

As long as he promised to pay someone to clean the interior Janine would drive him back to the Firehouse. Peter probably would be covered in slime. The purple one would have no choice, but to let go. And the purple mini trap somehow got on his head and is trying to eat him! I realize its Peter Venkman, how did he come upon this situation in the first place? If I were Fright Feature Janine Melnitz I’d drive my Highway Haunter, scaring the mini ghost traps with Murray the Mantis. Look at the instruction card above, Fright Feature Peter Venkman doesn’t even have a proton pack with him. The Real Ghostbusters gave Kenner’s design team a huge amount of freedom with which to come up with really crazy concepts and fun features, but something I’ve always found interesting about the toy line is that those ideas didn’t rely on the animated show or the original film for inspiration (Kenner only ever produced two characters that featured in the film & cartoon Stay Puft.

On page one of Ghostbusters 101 5, panel 1. Both ghosts can be opened and placed over hero figures heads. Hero figures can be placed in mouth and 'set-off' trap by pressing down on tongue. Mini Traps (2) (group name) Open jaws on either ghost until they click. These toys are part of Kenners The Real Ghostbusters Toy Line's line. I don’t know why the Kenner suits thought you’d want to put your hero The Real Ghostbusters figures in such obvious danger. Mini Ghost Figure: Mini Traps an action figure set of two ghosts. During the fall, it was sometimes home to a Spirit Halloween store. The toy set overall has a variant with the colors and mold designs of the Boo-Lets switching. Each mini ghost has a “jaw” that opens wide. Mini Ghost Figure: Mini Shooter an action figure set of one larger ghost and two smaller ghosts. Either that or Hungry Hungry Hippos.īoth different set of toys kinda work the same way. Perhaps that was the real inspiration for the look of these class II like ghost toys. The Mini Traps remind me of the kind of secondary or background ghosts we saw throughout The Real Ghostbusters. I’m not judging Kenner employees, they did what they had to, to survive on Kenner St. Cincinnati, Ohio must be close enough to the woods that perhaps there were traps made from iron to trap animals who can cause the outbreak or want to eat us. Ghostbusters Mini-Puft Popper Blaster Action Afterlife Roleplay Toy with 3 Foam Puft Popper Projectiles for Kids Ages 8 and Up.

So I wouldn’t have totally understood how clever Kenner employees came up with mini traps. Usually because of neighborhood construction. If we had to set traps, it was to catch irritating bugs or on a rare occasion a mouse. I grew up in suburbia, grocery stores in practically every direction within a mile of me. Out of the three mini ghost toys I can remember having Mini Traps.™ Before I owned them again as a collector I vaguely remembered what they look liked, not really their purpose.
