Comments on: Ghostbusters Ecto-1 on eBay http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 10:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: FreakCitySF http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-541698 FreakCitySF Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-541698 and I'd love to see this flying down a street as well as most any fictional car. We have soo many rich people in the bay area and in america, why don't they spend it on some fun items instead of another yacht. Bill Gates could totally create a life size Nautilus sub. and I’d love to see this flying down a street as well as most any fictional car. We have soo many rich people in the bay area and in america, why don’t they spend it on some fun items instead of another yacht. Bill Gates could totally create a life size Nautilus sub.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-542219 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-542219 Fantastic. One of the Ecto-1 models is in my hometown, Huntsville, AL, owned by a bail bonding company (Bailbusters). It still looks damn good. Fantastic. One of the Ecto-1 models is in my hometown, Huntsville, AL, owned by a bail bonding company (Bailbusters). It still looks damn good.

]]> By: Fred H http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-542232 Fred H Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-542232 There's a guy who has a Ecto-1 car and drives it in Salem,Ma around Halloween. It's the only thing that makes commuting through stupid holiday traffic worth it. There’s a guy who has a Ecto-1 car and drives it in Salem,Ma around Halloween. It’s the only thing that makes commuting through stupid holiday traffic worth it.

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-541721 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-541721 @DCULBERSON, I hear you. And yeah, I think you're right. @DCULBERSON, I hear you. And yeah, I think you’re right.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-542754 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-542754 I saw this car up close and personal. I LOVE the ghostbusters..man, I wish I had 45k...I'd so drive this car around town. ^__~* I saw this car up close and personal. I LOVE the ghostbusters..man, I wish I had 45k…I’d so drive this car around town. ^__~*

]]> By: Daemon http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-542243 Daemon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-542243 I want this almost as badly as as I want the Phantom Corsaire. I want this almost as badly as as I want the Phantom Corsaire.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-541743 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-541743 "The siren sound was created for the film in post audio production and to my knowledge no siren makes that sound" -- sounds like a MAKE project right there “The siren sound was created for the film in post audio production and to my knowledge no siren makes that sound” — sounds like a MAKE project right there

]]> By: Alli http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-541744 Alli Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-541744 I suspect my 6 yr old nephew, who is a Ghostbusteraholic (he lives, sleeps and eats in his Ghostbusters uniform, and drags his proton pack and ghost containment thingie wherever he goes; at times he insists we refer to him as Venkman), would not care less if that was one actually in the movie or not. It looks right and that's good enough! Although it's probably a good thing the seller is asking so much for it; I don't think my sister would be able to fit it into his bedroom... I suspect my 6 yr old nephew, who is a Ghostbusteraholic (he lives, sleeps and eats in his Ghostbusters uniform, and drags his proton pack and ghost containment thingie wherever he goes; at times he insists we refer to him as Venkman), would not care less if that was one actually in the movie or not. It looks right and that’s good enough!

Although it’s probably a good thing the seller is asking so much for it; I don’t think my sister would be able to fit it into his bedroom…

]]> By: manicbassman http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-542256 manicbassman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-542256 of course it didn't meet the reserve... the reserve was ridiculously high to make sure it didn't sell... this is all part of the hype campaign for the new movie... of course it didn’t meet the reserve… the reserve was ridiculously high to make sure it didn’t sell… this is all part of the hype campaign for the new movie…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-541757 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-541757 Attention Paul Allen: you've totally got the spare change to buy this and add it to the Science Fiction Museum. Attention Paul Allen: you’ve totally got the spare change to buy this and add it to the Science Fiction Museum.

