The back of the book tells the story of Brent Waller’s quest to get his project to 10,000 supporters and why he chose to submit the project. The first couple of pages the backstory of the first Ghostbusters movie as well as some information about the Ecto-1. The instruction booklet contains 118 pages and is made from the thicker quality paper much like from the Architecture series. As you may or may not know, Harold Ramis portrayed Egon in the movies and he passed away this year so it’s nice to see sort of a tribute to his character on the box. In another frame, it shows Egon saying the famous catchphrase, “Who you gonna call?” and you’ll notice that he is also highlighted around the box including the minifigure for the 1:1 scale comparison. On the right side, there are a couple of more images inside a film strip of the Ecto-1 showing the removable top of the car and one frame showing the 30th Anniversary of the first Ghostbusters movie. The back of the box shows a very cool action image of Ray, Peter, and Winston crossing the streams from their proton guns while Egon looks on from the side. The box lining has some black and yellow stripes much like the top of the ghost trap. On the bottom right corner, it shows the LEGO Ideas logo and shows that the Ecto-1 is #006 in the product line, continuing from the CUUSOO products. The front of the box shows the four Ghostbusters minifigures and the Ecto-1 in front of a very cool blue and green smoke effect that is similar to what Brent had in his proposed project. The box contains six unnumbered bags and one thick instruction booklet. The set is the first product released under the “LEGO Ideas” name. The set is now available at LEGO Brand Stores as well as on and it retails for $49.99 with 508 pieces. Although the firehouse headquarters wouldn’t be included, it was still cool knowing that we would still get the Ecto-1 (21108). When the Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary project by Brent Waller was announced that it will be the next official LEGO Ideas (formerly CUUSOO) set, my mouth literally dropped.
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