Hasta La Gadget!

The 30th anniversary of Ghostbusters is almost upon us, so it seems fitting to be talking about this amazing LEGO set featuring the Stay Puft marshmallow man.

I just love this LEGO Cuusoo project created by Brent Waller, the guy behind the already approved Ghostbusters Ecto-1 LEGO kit. The details are just amazing and he even has articulated arms, legs, head, feet and hands.

This is a most impressive LEGO set and I know you think so too, so go and vote for it if you would like to see it produced.

If you don’t want this set for your very own, I’m just gonna have to revoke your geek credentials.

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Redditor tabres gets my vote for coolest uncle on the planet. Now it’s up to you other uncles to outdo him. This guy built his nephew a custom Ghostbusters Ecto-1 Cozy Coupe. It has flashing lights and a license plate and is everything a young Ghostbuster could want.

This kid is going to have some amazing adventures riding in this thing. Maybe this guy can build the kid a miniature Ghostbusters HQ next and get some neighbor kids to make up a new Ghostbusting team.

If you too want to be a good Uncle, you can make one of these yourself thanks to this full tutorial over at Imgur.

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If you want some, freaky LEGOs baby, you betta’ call… Ghostbusters! Back in January, we learned that LEGO would be making an official Ghostbusters LEGO set. The images that were floating around were a fan made set that was put on the Cuusoo site and won enough votes to be turned into an official kit.

The first official pics of that official Ghostbusters LEGO set are now officially official. The pics show off just how awesome the minifigs and the ECTO-1 car look. While the car doesn’t light up like the fan model, the official kit still looks really cool.

The minifigs come complete with a ghost trap and unlicensed nuclear accelerators, otherwise known as proton packs. The official LEGO kit car has a removable roof, which is the only way you can get Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler and Winston Zeddemore into the car to fight those ghosts.

The 508-piece set will ship this June for $49.99(USD).

Can you believe that it has been 30 years this June since the release of Ghostbusters? Nowadays, we can’t imagine a world without them. LEGO likes them too and has agreed to produce video game artist Brent Waller’s LEGO set after it got over 10,000 supporters on LEGO Cuusoo.

That is amazing news for LEGO and Ghostbusters fans alike. However, it’s a good news, bad news kind of thing. Only the Ecto-1 and the minifigs are being made for now, not the awesome firehouse HQ.  Also, I’d doubt that the final version will light up like the awesome mockup shown here. Well, you can’t have everything.

At least we will have some kick ass Ghostbusters minifigs. Although Spengler does look a bit like Harry Potter, as others are saying. Still, it’s a win for geeks everywhere.

Now all we need is a Stay Puft marshmallow man set…

[LEGO Cuusoo Blog via Gizmodo]