{"id":1827,"date":"2011-02-05T08:10:22","date_gmt":"2011-02-05T15:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/?p=1827"},"modified":"2011-02-05T08:10:22","modified_gmt":"2011-02-05T15:10:22","slug":"minimate-spotlight-38-ghostbusters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/minimate-spotlight-38-ghostbusters\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimate Spotlight #38 Ghostbusters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #b18d58\">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. <\/span><span style=\"color: #b18d58\">Every so often, a unique style of figure comes along that breaks the mold, so to speak. Each Saturday, <a href=\"http:\/\/donny-b.deviantart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Donny B<\/a> will be showcasing various offerings from Art Asylum&#8217;s take on the &#8216;block figure&#8217;, with a weekly spotlight on <em><strong>Minimates<\/strong><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night?<br \/>\nDo you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic?\u00a0<br \/>\nHave you or your family ever seen a spook, specter or ghost?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today, we&#8217;re finishing off our spotlight on the\u00a0Ghostbusters movie &amp; video game\u00a0Minimates, which we began back at Halloween.\u00a0What better way to go out than with the Minimate set based on the\u00a0&#8220;we&#8217;re ready to believe you!&#8221;\u00a0commercial?<\/p>\n<p>I also threw in the last of the &#8216;mated ghosts that I have yet to feature in any of these articles. (From left): the Theatre Ghost, the\u00a0Washington Square\u00a0Ghost, and the Subway Ghost:<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2032\" src=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Minimates_2011_02-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Minimates_2011_02-05.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Minimates_2011_02-05-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #404040\"><strong>Behind the Image:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For the first step of this image, I made a composite of the ghosts\u00a0in photoshop\u00a0and\u00a0used\u00a0it as a backdrop.\u00a0The second step was displaying it on my computer behind the Ghostbusters. The hardest\u00a0aspect was getting the &#8216;mates lit without it reflecting on the screen or casting too many harsh shadows.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">On Ebay<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/CyberspaceComics__W0QQ_sacatZCyberspaceComicsQQ_sidZ13296653?_nkw=%22ghostbusters%22&amp;submit=Search&amp;LH_TitleDesc=1\" target=\"_blank\">Ghostbusters<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">On AtomicAvenue<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicavenue.com\/atomic\/SellerIssues.aspx?XT=1&amp;T=ghostbusters&amp;S=cyberspacecomics\" target=\"_blank\">Ghostbusters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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