Building a set: 1989 Topps Ghostbusters 2 - Packs 9 & 10

All righty then, after doing so well for so long, HERE COMES THE HORROR

100% fail on pack 9. Even the sticker was a double.

Here's what the completed puzzle looks like. When and If I complete the puzzle I'll take a nice blurry photo of it.

I'm not doing a post of all doubles so let's open up pack 10.

sticker #5

One piece closer to that puzzle! I like the pencil thin mustache on zappy ghost there. But if I'm showing off the sticker first, that must mean.....

Yep total protonic reversal. Um, I mean all dupes. Again. Stupid Topps collation.

Set completion: 54/88 61.4%
Sticker set completion: 8/11 7.27%
Doubles: 26
Sticker doubles: 2
Cards needed in the pack(s): nada, zilch, zero, bupkis
Number of cards needed for the set: 34
Number of cards left in the packs: 40

Building a set: 1989 Topps Ghostbusters 2 - Pack 8

Back to Ghostbusters. Last pack was a dud, but this one gets us off the schneid. I ain't 'fraid of no doubles...

card #52

SLIMER MUNCHIN ON HOT DAWGS. Better nom 'em quick cause Louis is comin' to get you! Still trying to figure out why this card needs a wiiiiiiiiiiide screen shot. Put it on a regular card design and the only thing you lose is a chair on the left and some file folders on the right. Eh, Slimer deserves a special card I guess.

card #70

Ernie Hudson wonders how long he can milk this gravy train while Bill Murray sternly contemplates an ingenious plan to avoid doing any more sequels.

card #41

This might be my favorite cheezy ghost effect in the film just for the absurdity of a ghost checking his own pulse.

card #55

Can Venkman finally get to first base? YES! No cockblocking annoying baby for once! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

sticker #2

Boo! Skeery Ghosts! I can't tell if this artwork is supposed to look this way or if the register is off. Either way it's effective and manages to cram in a good chunk of the ghosts in the movie.

card #6

RICK MORANIS IS LOUIS ONE BAD MOTHER-

SHUT YO MOUTH

I'M JUST TALKING 'BOUT TULLY

WE CAN DIG IT

card #33

From the previous majestic card to what appears to be Louis puking on a ghost.

card #54

Dammit, set, Sigourney Weaver is NOT just eye candy. She kicked Xenomorph ass in three movies. Wait, do Xenomorphs even have asses? Well, she kicked something. Ghostbusters 3 should just be Sigourney Weaver and a bazooka blowing haunted houses all to shit. BOOOOOm!

card #75

*FORESHADOWING* Let's go to the stats.

Set completion: 54/88 61.4%
Sticker set completion: 7/11 63.6%
Doubles: 10
Sticker doubles: 1
Cards needed in the pack: 8
Number of cards needed for the set: 34
Number of cards left in the packs: 56

Building a set: 1989 Topps Ghostbusters 2 - Pack 6

So the plan was to come back form my vacation all rested and relaxed and knock this series out lickety-split, but it turned out I needed a vacation from my vacation and I'm now just getting back to being able to think slightly good. Time to finish this up! It should be pretty easy now since [SPOILERS] there's not going to be quite as much writing going on after this pack. If you hate these set building posts and don't want to see me do this again speak now or forever hold your piece, because I have two more sets I'm about to do this for so act now or get more weird non-sport pack rips.

card #43

Hooray! We caught a ghost! A ghost jogger! A ghost jogger who wasn't doing much of anything besides running around Central Park! Not disturbing anyone really unlike those three muggers and a flasher right over there! We're friggin' HEROES! Hooray!

card #10

Of all the ridiculous things in this movie, THIS is the thing that bugs me the most. In the first film, Dana is a professional cellist in the bloody New York Philharmonic. That is a HARD job to get, there is crazy competition for that job and you have to spend your entire life practicing and training and learning mad cello skillz in order to get that job. Even if you bang the conductor, you gotta be pretty dang good at musics in order to get the gig. So now in the second film, when her marriage goes south and she gives up her music career, the backup job she takes is... restoring priceless works of art in a major art museum?? I could see like, a receptionist or a tour guide but RESTORING THE ART? That's just as difficult and requires as much training and skills as being a professional musician! Look at the card! She's cleaning a Monet-looking painting with chemicals and shit! She might have banged the conductor for her music chair but she definitely had to bang Janosz to get the art job. Think about that the next time you watch this movie. (yes I know you'll never watch this movie again now)

card #71

ERMAHGERD FLOATIN BABBY.

