Just wanted to make a quick post to let everyone know about some Ghostbusters merchandise currently available for sale from various individuals.

The first individual is ME! I have over 450 items for sale on eBay, of which there are seven Ghostbusters items, including a rare Real Ghostbusters Fox Family Channel promo photo. I still have a few Spook Central patches left, though when they're gone; that's it! This is my last ditch effort to sell most of this stuff before I donate a lot of it to a charactable organization, whilst I find other ways to raise money to pay for a new boiler I need to have installed in my home. So if you see something that interests you, get it now while I still have it.

Someone else who has a few Ghostbusters items for sale is Lee Taylor. Below is the list he gave me, which is linked to the photos he took of the items. If you have any questions, or you'd like to submit your best offer, you can contact Lee at l5taylor@btinternet.com. When considering postage costs, remember that Lee is located in the U.K. I bought some items from Lee last week and they arrived super quick - less than a week from the U.K. to me in New York. I've had items that shipped *within* the U.S. that took longer! Everything was in great condition and I couldn't be happier.

• Ray Parker Jr. Ghostbusters Special Edition Record Single
• Run-DMC Ghostbusters Record Single
• Johnny Lighting Ecto-1A Diecast Car from Ghostbusters II (Factory-Sealed)
• Neca Gozer Figure (Factory-Sealed)
• Kenner The Real Ghostbusters GhostZapper (more info on the item)
• The Real Ghostbusters Board Game (by Triatoys, UK) (additional image #1, additional image #2)
• The Real Ghostbusters Cord-Linked Communicators (additional image)
• The Real Ghostbusters Dinner Tray (additional image)
• Lee also has the Kenner Real Ghostbusters Firehouse playset, but it's missing some parts, and it's rather too bulky to send to the U.S.
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This isn't a regular Shot On Site article, so I'm not going to tag it as such. This is really a look into the future of the Shot On Site feature here at Spook Central, as well as a few odds and ends that wouldn't fit as regular SOS articles.

Let's talk about sound stages. As you may know, both movies were filmed on a few sound stages at The Burbank Studios (now Warner Bros. Studios). I really was going to totally ignore the sound stages on my Filming Locations page, because I was just going to concentrate on locations that were shown in the film as they really exist (in a manner of speaking) in the real world, which people could actually visit. Yeah, you could tour the Warner lot, and you can (maybe) even see inside some of the stages, but all you'd see is an empty stage. You wouldn't see any of the Ghostbusters sets. However, after some careful consideration, I decided to create a Burbank Studios page here on Spook Central.

Let's get out the crystal ball and look into the future. Matthew Jordan from the Ghostbusters Wiki has been on a crusade to identify every single location on my Unidentified Filming Locations page. Incredibly enough, he's actually been getting some of the extremely hard to find locations identified. Okay, in all fairness, Matthew isn't the only source of some new IDs. Two of them I got all by myself, one was (in a really weird way) a joint effort by Matthew and myself, and two were ID'ed by other folks online. The rest were all Matthew. And what are these new locations you may ask? Well, here's what you have to look forward to over the coming months: GB1 Chinatown, GB1 Flipped Driving, GB1 Jogging, GB1 Ray With Trap, GB1 Reporter, GB1 Undead Cabbie, GB1 Wandering Louis, GB2 Gracie Mansion, and GB2 Orrefors.

You ever find something that, if you had found it earlier, would have made your life a whole lot easier? That happened to me today. While watching the Ghostbusters II Electronic Press Kit looking for behind the scenes sound stage shots for the Burbank Studios page, I saw a shot that I must not have paid too much attention to when I first watched the EPK a few years ago:


Here we see the guys taking the santa hat promo photo in front of the clearly-marked Record Explosion store. You know, the Record Explosion store the guys run out of with smoking trap in hand in the film. The same Record Explosion store that I painstakingly identified using some fan-taken behind the scenes photos and Google Maps last year. Had I noticed this shot in the EPK years ago, it would have been a whole lot easier to identify the location :-)

Finally, I leave you with Entertainment Tonight's brief behind the scenes look at Ghostbusters II from 1989. I didn't record this or originally upload this. I think it came from the old Megadownload thread at the Ghostbusters Message Board on Ghostbusters.net, but I could be wrong about that. Anyway... ENJOY!

A couple of brief updates to the site were done this week. If you follow Spook Central on Facebook, you will already know about the first one.

All of the deleted scene photos from the Making Ghostbusters book that have been on Spook Central for the past 13+ years have been re-scanned at higher resolutions. This is the first step in my plan to eventually re-scan all of the old images on the site. Here's a quick list of the pages containing the re-scanned photos.

