Monday, May 11, 2009

We Ain't Afraid Of No Ghosts!





Diamond Select Toys & Collectibles, LLC and Sony, today announce a partnership to design and produce new collectibles based on the action-packed Ghostbusters franchise, specifically Minimates and banks featuring characters from the unstoppable Ghostbusters series!

The Diamond Select Toys (DST) Ghostbusters lines will debut this summer just in time for the worldwide debut of Ghostbusters: The Video Game, the latest small-screen follow-up to Ghostbusters - which was ranked the #1 Comedy of the Century by Entertainment Weekly! A special edition Minimates box set featuring characters from the video game will also be available as part of the Slimer Edition bundle exclusively offered through Amazon.com for the X-Box 360, Nintendo Wii and Playstation 3.

In addition, Art Asylum has designed several lines of collectible Ghostbusters Minimates which will begin arriving in stores this July. The first box set will be available in specialty comic book stores and a complementary assortment of two-packs will also be available in Toys R Us. The Ghostbusters Series 1 box set will be available in specialty comic book stores this July and will contain Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Egon Spengler, a Possessed Dana Barrett and the transforming Louis Tully with Terror Dog attachments. Toys R Us will offer an assortment of two-packs, each featuring an exclusive ghost including: the Library Ghost, Terror Dog, Washington Square Ghost, Slimer and the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man! Look for the first assortment of exclusives to be available in Toys R Us stores nationwide this June.

For more product announcements and to browse other science-fiction, television and film collectibles, please visit www.diamondselecttoys.com and www.artasylum.com.

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