- set to launch in the middle of the month, this new $200 lego set blends nostalgia for the 1984 film with play features from the new ghostbusters: afterlife movie, due in mid-2021.
- polish up your "who you gonna call?" lines as you put together the latest version of the 1959 cadillac miller-meteor hearse.
- this is the third official ecto-1 lego set, but the others had around 500 pieces, compared to the 2000-plus here.
while we wait for the new ghostbusters movie to escape covid quarantine (ghostbusters: afterlife was supposed to open in july but has now been pushed back to june 2021), lego can't wait to give us something to do with our time: build a deluxe version of the ecto-1.
based on a converted 1959 cadillac miller-meteor hearse, the original ecto-1 from the classic 1984 movie made our list of coolest movie cars of all time, where we called it a "classic for an entire generation." even though this new lego set is based on the version in the upcoming movie, we're not at all surprised that the new lego set feeds adult nostalgia while also being current with the upcoming movie.
one of the main benefits of lego is the fact that you can use the pieces to build the ecto-1 you want, but the new ecto-1 set includes features including a remote trap vehicle that firmly connect it to the upcoming movie. there are also plenty of moving features such as doors (obviously) and a roof-mounted t. u. antenna that rotates when the rear wheels move. lego fan sites are mostly enjoying the new set, with the brothers brick lego fan site saying it is a "superb rendition of the ecto-1" and that it "looks spot-on from all sides."
this is the third official ecto-1 set lego has made, and it's much larger and more complicated than the previous versions. the first ecto-1, from 2014, had 508 pieces, while a 2016 edition had 556 pieces. this new version, which looks like (but isn't, technically) part of lego's adult-focused ultimate collector series, contains 2352 pieces.
lego has also sold a deluxe ghostbusters firehouse set, a brickheads pack featuring peter venkman and slimer, and two small packs for its short-lived dimensions video game.
lego is dealing with other delayed movies in the same way as it's tackling ghostbusters, selling sets based on both wonder woman 1984 and black widow, even though neither movie is yet available in theaters or on demand. at least we know when the new ecto-1 will arrive: the lego ghostbusters ecto-1 set costs $199.99 and will be available november 15.