card #13

Venkman physically abuses Ray in order to get him to spill that Dana's back with more ghosts. Jerk. When I first saw that Ray owned a creepy old bookstore full of occult books it pretty much made me want to be him when I grew up. [SPOILER] Didn't quite happen.

sticker #8

Egon: HOOOLLLYY SHIIIIIIIT
Ray: Whooooooa duuuuude
Peter: what the hell am I supposed to be looking at again?

card #2

BILL MURRAY IS A TOTAL DOOOOOOUUUUCHE
seriously stop smacking around ray you're just jealous because he's more adorable than you are and you know it

card #21

Now this inexplicable career change doesn't bother me. Sure, Louis is an accountant in the first film and here he is as a lawyer. It is completely plausible that someone who was an accountant for the Ghostbusters would try to get a law degree at night school. With all the illegal shit they get into it's just simple job security. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying he didn't bang Janosz, I'm just saying he was a little drunk at the time and was in a bad dry spell.

card #46

Now Dana's restoring what looks to be a Dutch still life. How exactly can I get this job? I promise I won't paint Fluttershy into all the impressionist paintings. Maybe just one or two of the lesser known ones. No one will notice. Venkman sizes up Janosz, realizing that he's in danger of becoming another notch on the virile artist's belt.

card #64

I know candles are just part of the whole occult "let's summon a demonic presence" schtick but you'd think Janosz could have found something classier than standard dime store storm candles. Vigo demands lovely tea lights or maybe some scented ones for a little aromatherapy to make his soul possesion more pleasant. And how are those things standing up by themselves? Dana should have made a gamble that kicking over all those candles would have screwed up the ambiance and forced Janosz to stack 'em all up again.

Set completion: 46/88 52.3%
Sticker set completion: 5/11 45.5%
Doubles: 2
Sticker doubles: 1
Cards needed in the pack: 8
Number of cards needed for the set: 42
Number of cards left in the packs: 72

Building a set: 1989 Topps Ghostbusters 2 - Pack 5

I've been busy this week and I'm gonna be REALLY busy next week so I better get a pack post up while I can. If you like this 'build a set' nonsense let me know because I found another box that would be good for this. Gotta finish this one first though and as you can see my luck finally ran out.

As you can see, I pulled the first double from the packs. As you can also see, the gum does a real number on the backs of these cards. So this is the back of the cards. Yep, that dumb Peace Ghost logo takes up 2/3rds of the real estate on the back.

Double #2. Text on the backs have the card title, a brief synopsis of the action followed by ellipses... and then CONTINUED ON NEXT EXCITING CARD! It still amuses me greatly how Janine really really wants to get clueless Louis in the sack.

card #9

WHY ARE THERE SO MANY DAMN KIDS IN THIS MOVIE. AND WHY ARE THEY ALL BORED. This is early on in the film when everyone's broke and useless. Winston's in it just to make a buck but Ray looks like he really digs this gig.

card #45

This is kind of a lame shot to earn a SFX card but whatever. If I remember the gag c orrectly it went something like: Snooty clerk: "Can you get are really expensive crystal down please?" Egon: "Sure, no problem" (presses button) (crash)

sticker #10

Dana sneaks into the group shot. At least that damn baby isn't there. Oscar better not get a sticker.

card #73

You seriously had to be there to understand how cool the Statue of Liberty was in the late '80s. But 'Libby'? Seriously?

Card #3

The card title is a mistprint. It should say Dan Akroyd is Adorable. Don'tcha wanna just pinch those cheeks.

card #79

Stantz gets high on Mood Slime. I'm not sure what the big deal is here though. Since unless you drown in it the worst slime can do to you is make you cranky there's not much to survive there. It's not like he got zorched by a proton pack.

card #82

Ok, rant time.

I'm on record as saying I like this movie but admit it's very flawed. There's a lot to like about the film such as Janosz being sleazy and Louis suddenly becoming an alpha male and the few times where ghosts are actually busted, but when it goes wrong, boy does it go wrong. So by the end of the flick I was somewhat conflicted about the whole thing. Yeah there was a LOT of cheese and some flat out stupidity but the busters saved the day and zapped Vigo and Janosz hrew out one of my favorite lines in film history and I was feeling ok about everything and then... this thing happened.

Dear God, this is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen and I've seen a lot of dumb things.

