{"id":10464,"date":"2012-10-27T12:22:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-27T16:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=10464"},"modified":"2012-10-27T12:22:20","modified_gmt":"2012-10-27T16:22:20","slug":"minimate-mini-review-78-new-york-city-mayor-subway-ghost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2012\/10\/minimate-mini-review-78-new-york-city-mayor-subway-ghost\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimate Mini-Review #78 - New York City Mayor & Subway Ghost"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#78 - New York City Mayor & Subway Ghost<\/h3>\n

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When the city of New York seems to be caught in a supernatural explosion of biblical proportions, Mayor Lenny calls upon the Ghostbusters to save the city... and the lives of millions of registered voters.<\/i><\/p>\n

This figure really is only called \"New York City Mayor.\" He had a name in the movie, you know! It was Lenny. And in the cartoon, his last name was \"Clotch,\" though who knows how canonical that is. This is a great-looking Minimate copy of the character seen in the films: he's got his sleeves pushed up, which isn't quite right, but it suits him. His necktie is painted on his chest, and he gets a new vest. His face is terrific, and the likeness of David Margulies is brought to perfection by the \"slightly balding\" hair piece. Go mayor!<\/p>\n

Following the deactivation of the containment grid by overzealous EPA agent Walter Peck, the Subway Ghost emerged from New York's underground flailing its arms and mouth tentacles, frightening citizens.<\/i><\/p>\n

The Subway Ghost appears in the same montage as the Zombie Taxi Driver<\/a> - if you're ever in New York and want to see the entrance he came out of, it's City Hall Station<\/a> on the N and R train. That's near the corner of Broadway and Murray, catty-corner from a Citibank.<\/p>\n

The ghost in the movie was basically just a head, tail and arms, and this toy tries to duplicate that. It's a horizontal monster, like the Terror Dogs<\/a>, and in fact uses their chest cap. He's also got Killerwatt's<\/a> hands, but instead of legs he's got a long tail, and his head has dangly tentacles in front of the mouth. The entire thing is a smoky, translucent plastic, but the flight stand is clear.<\/p>\n

The Subway ghost is cool, if not terribly memorable, but Mayor Lenny is the unexpected star here.<\/p>\n

<i>And now, some more OAFEry:<\/i><\/H5>