HALLOWEEN 2012 COUNTDOWN: TOYS: REAL GHOSTBUSTERS GHOSTS AND MONSTERS

In 1986 Kenner released the first wave of Ghostbusters toys labeled "The Real Ghostbusters" and these toys were geared more towards the kids cartoon show rather than the movie. The toys were great and were some of the most successful toy lines released in the 1980's. Today (to kick off Lost Entertainment's Halloween countdown) we will be looking at some of the monsters and ghosts which were released to battle the mighty Ghostbusters.

GRANNY GROSS

You may look at the above picture and think what a sweet old lady, but don't be fooled with one press of a button this old coffin dodger turns into one satanic bitch from hell!

See I told ya. Granny Gross was one of my favorite toys as a kid and I remember going berserk the day the day I finally received one. This was from a line of toys called haunted humans or something like that. They were an amazing set of figures. I know Optimus Prime could turn into a robot but an old granny that could turn into a corpse shredding Cyclops will always be the winner in my book.

FEARSOME FLUSH

Fearsome flush was a very unique toy to say the least. It was a toilet on wheels which when pushed would turn into a face which snapped its jaws. Although it was a great toy and a great idea fearsome flush never hit the big leagues when it came to my action figure role playing. I mean there's not much you can do with an evil toilet in terms of story line. Still pretty cool though.

MINI TRAP GHOSTS

Now if anyone owned these bastards then they will know how much these fucking things hurt! With the same mechanics of a mouse trap I do not know how these toys passed the safety check thing. Open the mouth touch the tongue and BANG the jaws would snap shut with your fingers trapped inside. The orange one had sharp teeth and the purple ones massive front teeth hurt even more. I hated these and still do.

SPEED AHEAD

Speed Ahead was another unique toy from the Real Ghostbusters line. When you put the cord inside the toy and ripped it out the toy would races along the floor with sparks flying out of its mouth. Cool toy but yet again he never fought the the Ghostbusters much during my playtime.

MR STAY PUFT

Now I may get heat for this but fuck it, I never really like the Marshmallow man much as a kid. As an adult, yeah I would display this toy if I had one today but as a kid I hated it. The reason why is simple, he was the same size as all the other figures. Mr Stay Puft stayed locked in a box with the mini traps and Speed ahead.

SLIMER

Slimer now we have hit a real prime time player. The Slimer figure was awesome (even if it did not stand when displayed) and it had a few points of articulation. Slimer had a running war with my Ghostbusters figures for quite some time before the newer sets of figures were released. My Slimer was well evil and went round killing GI Joes before the Ghostbusters came along and sorted him out.

BAD TO THE BONE

Bad to the Bone was an awesome figure which my late grandfather got for me. I loved this toy when pressed the spines together the rib cage would open and close to trap other figure inside. Once inside the figures mouth would open and the eyes would bulge out, I remember once this figure had Ray trapped inside it for a week and was making him do all kinds of evil deeds like the burning of a playmobil school!

DRACULA

The Real Ghostbusters released a line of toys depicting the Hollywood monsters like Dracula, the Mummy, the Wolf Man, the Hunchback and so on. The Dracula toy was the only Dracula or vampire toy I had ever owned. The Dracula toy also went on a rampage through my figures and with the help of a red felt tip pen all of my blood soaked dreams came true.

X COP GHOST

The X Cop ghost was badass. Not only could you use him for Ghostbusters play but he could be used for any type of action figure related law enforcement and even went great with my Terminator 2 figures as a makeshift T-1000. X Cop was a traffic cop who when you pressed the button on his back would turn into a skeletal monstrosity.

THE MUMMY

The Mummy looks cool and looked cool on the packaging but he was a bit of a disappointment. The limbs would fall off all the time beyond control. They were meant to fall off and were still attached by a shoe lace like string but it was still mega annoying. He ended up with the mini traps as well!

MAIL FRAUD

Mail Fraud was another unique character who was pretty cool. If you lifted up his shirt his torso would morph into a monster. He ended up being part of the security team that would  accompany my Hasbro WWF wrestlers to the ring in latter years.

TERROR TRASH

Terror Trash was just your average bin man but there was always something a bit shifty about him.

