Mattel has just dropped a brand-new doll to its Skullector line-up, and I’m afraid I may have to add to my Monster High collection faster than you say, “Who ya gonna call?”
To commemorate Ghostbusters Day (typically held on June 8 to mark the anniversary of the film’s original release in 1984), the doll is based on the iconic baddie from the end of the original Ghostbusters film, and features everything from her iconic pompadour flat-top hairdo to her white bodysuit, but all in a stylised Monster High aesthetic.
The spookily film-accurate doll is available to Fang Club subscribers first, a digital membership that gives doll and fans of the best toys a chance to get access ahead of everyone else. You can add the membership to your basket for £10 alongside the doll, which is available for £79 at Mattel Creations, or wait a few hours until it goes on general sale. Honestly, the extra £10 suits me fine, as I’m prepared to cross streams to add this 10.5 inches tall posable Gozer to my collection.
I grew up on Ghostbusters, and collect Monster High dolls, so you can bet my mouth was as agape as Slimer’s in shock when I first laid my eyes on this Gozer doll. Even before I clocked eyes at the name of the latest Skullector release, I instantly knew it was meant to be Gozer from the sparkly bubble detailing across the bodysuit, to that unmistakable heavy eye-shadow and pair of leering red eyes.
When I first caught wind of this new doll, I couldn’t contemplate what detail I adored the most. The doll not only recreates the outfit worn by Slavitza Jovan in the 1984 movie, but it comes with adorably small versions of Zuul and Vinz Clortho, and there are even little replicas of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man on her heels. Hey Mattel, can you make those human adult-sized, please?
Like all Skullector dolls, even the box packaging is entirely on theme, to the point where I’m not sure I’d want to take her out of it. The background features a replica of the Temple of Gozer as it’s shown looming above the streets of New York City in the film, and it’s depicted in a style that feels unmistakably ’80s in the best possible way.
Now, if only Mattel were to release a Skullector doll of Ghostbuster’s HQ’s finest secretary, Janine, my Ghostbusters merch dreams would be complete.
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