One minute there's Vigo's horcrux painting with Viggs looking all menacing and badass and one slime later we have half naked Ghostbusters painted by the guy who does the murals at O'Charlie's all looking stupid as they huddle around that damnable baby. ARGH. I hate this scene. This scene makes me cringe. And since it's one of the last things in the movie, this is the image that remains in your mind after watching. This right here is the jump the shark moment for this film, the point in which Ghostbusters 2 went from "ok that was stupid but pretty good" to "ok that was stupid". Such a shame too seeing how Ghostbusters 3 vanished into the ether.

Set completion: 38/88 43.1%
Sticker set completion: 4/11 36.4%
Doubles: 2
Sticker doubles: 1
Cards needed in the pack: 7
Number of cards needed for the set: 50
Number of cards left in the packs: 80

Building a set: 1989 Topps Ghostbusters 2 - Pack 4

People have opinions on this movie so I better get a move on in ripping these packs.

card #44

HOLY CRAP GHOSTBUSTERS 2 IS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE. I shall add it to Santa Claus Conquors The Martians and Die Hard for my annual Christmas Eve Wrap ALL The Things film festival tradition. Plus scotch. LOTS of scotch on Xmas eve.

card #24

Ooooooh! Scary! At least until you see a still photo and realize how cheesy it looks.

card #69 dude

Ok, this card is ACTUALLY scary because for some reason the pink slime looks blood red. The slime on the subway tunnel card was neon pink so I'm not sure how the colors got jacked up to look red here. Slimy psycho-reactive blood-food dripping from the walls, guys! You know, for kids!

Zombie ghost nipples! I told ya that Topps got some milage out of the art cards in this set. The artist doesn't seem to be credited anywhere so I'm not sure who is responsible for this. I'd like to think he/she's a fan of The Cramps because Ghost Scoleri reminds me a bit of Lux Interior.

sticker #1

SLIMER DRIVIN A BUS WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

card #65

Yeah, the old lady being eaten by her coat got two cards for some reason. I've already used up my allotment of PETA jokes for the year so let's just move on.

card #60

The mucas patrol barge in and ruin Venkman's date. Oscar realizes he needs to step up his cockblocking game and decides to go take a walk on the ledge. NO ONE upstages Oscar.

card #61

Vigo's master plan is to make this museum look FABULOUS. Unfortunately Janosz bought the cheap dollar store candles instead of the nice scented ones. Dangit Janosz, possesing the body of an infant is very stressful! VIGO DEMANDS ROSEWOOD AROMATHERAPY.

card #25

Scoleri brothers hot pack! Here we have the two Scoleri ghosts and the ghosts of the electric chairs that fried 'em. I think the ghost on the right murdered a bunch of people and the one on the left ate the evidence. Man, that's a big ol' ghost. I really liked in the film how the mean angry hanging judge suddenly changed his tune re: capital punishment once the guys he sent to the chair came back looking for him. Obligatory Judge Smails because reasons:



Set completion: 32/88 36.4%
Sticker set completion: 3/11 27.3%
Doubles: 0
Sticker doubles: 1
Cards needed in the pack: 9
Number of cards needed for the set: 56
Number of cards left in the packs: 88

Building a set: 1989 Topps Ghostbusters 2 - Pack 3

Let's do another pack of this schtuff while I'm ignoring the Home Star Derby.

card #57

In a fim featuring Nickelodeon game show levels of pink slime you knew a card where everyone is all gooped up was going to happen sooner or later. The guys all lubed up and ready for action is nice and all but I prefer Brooklyn-style free-range organic artisanal hate.

card #88

Last card in the set. If you would have told me in 1989 that in 2013 we would still be waiting for next time I probably would have given up right then and there.

card #39

The original logo was so dang iconic and then they went and cheesed it all up. The ghost practically has a prototype version of the DreamWorks face for Pete's sake.

card #56

AWWWWWW YISSSSSSS NERDS BE GETTIN BUSY! Looks like Louis is about to

First official double hits in pack three and it's a sticker. Can't really afford too many sticker doubles if I wanna finish this thing although @Project1962 included a few stickers in his box of goodies. I scanned the back to show off the puzzle but this particular piece is Winston's feet.

card #19

SFX shot of extreeeeeeeeeeeeeme pink! Topps slathered the press with extra Magenta for this beast. Ray is being lowered into the subway station full of glop, but the back of the card doesn't say a whole lot about the special effects. Is this real slime? CGI slime? Stop motion Ray Harryhausen slime? Did The Blob make an uncredited cameo? Give us some facts Topps!