Oh yeah thats it! When he puts the trash can on his head he turns into a giant mutated fly. This was a cool figure and was another great bit of creativity and design. And now we go on to our final part..

THE ECTO-PLAZM

Yes the slime, the gunge, the gak whatever you called it we all loved it the Ecto-Plazm!! This was the stuff which had parents moaning at their sons for leaving stains on the carpet ten years before they should be. The Slime was great you could do whatever you wanted. It could turn your figures evil or turn them good. It could boil them to death or save them. The Ecto-Plazm will always go down as a champ when the Ghostbusters toys are mentioned. The GhostBusters Fire House had holes in the roof so that the Ecto Plazm could drip and pour from the ceiling.

Well thats all for today more Halloween madness this week!

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RADIO: THE SAK EPISODE II

Its been 2 years since Kristian and Steve have been on the radio and now after a long wait they are back the SAK Episode II. Fresh out of recovery Steven is interviewed by Kristian Rodriguez at the close of the program with hilarious results. Some amazing tracks played also, this is one show you dont want to miss! Listen via the gadget below. FREE TO DOWNLOAD

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LOST ENTERTAINMENT SUMMER PARTY DRAWS TO AN END

The Lost Entertainment Summer Party comes to an end this bank holiday weekend. The summer season was a huge success with the highest ratings of all time for the site. I would like to thank YOU all for stopping by to read Lost Entertainment during the rainy days of summer 2012. 

Jaws week was a huge success and I would like to thank Jim Beller the Jaws collector for all of his help and assistance with my Jaws articles. Big thanks to all the bands that contributed to Project Overkill episode II (Episode III will follow soon) and Trav for donating some great artwork on Lost Entertainment.

There hasn't been been much activity in the past fortnight in terms of posting as I am currently preparing for the halloween countdown which starts midnight September 1st. The site will be given a new gory design to celebrate the event. 

Hope you enjoy the last weekend of your summer as much as I'm going to. 

Kris Rodriguez

P.S STARTS MIDNIGHT SEPTEMBER 1ST 

GAMING: MOST ANNOYING NPC'S OF ALL TIME

NPC stands for "Non Playable Character" in the world of video gaming. In some cases there are great non playable characters like the rocket launching police in Streets of Rage, 8 Ball in GTA III, the Green Reptile from the first Mortal Kombat game and even the butler from Tomb Raider 2.

Most of the time NPC'S are annoying fuckers who do nothing but spoil a pleasant afternoons gaming with their intrusive and infuriating annoyances. Heres some of the most annoying characters that have really got under my skin. I am sure the following tirade will be full of swearing so if you're under the age of 18 you better fuck off or something.

ZIMOS: SAINTS ROW THE THIRD

This is the most recent NPC that has gotten under my skin over the last few months. Zimos is a pimp who talks through an auto tuner and is hands down one of the most annoying cunts you could ever meet in a video game. Just for the record anyone who likes or has ever used auto tune can fuck off and die. Zimos can fuck off and die as well. After completing the game I have killed this guy about 500 times and thoroughly enjoyed it each time.

THE THIEVING DWARVES: GOLDEN AX

These little shit cunts have been annoying me since 1991 and even after 21 years of hatred I still have a real grudge against these characters. Maybe it might come out in therapy that I despise these characters so much because my father is an actual midget or something. I hate these guys soo much how they just go around thieving like pikeys stealing magic potions and being stingy with health packages. I also hate the fact that you can only attack them by kicking them up the arse. So Sega say its ok to kick a midget but dont chop one with a sword because then thats out of order.

AL MUALIM: ASSASSINS CREED

I am a fan of the Assassins Creed series but the first game really hasnt aged well and Al Mualim maybe one of the most annoying video game characters I have ever had the displeasure of not being able to skip talking. The guy just gasses and gasses on and on and theres no skipping it. The cunt just does not shut his mouth, I was glad when I got to kill him in the end.

THE CLOWN: THE SIMS LIVIN LARGE

When the Sims Livin Large expansion pack was released in late 2000 we could buy lots of new and creative products to kit out our virtual homes. One item included was a painting of a clown, and if your sim's got depressed while the painting was on display the clown would appear in your house. Not just any clown.. but a fucking miserable excuse of one which suffered from crying fits and depressive outbursts. If the painting was removed the clown would leave, but until that point you would be stuck with the guy in your house for eternity. One good thing though, you could kill the clown so it wasn't all that bad. Using the old swimming pool with no ladder trick used to sort him out in no time.. well 2 sim days so about an hour in real time.

