Action figures have long been a perfect compliment to comic books, since every kid (or kid at heart) has that natural desire to act out adventures with their favorite heroes off the drawn page. Every so often, a unique style of figure comes along that breaks the mold, so to speak. Each Saturday, Donny B will be showcasing various offerings from Art Asylum’s take on the ‘block figure’, with a weekly spotlight on Minimates.
Along with Slimer, Ghostbusters gave us one of the most unique and memorable ghosts ever: the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. What Ghostbusters line would be complete without good old Stay Puft added to the mix? And Art Asylum didn’t skimp – we didn’t just get one version, we got four (two traditional forms, one with a happy smile *pictured below* and one with an angry smile; an “exploding” version, and one that glows in the dark – just for kicks)
Behind the Image:
I have to admit, I got lazy on this one. I found a screen capture of the epic climactic Stay Puft scene, and my idea was to edit in the Minimate version like I’ve been doing with the last couple of images I’ve featured… but as I was searching for more Ghostbusters images to help with future projects, I stumbled across the above image. Yes, someone else had made the exact image that I was thinking of making – more than a year ago.
And since it’s getting close to Christmas time and I’m swamped with work, I decided to just feature the image I found rather than making my own. Once Christmas is over and I’m less busy, I’ll do my own version and replace this article’s featured image. For now, though, this will give you the idea of how cool the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Minimate is 🙂
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