]]> By: TotalForge http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-542020 TotalForge Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-542020 Another car was recently restored by Sony Pictures and was toured around for promotion of the GB video game. (with a 40 foot inflated marshmallow man, no less!) I'm not sure if this is the movie car, but it sat on the Sony lot for a long time and it was good to see it get some TLC. Since a Miller-Meteor is unobtanium at this point, see how any white wagon or more recent surplus ambulance makes a fantastic Ecto car. One fellow in Colorado used his Subaru compact wagon, and here's a clip of a larger GM wagon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1_7tU8kiEc&feature=PlayList&p=2EAA897185F3F13F&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=63 Another car was recently restored by Sony Pictures and was toured around for promotion of the GB video game. (with a 40 foot inflated marshmallow man, no less!) I’m not sure if this is the movie car, but it sat on the Sony lot for a long time and it was good to see it get some TLC.

Since a Miller-Meteor is unobtanium at this point, see how any white wagon or more recent surplus ambulance makes a fantastic Ecto car. One fellow in Colorado used his Subaru compact wagon, and here’s a clip of a larger GM wagon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1_7tU8kiEc&feature=PlayList&p=2EAA897185F3F13F&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=63

]]> By: gretagretchen http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-541800 gretagretchen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-541800 A guy who lived near my grandparent had one of the old tv show batmobiles. He would drive it sometimes in the 4th of July parade. A guy who lived near my grandparent had one of the old tv show batmobiles. He would drive it sometimes in the 4th of July parade.

]]> By: Datamancer http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-541824 Datamancer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-541824 I heard somewhere that the siren's "Braaa-oow, braaa-oow" sound was made by sampling a normal ambulance siren and playing it backward. -~D~- I heard somewhere that the siren’s “Braaa-oow, braaa-oow” sound was made by sampling a normal ambulance siren and playing it backward.

-~D~-

]]> By: TheCrawNotTheCraw http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-541825 TheCrawNotTheCraw Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-541825 Ahhh, a CB radio "whip" antenna... My Dad's car had one. He *loved* CB... in some ways, it was the Twitter of its time. 27.xxx MHz, AM, 5 watts max transmission power. When we had it, we used the original "23 channels" version. CB was a fun pop culture phenomenon. Ahhh, a CB radio “whip” antenna…

My Dad’s car had one. He *loved* CB… in some ways, it was the Twitter of its time.

27.xxx MHz, AM, 5 watts max transmission power.

When we had it, we used the original “23 channels” version.

CB was a fun pop culture phenomenon.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-541827 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-541827 "The car runs and drives good it has new tires on it know." This sentence alone devalues the vehicle by $100k “The car runs and drives good it has new tires on it know.”
This sentence alone devalues the vehicle by $100k

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-541834 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-541834 There is a Ghostbuster car parked on the top level of a parking lot across the street from my building in Honolulu. I've only seen it driven a handful of times in the last 6 months. I have no idea what it's used for. There is a Ghostbuster car parked on the top level of a parking lot across the street from my building in Honolulu. I’ve only seen it driven a handful of times in the last 6 months. I have no idea what it’s used for.

]]> By: Mousewrites http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-541835 Mousewrites Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-541835 Oh. my. GOD. Anybody want to lend me $50k? Ghostbusters is my favorite movie of all time, and I'm an enormous Ghostbusters dork. I. Need. This. Car. I actually yelped out loud when I read this. Thanks, David, now all my coworkers think I'm a nutball. :D Oh. my. GOD.

Anybody want to lend me $50k? Ghostbusters is my favorite movie of all time, and I’m an enormous Ghostbusters dork.

I. Need. This. Car.

I actually yelped out loud when I read this. Thanks, David, now all my coworkers think I’m a nutball. :D

]]> By: FreakCitySF http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-542137 FreakCitySF Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-542137 #13 YES! same goes with that original blade runner pistol recently on ebay #15 sounds interesting, I'd love to find out. #13 YES! same goes with that original blade runner pistol recently on ebay

#15 sounds interesting, I’d love to find out.