THE DOG: DUCK HUNT

This dog maybe one of the most annoying NPC's of all time. He would mock and laugh at you for not being able to kill ducks with a light gun. This dog made me so angry once that I destroyed my copy of the game by stamping on the cartridge at the age of 7.

LANCE VANCE: GTA VICE CITY & VICE CITY STORIES

Lance Vance is one of the most hated game characters I have ever hated. The reason I hate Lance isn't because he betrays Tommy Vercetti at the end of the game, but because the AI on this guy has made me fail so many missions it is beyond belief. There's nothing more irritating than failing a mission because of a character you cant control, driving back to the mission start only to do it again because of the same character. Lance Vance will go down in history as one of the most despised characters in video game history.

OTIS: DEAD RISING

Otis is a character which has been slagged off in great detail on Lost Entertainment once before (read) and he returns again to take his rightful place among gamings most hated NPC's. Otis the sweet old man from Dead Rising? yeah thats right! this old cunt will hound you with intrusive radio calls through out the game which you cant skip just so he can inform you he has seen someone browsing near the supermarket. Read the past article to hear me vent in great detail about this guy.

ROSE: METAL GEAR SOLID 2

This bitch is something else! Constantly codec messages you throughout the whole game asking you stupid questions about what day it is and how did you meet her. Shit is fucking annoying especially while you are trying to save the world from a nuclear holocaust and having to answer the raidio every 5 minutes just to listen to this emo cunt moan all the time. I hate this bitch!

KATE: GTA IV

This is that ugly ginger bitch that Niko is sweet on in GTA IV. I wined and dined this ginger fucknut all over Liberty City when I first got the game and she never put out once. I was glad when she got shot at Romans wedding. Roman was also equally annoying with his phone calls about going bowling while I am trying to shoot down an LCPD helicopter.

THE ADVISOR: THEME PARK

Although he was called the "advisor" he should have been called the criticizer as all this twat did was moan about everything you did in theme park. "The drinks are to cold" or "the fries are to salty" to "the whole park is covered in puke and piss and 3 people have just died" were just some of things this guy would tell you off about on a daily basis. As if I am gunna take advice from some nob with a shit bow tie and rubbish top hat anyway.

FEEL GOOD MONDAYS III: WWF SUPERSTARS IF YOU ONLY KNEW

WWE SUMMERSLAM LIVE AT BELUSHI'S LONDON BRIDGE

Belushi's at London Bridge will be showing WWE Summerslam live on Sunday August 19th

There is a live band from 10pm, the wrestling starts at midnight, we're open until 5am and there are £2.50 pints of snakebite all night.

PRO WRESTLINGS OLYMPIC LEGENDS

With this summers Olympic games drawing to a close I thought I would write something relevant to the subject. Kurt Angle is the ONLY Olympic Gold medalist to ever go on to professional wrestling. The Iron Sheik has claimed for many years that he is also a gold medal winner but this is a fabrication. However you can't do anything but love the Iron Sheik so we have to let that one slide. Many other Olympians have entered the world of pro wrestling. Some have had major success but others have had very little luck in the squared circle. Today I am going to take a look at some of the most memorable characters with an Olympic background.

MARK HENRY

Mark Henry qualified for the 1992 Olympics but is more remembered for captaining Team USA in Atlanta 1996. Henry suffered a back injury and finished 14th. Henry was soon snapped up (by the then) WWF soon after and made his first appearance at Summerslam 96. Henry dubbed the world's strongest man was later put in the Nation of Domination faction along side The Rock and Owen Hart. 

In the last 16 years Mark Henry has won many titles including the World Heavyweight Championship last year. Henry is one of the longest contracted individuals on the WWE roster and is one of the most successful of the Olympians.

KURT ANGLE

Kurt Angle won gold in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in the Mens Freestyle Wrestling event. While competing during this event Angle was suffering from 2 herniated discs and fracturing of the cervical vertebrae. Kurt Angle would go on to win the event even with these severe injuries.  Angle would go on to be the only Olympic Gold Medalist in history when he debuted in the 1999 Survivor Series event.

