ghostbusters toys make us pansies much safer written by dave on 08/26/06
okay, getting the obvious thing out of the way: the water zapper teaches kids how to masterbate. let’s face it, you gotta be busting something when you’re not busting ghosts.
now, a flat statement of fact: ghostbusters, in almost any form, is the greatest thing humanity has given us, and this won’t be the last post about it. with that out of the way, how much better was it to have the projectile weapons instead of the “neutrono blaster” (which is obviously a proton pack, without the backpack… jesus, toy guys… you think we wouldn’t notice?)? you’re getting shot with foam balls and streams of water and all you can do is spin your little heart out and pretend. pretend you’re not getting your ass kicked in an imaginary fight.
and now, the other reason the ghostbusters toys are my personal heroes:
just ignore that tigerforce g.i. joe crap tacked onto the end. the reason these toys were so friggin’ great? ghostbusters had the only action figure heroes that were actually designed to be pussies. really, there’s no way you can pretend peter venkman had super-eye-pop powers or floating-hair destructo-abilities. he’s just scared shitless all the time. just like me.
filed under commercials, kid culture, sci-fi, tv kids shows: 80's
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