card #58

MOAR SLIME! It's a snots hot pack! After indulging in some Manhattan style hate, Ray figures out that the mood mucus is harshing everyone's buzz. Did Bill Murray remain relatively slime free in this movie? He had the classic "he slimed me" moment in the first film and I don't recall him getting too messy ever again after that. That's star power right there.

card #53

Well speak of the devil! Here's ol' Slimer now. I have no idea what the heck is going on in this FX shot but it's Slimer so who cares. You coulda used the cartoon Slimer in the movie and the kids still woulda loved it.

card #11

HERE'S DA MAN! Oh Janosz, teach me your secrets... show me how to be an evil little doooosche. This card is fantastic. Does Peter MacNicol do TTM autographs? Maybe I can get Vigo to sign it. Seriously, this card is epic. Janosz with the DreamWorks face while Vigo does Kubrick face. SO MANY FACES.

Set completion: 24/88 27.2%
Sticker set completion: 2/11 18.1%
Doubles: 0
Sticker doubles: 1
Cards needed in the pack: 8
Number of cards needed for the set: 64
Number of cards left in the packs: 96

Building a set: 1989 Topps Ghostbusters 2 - Pack 2

Time for pack 2. Gonna space these out with an actual bayzbawl card post inbetween all of them because Ghostbusters 2 is not a good enough movie to completely take over the blog. If you'd like to make your guesses on how short I come up on this set, feel free to do so.

card #35

Another curveball from Topps with the TV screen border and cartoon captions for the low-budget commercial scene from the movie. This might be my favorite card from the set. Not sure if it's because of the goofy scene, the cartoony card or the fact that I like the idea of Louis and Janine having sexytimes entirely too much. Nerd Love! The gum attacked the back of this card especially harshly so when I get a double I hope it's this card

card #29

Aaaaaaaarrrrggghhhh! The mean ol' prosecutor gets flipped over by the eeeeevil ghosts and... wait...is she wearing garters? And are those leather panties?? This movie is sleazier than I thought.

card #32

Dr. Ray Stantz being a Bad Ass. This man busts ghosts in tweed and makes it look good.

card #17

Wooooo! It's a Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide screen shot! Or basically a picture that's as wide as all the other ones just without the squiggly lightning border. While I have and will crap all over this movie, terribles movies can always be saved by a great villain. And this movie has a great villian. Sure, Vigo is real mean looking and Eastern European and is more or less inspired by Vlad the Impaler except with less Vampire and more Body Snatcher tendancies, but Peter MacNicol is friggin AWESOME as Janosz. He's such a nasty creepy little shit, I love him to death. He's Igor to Vigo's Dr. Frankenstein. He's Renfield to Vigo's Dracula. Wait, those movies are actually kinda good. He's Torgo to Vigo's Manos.

sticker #6

Sticker action with another one of those illustrations of the court ghosts. I forgot to rotate this one so whatevs.

card #20

Peter MacNicol being creeeeeeeeepy again. The back of the card even specifically states that Janosz is being creepier than usual. While Janosz is supposed to be lit by a red emergency bulb in this scene the card makes it look like he's the bouncer at the entrance to hell. This card reminds me of The Residents song Sinister Exaggerator so I'm going to link it.

card #31

EGON 'BOUT TO BUST A CAP IN YO ECTOPLASM. How fortunate the proton packs were just sitting out in the courtroom so the Ghostbusters could conveniently save the day. Actually it's even more fortunate that the ghosts showed up in the first place and sexually harrassed the prosecutor so the Ghostbusters could save the day. Actually it's really really fortunate that the baliffs and police at the proceedings didn't blow the Ghostbusters' heads off when accused criminals went to grab their dangerous weapons when there was a distraction in the courtroom.

card #66

So the snooty rich bitch wearing the gigantic fur coat gets splashed with the slime and the ghosts of all the poor little minks that died for the coat become zombies and attempt to gobble her up. Was the anti-fur crowd around in 1989? Probably. I liked this scene better when it was done in the cheezy schlock-horror comedy Saturday the 14th. Wait, Jeffrey Tambor was in that movie??

card #80

"Yeah that's right mama, who's your hero... OH FOR PETE'S SAKE KID BUZZ OFF. I'M TRYING TO MAKE TIME WITH YOUR MOM GO WATCH POWER RANGERS OR PLAY IN TRAFFIC WITH RAY OR SOMETHING SHEESH"

Set completion: 16/88 18.2%
Sticker set completion: 2/11 18.2%
Doubles: 0
Sticker doubles: 0
Cards needed in the pack: 9
Number of cards needed for the set: 72
Number of cards left in the packs: 104