I took my pictures before adjusting them for the “look.” You can turn the oculars to “adjust” and play with them. The one lens I can see through has a curved piece of “glass.” This may be to help the wearer see better and also reflect how the animated images are projected. I use to because of normal vision issues. I don’t currently wear glasses, probably should again. Safe bet Dan couldn’t see that well out of them either. This is partially because of the distance with the lenses. Wearing the Ecto Goggles for the first time I could really only see out of the left lens with “stereo” vision. Could be a cross between both movie versions. I think it was built that way because of how it “projects” the animated ghosts. Prop Toy First Impression: Even before purchasing Mattel’s version of the goggles, ghostheads knew they weren’t screen accurate. As I usually don’t transport the box or item, storing these Ecto Goggles would be fine either way. I can still protect the Ecto Goggles with or without it. This has never happened with the Ghost Trap. For some reason (could it be the single piece of brown paper?) as I was beginning to lift the styrofoam, it began breaking and crumbling in spots. Usually this stuff is strong, almost unbreakable. Mailer: Like the previous Matty Collector prop toys, the Ecto Goggles comes in a white mailer with a cardboard tab to open the box.īox: Mattel continues the “crate box” tradition with fun “warning labels.” And after opening the lid is the standard thick styrofoam to protect the inside contents. Of course $84 USD should have been the magic number. Let’s be honest, I know Mattel doesn’t think this way, in terms of the equipment pecking order and what this does, it should have been around $85 USD. The Ecto Goggles fall between the two different kind of prop toys. The P.K.E Meter was $60 USD, the Ghost Trap originally cost $130 USD. I’m sure there was a bottom line as to why the Ecto Goggles cost $110. The price was confirmed around San Diego Comic Con at $110 USD before shipping and applicable taxes. A response came from Matty Collector after fan backlash. Then for a brief period (either misinformation or greed) they were priced at $130 USD. Because of my experience it has me second guessing if I’ll buy the Nutrona Wand from them, if I buy it at all.Ĭost: Originally Mattel priced the Ecto Goggles at $110 USD. They’re not going back to how other global companies ship, there is almost no point in sharing my opinion. Nine out of ten times Mattel has these different fan bases over a barrel. If you’ve experienced buying from Matty Collector, you understand this isn’t continued good business strategy. I didn’t call Mattel, I wasn’t under the impression that a customer service rep (hopefully in the US) could access the Newgistics system. You can’t even check with them as their website tells you to call the retailer. I know the hubs, still I and others who were checking everyday shouldn’t have to wonder if our packages are in limbo. Maybe it was really bad timing, except for one update that the electronic information had been received, there tracking system (Newgistics) never updated afterwards. Although I don’t prefer Cornerstone Logistics, their tracking system gave basic information and I could reasonably see when I’d have my items.įor the first and hopefully last time Cornerstone Logistics failed not only me, enough ghostheads. Cornerstone Logistics in Ontario, CA would send my figure to three shipping hubs before USPS would deliver to my doorstep. Since buying the P.K.E Meter, I’ve bought just about every Matty Collector Ghostbusters figure from Mattel. To this day Mattel is the only company I’ve done business with which uses Cornerstone Logistics. In what I can only imagine had to be a cost cutting measure (this was also before shipping rates went up) Mattel began using an unheard of shipping company to most of us. At the end of 2010 Mattel had a more normal shipping method. The first was during the original P.K.E Meter run. Shipping: This is the second Matty Collector prop toy I’ve bought straight from Mattel. I felt my impressions might be a little out of place with the un-boxing. I was going to give a first and second impression. Ray Stantz did during the Hotel Sedgewick scenes. I got to experience what Dan Aykroyd as Dr. Intro: Three days ago I had a chance after about half a day to un-box my new Matty Collector Ecto Goggles.
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