Ghostbusters Ghost Command Vintage Playset - Schaper Filmation 1986

It's the RetroBlasting equivalent of web redemption as we finally acquire and review the ultra rare Ghostbusters Ghost Command Playset from Schaper in 1986!

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[MisterSiza]

I wonder if people do 3d scan old toys, because this playset really does benefit from it. Also, awesome review.

[cybertronnation]

Great video guys! The Filmation Ghostbusters Ghost Command Play Set is finally in the Retroblasting Archives!

[nealwestmoreland]

Its a beautiful playset.I remember back in 86 marveling how awesome it looked in a catalog.

[edfivedownunderplasticplanet]

That is so cool. A true Unicorn. Cheers for the run down👍🍻

[funnypicturescomics]

Growing up....I always remember the playset in the JCP catalog. NEVER saw it in stores.

[jonniehotdog]

I love your T-shirt! That's one Great mash-up!

[vagtav]

What a beauty, what a holy grail!!
Love when toys look similar to the cartoon!! And Mike is in really great condition due to its rarity!

[scottsoltani]

Wow you got it! Missing this scooter, time hopper. Got everything else, I remember when I was a kid. My friend had all figs and ghostbuggy.

[johnveridico]

I would pay gold for a brand new line of filmation's ghostbusters AF!

[SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

Seeing it in person, I can EASILY see why it was so enticing to both boys and girls. Like you said, it wasn't a pink dream house or a steel fortress but it's something that kids love; a goofy, spooky looking house.

I really, REALLY wish there were more made because you know what something like this is calling for? Even more detailed paintwork for those tiny details on the molded features. Now imagine had they done more of that, the thing would have looked even MORE bombastic!

[mikesmith]

One of the rarest playsets from the time I see the figs come up from time to time but never this awesome review

[robertrostad]

My childhood neighbor Kirk had this play-set, and the car. Kirk had a lot of cool toys!

[ToyWorldOrder]

I can guarantee you it was sold in TRU's here in the states back in the day. That's where I first saw them. The legends of 250 made and only being sold in catalogs is sadly a legend that keeps growing. While Schaper only produced them for a year before being bought by Tycoin 1986. The toys continued to be shown in Tyco catalogs up through 1988 if I remember correctly. From how I understand it, Tyco just simply kept them in their Toy Fair Catalogs in order to continue to move the stock they acquired from Schaper's warehouses.

[barrylee]

Didn’t realize it was so rare. Wish Tonka produced the Gobotron playset. Supposedly someone owns it but it was never seen in the wild.

[brock]

This is one of those lines that I had forgotten about until this video. Then I remembered having the guy in the trench coat and circle ghost backpack, and the ape.

[daganmoriarty]

Ghostbusters in the (sorry) ;) Bravo, Michael!
Love all the thoughtful features in this Playset!

[saturnreturns]

I had the video tapes for this cartoon - loved it

[cessan]

Michael: "because the Ghostbusters figures just don't feel complete without it"


Me: wait, are you talking about the real Ghostbusters or the other real Ghostbusters?

[into.the.wood.chipper.]

I used to use a rubber band to keep the trap door up. Of course that pulled it higher than it is supposed to be, but it did the job.

[synthalus]

I saw this playset for sale on clearance at Blokker in Winschoten (The Netherlands/Holland) back in the 80s There were at least 4x sets.
I didn't have the money to buy it back then.

2x of my friends has this playset and I played with it only a little bit because Ghost Command Playset, Ghost Buggy and Bone Troller were known to be very fragile among us kids back then already, it had several broken pieces but was massive (through kids eyes) and looked totally awesome!

Fast forward I bought this Playset back in 2010 in The Netherlands (Holland). I lived there at the time. I still don't have the room to display it. My set is new in open box with unapplied sticker sheet.
I loosley put my set together to see if all parts are there and to photograph a parts inventory. I scanned the stickersheets and put them up on the OGB fansite back in the day.

It's awesome you finally got this white whale in your Collection Michael! Thank you for creating the review video, I enjoyed it a lot and agree with you about the quality.
It's possible this playset was super limited and rare in the USA however I think this playset was made more available in Europe... At least in The Netherlands! I have no clue about the other Countries since all of my experiences were from the Netherlands including the set you acquired.