Toy Review - Ectotron

[GoktimusPrime]

ECTOTRON
Series - Transformers (Generation 1)
Sub-line - Ghostbusters
Size/class - Voyager
New/remould/redeco - Mostly new mould; some parts borrowed from Combiner Wars Hot Spot
Wave - N/A
Released here - July 2019 (EB Games/Zing exclusive)
Approximate Retail Price - $80
Approximate Size - 18.5cm
Allegiance - Autobot
Alt-mode - "Ecto-1"; converted 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor ambulance
Main Features/Gimmicks - 80s nostalgia
Main Colours - white, beige
Main Accessories - proton pack, Neutrino gun, Slimer figurine

Too tired to write so I'll let the pictures do the talking.

[SharkyMcShark]

I didn't realise this was a retool until this review!

[BruiseLee]

That's an amazing re-tool right there!

[GoktimusPrime]

The upper arms and upper legs are the only parts from Hot Spot that are reused. Everything else on Ectotron is new, so I don't blame people for not noticing that it's a retool. It's really almost an entirely new mould that's just reusing the upper limb parts from Hot Spot.

[Maruten]

As a Ghostbusters homage (and IDW character) this guy is pretty amazing. As a (basically) new mold TF, he's not quite as impressive - though potentially worth picking up just for the unusual alt mode.

[GoktimusPrime]

Perhaps "borrowed parts" is an arguably more apt description than "retool." Cos yeah, Ectotron does share the same upper arms and upper legs as CW Hot Spot and that's it. Everything else on this toy is new. And the borrowed parts haven't been retooled either (they are identical to Hot Spot's parts, just beige instead of black).

P.S.: I mean "borrowed" in the way that languages "borrow" words from other languages, not "borrow" as in meaning that the borrowed thing needs to be returned.