here), but that's not all of them. What's a low-income Ghosthead to do? Well, that's where TJ of Monsterland Media comes in.

I've written about TJ's unofficial/bootleg Extreme Ghostbusters: The Complete Series Blu-ray set, his Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue DVD, and his extremely limited Ghostbusters: The Video Game - The Complete Story Blu-ray. He's back with a 10-disc complete series Blu-ray release of The Real Ghostbusters and Slimer! (with Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue). TJ was kind enough to send me a copy as a holiday gift, and I thought I'd share my thoughts on it. Read on to find out more about it...

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It's no surprise that Hasbro would combine one of the many classic toy properties they own with one of their licensed properties, such as Ghostbusters. The genesis for such a crossover happened in June 2019 with the release of the IDW comic series Transformers/Ghostbusters: Ghosts of Cybertron. An original character created for that story is Ectotron (also known as Ectronymous Diamatron), an Autobot scientist and a theoretical physicist who has the ability to transform into the Ghostbusters' Ecto-1 vehicle.

Of course, Hasbro, being a company that makes toys, would make a real Transformer based on Ectotron. The original Ectotron figure was released in July 2019, a month after the premiere of the comic series. Now Hasbro has released the Transformers Ghostbusters: Afterlife Ecto-1 Ectotron variant, which features updates based on the upcoming Ghostbusters: Afterlife movie. Read on to find out more about it...

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Hasbro's Kenner Classics line continues with the Kenner Classics: GhostPopper. Read on to find out more about it...

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This is a good time to be an itty bitty Ghosthead. In addition to the PlayPop books Ghostbusters: Book of Shapes (reviewed here) and Ghostbusters: 1 to 10 Slimer's Loose Again (reviewed here), pre-school paranormal investigators also have Hasbro's recently released Playskool Heroes: Stay Puft Marshmallow Man toy to play with. Read on to find out more about it...

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Insight Editions' PlayPop educational board book series, which combines playful learning with pop culture bonding, continues with two new adorable interactive books that teaches essential early learning skills with beloved characters from the classic 1980s movies Ghostbusters and Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Ghostbusters: Book of Shapes and Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Straight to the Castle. (The Labyrinth review can be found on The Corner Penthouse.)

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This is one of an ongoing series of reviews that looks at the "Build The Ghostbusters Ecto-1" model subscription from Eaglemoss, through their Hero Collector imprint. Let's take a closer look at this issue...

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