Angle dominated the WWE for 7 years having legendary feuds and matches with Stone Cold Steve Austin, Chris Benoit, The Rock, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Brock Lesnar and even got a win over Hulk Hogan in 2002. 

Angle  made the transition from amateur wrestling to pro wrestling with the quickest of ease. Angle is one of the greatest wrestlers to ever live and is definitely worthy of a WWE Hall of Fame induction. Angle now wrestles for TNA Impact Wrestling. Angle was going to try out for this years USA Olympic Wrestling team but had to pull out due to a knee injury.

GIANT GONZALEZ

Jorge Gonzalez competed in the 1988 Olympic games, playing for the Argentinean basketball team. Gonzalez was the tallest basketball player to ever play professionally at a staggering 7 foot 6 inches. Gonzalez was soon snapped up by the Atlanta Hawks owned by Ted Turner. It was only a matter of time he was wrestling for Turners WCW as El Gigante. Although Gonzalez was very limited at best with pro wrestling skills, he was still a great attraction and when he jumped over to the WWF in 1993 he made a huge debut (or one of gigantic proportions even) at the Royal Rumble.

Gonzalez's feud with The Undertaker in 1993 was one of the biggest talking points in 1993. It was the first time The Undertaker had an opponent who could dwarf and dominate him. However the matches did not deliver the goods and Gonzalez was gone by the autumn of that year.

KEN PATERA

Ken Patera was a power lifter and shot putter who competed in the 1968 and 1972 Olympic games. Ken Patera was also a worlds strongest man competitor who made the jump to pro wrestling in the late 70's. He would take part in many different tests of strength against guys like Mr Universe Tony Atlas involving bending iron bars and even blowing up hot water bottles until they popped.

Patera made a splash in the WWF during the rock 'n wrestling era during the 80's. However he will always be remembered for his actions outside the ring during his time spent there. When a Mcdonalds restaurant refused to serve him and Masso Saito (another fellow Olympian turned pro wrestler) Patera responded by throwing a boulder through the restaurant window. Patera would serve jail time after this incident.

DANNY HODGE

Danny Hodge is an old schooler from the N.W.A who was a renowned amateur wrestler and boxer from Oklahoma. He competed in the the 1952 and 1956 Olympic team and brought a Silver medal back from the 1956 games. Hodge was involved in a bizarre feud during the 60 in which his father stepped into the ring and stabbed his opponent with a pen knife.

Not only just a great hand in the ring but Danny Hodge is still ranked even to this day as being one of the real legit tough guys in the sport. Jim Ross recently shared a story about how Hodge punched through the window of a submerged car in order to escape. Hodge (even to this day) can crush apples and bend pliers using only his bare hands.

BAD NEWS BROWN

Alan Coage was an American Judo bronze medalist in the 1976 olympic games. He would later become Bad News Brown/ Bad News Allen in Stampede wrestling and the WWF. He would go on to have many great feuds with Owen Hart, Bret Hart and Rowdy Roddy Piper.

There are a whole lot of similarities between Bad News Brown and Stone Cold Steve Austin. The black attire, the bald head, smash mouth style and the no nonsense attitude would make Steve Austin vs Bad News Brown a great fantasy warfare. Bad News Brown hated everybody and I can never recall seeing one tag match where he didnt say to hell with the rest of the team and storm off.  

AND ONE MORE...

THE IRON SHEIK

Although he claims to be a gold medal winner the Iron Sheik never struck gold or managed to win anything at the Olympic games. However the Sheik was a tremendous athlete who did participate at a national level and done his country proud on many occasions.

The Iron Sheik would later become the WWF champion after ending Bob Backlunds four year run at the top. Hulk Hogan would beat the Iron Sheik in 1984 for the strap to begin the roller coaster that was Hulkamania. The Sheik is more famous nowadays for his outlandish outbursts on the internet where he threatens to anally rape his past wrestling foes. Sheik is also world renowned for his love of hard drugs and beer. The stories of the Sheiks party antics are the stuff of legend.

Enjoy the rest of the games.

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