]]> By: JKG http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-543964 JKG Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-543964 I hope Google buys it and turns it into a camera car for street view. Imagine the faces... I hope Google buys it and turns it into a camera car for street view. Imagine the faces…

]]> By: randalll http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-541665 randalll Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-541665 I remember in the DVD commentary of the original, Harold Ramis talking about how they only had one ECTO-1 and it barely made it through shooting. I think he said in one scene they shot it stationary because the engine had dies. Of course, this is probably the Universal STUDIOS one, that they used for the live shows. I remember in the DVD commentary of the original, Harold Ramis talking about how they only had one ECTO-1 and it barely made it through shooting. I think he said in one scene they shot it stationary because the engine had dies.

Of course, this is probably the Universal STUDIOS one, that they used for the live shows.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-541669 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-541669 I believe this is the "Universal Ecto 1" which was a promotional vehicle and not actually in the movie. There are quite a few "real" Ghostbusters cars out there, and most of them were not in the movie. Some aren't even the same coach builder as the movie car! (I.e. the one in the Volo Auto Museum, priced at $150,000, is NOT a Miller Meteor, and thus not the movie car.) Just being owned by a studio doesn't make it a car that was actually in a movie. I believe this is the “Universal Ecto 1″ which was a promotional vehicle and not actually in the movie. There are quite a few “real” Ghostbusters cars out there, and most of them were not in the movie. Some aren’t even the same coach builder as the movie car! (I.e. the one in the Volo Auto Museum, priced at $150,000, is NOT a Miller Meteor, and thus not the movie car.)

Just being owned by a studio doesn’t make it a car that was actually in a movie.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-541671 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-541671 I forgot to add that this is at least a very good reproduction, though. It's the same coachbuilder and has many of the details right. You can't tell about everything because of the small size and number of pictures. If Randalll's right that there was only one for the movie, then this is almost certainly not the movie car. Sony has a (or the) ECTO-1 movie car on their studio tour. I forgot to add that this is at least a very good reproduction, though. It’s the same coachbuilder and has many of the details right. You can’t tell about everything because of the small size and number of pictures.

If Randalll’s right that there was only one for the movie, then this is almost certainly not the movie car. Sony has a (or the) ECTO-1 movie car on their studio tour.

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-541676 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-541676 Neither the seller, nor I, suggested it appeared in the film. Neither the seller, nor I, suggested it appeared in the film.

]]> By: Maddy http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-541681 Maddy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-541681 Not to mention Ghostbusters was a COLUMBIA movie Not to mention Ghostbusters was a COLUMBIA movie

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-541684 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-541684 has it got the "squee squee" siren? has it got the “squee squee” siren?

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-541685 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-541685 David, I know you didn't, in fact you specifically disclaimed it. But the seller definitely prances about the issue and implies it. They say "This is the real Universal car not a copy," and show a picture of the title in the studio's name. If that isn't implying that it isn't a movie car, then I apologize, but to most people I think it would. An honest description would be "This is a post-movie reproduction designed for shows and promotions," not "this is the real ... car." Again, that's the seller's failing and not yours. They're just trying to get more money for their car. David, I know you didn’t, in fact you specifically disclaimed it. But the seller definitely prances about the issue and implies it. They say “This is the real Universal car not a copy,” and show a picture of the title in the studio’s name. If that isn’t implying that it isn’t a movie car, then I apologize, but to most people I think it would. An honest description would be “This is a post-movie reproduction designed for shows and promotions,” not “this is the real … car.”

Again, that’s the seller’s failing and not yours. They’re just trying to get more money for their car.

]]> By: FreakCitySF http://boingboing.net/2009/07/14/ghostbusters-ecto-1.html#comment-541694 FreakCitySF Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-541694 You'd be lucky if it has flashing lights. The siren sound was created for the film in post audio production and to my knowledge no siren makes that sound, something completely made up, I don't know via a computer or some other fashion. You’d be lucky if it has flashing lights. The siren sound was created for the film in post audio production and to my knowledge no siren makes that sound, something completely made up, I don’t know via a computer or some other fashion.

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