• Chinatown Ghost
• Couple Spends Honeymoon At Hotel Sedgewick
• Ectomobile Rejects A Parking Ticket
• Bums Stroll Through Central Park
• Pulling Up To Fort Detmerring
• The Fort Detmerring Ghost
• Louis Encounters Muggers In Central Park
• Getting Ready At City Hall, Janine's Lucky Coin
• Mr. Stay-Puft's Hat Falls To The Ground

Also, the 2006 Ghostbusters Official Score album, which has been out-of-print for almost six years now, has been preserved on the Ghostbusters Score page, along with its bootleg counterpart that was preserved a while back. Copies of the album have been going for well over $100 on eBay, and quite frankly, that makes me sad. Granted, that's what happens to something that was produced in a limited quantity of only 3,000 copies, but still, it's very sad that people who want to hear Mr. Bernstein's beautiful music have to pay such an exorbitantly high price for it - especially when it was originally sold for a mere $19.98. It's been officially out-of-print ("sold out") since May 24, 2006.

It took me two years, but I finally got around to playing and completing the realistic version of the game. Not just on one system, but on two of them! In doing so, I'm finally able to make my coverage of the game a little more complete.

On the PC/Realistic Version page, the following changes have been made:

• Miscellaneous tab - A PC game save with all levels unlocked is now available. Info on PS3 game saves has been added. Also added the info on "Replaying Missions/Checkpoints" and "PKE Meter Scans".
• Unlockables tab - Now has a complete list of all art gallery and video unlockables.
  (I learned how to pull the gallery images out of the assets, but it's such a big job, that I don't have it ready for now. You'll love it when it's done as I also found some hidden parade artwork that would have been unlockable in the menu had the level been kept in the game.)
• Checkpoints tab - Added the full list of all checkpoints and a brief description of where each checkpoint starts.
• Video List tab - All videos can now be viewed by clicking on the file names. The links take you to the videos on the Spook Central Facebook page.

I also finally uploaded the four pre-rendered cutscenes from the stylized version of the game. I don't know why I never did it sooner. Links are on the Miscellaneous tab of the PS2/Stylized Version page.

Halloween is approaching fast! If you don't already have a costume, you're in luck. Spook Central, in association with the internet's premiere Halloween costume shop, HalloweenCostumes.com, is giving away to one lucky fan a Ghostbusters costume of their choice (up to a value of $60, before shipping). The giveaway runs from now until Friday, September 16th, which gives the winner plenty of time to select their costume, and have it shipped to them just it time for Halloween... and be sure to send me some photos afterward.

Entry into the contest is limited to U.S. residents and Facebook users only. One entry per person and/or Facebook account. To enter, follow these three simple steps:

1. "Like" the Spook Central Facebook page.

2. Post your favorite Ghostbusters quote as a comment to the official entry page on Facebook. You can post a well-known quote or a really obscure one. Although no one will be penalized for posting the same quote as someone else, you have two movies, over 200 stories/episodes in three animated series (counting Slimer!), AND a video game to pull quotes from. That's more than enough material. Get creative and have fun!

JUST POST ONE COMMENT/QUOTE. Multiple comments/quotes WON'T get you more entries (you only get one) and will just make it annoying for me since I'd have to weed out the multiples.

3. Click the "Share" link on the entry page to let others know of the giveaway.

Winner will be contacted via Facebook private message and asked to provide their contact information (name, shipping address, e-mail address, and date of birth) in a timely manner, which will be forwarded to HalloweenCostumes.com for use in providing the prize to the winner. If the winner does not reply within three business days, they will forfeit the prize and it will be given to someone else via another random selection. All information provided by the winner will not be sold, given away, or used for any other purpose than for this contest - though a winners list *may* be posted after the giveaway has ended.

UPDATE - WINNER'S LIST
The winner is Matt MacNabb of Omaha, NE. Congrats Matt.

Like GhostbustersMania.com's PKE Mania feature, which shows off creative uses for Mattel's PKE Meter prop replica, I decided to do the same with the Spook Central 15th Anniversary Patch that I'm selling. Get your patch today and join the fun!

...if you're not following Spook Central on Facebook. I tend to post my "current events" stuff over there, so if you're only checking out the Spook Central website, there are a lot of things you're not seeing. Like the Ghostbusters Infestation Dan Schoening Sketch Cover gallery, which is a collection of the covers that have made themselves known so far. If you have a cover not listed in the gallery, feel free to tell me about it.

Some other cool stuff that only appears on the Spook Central Facebook page, but not on Spook Central itself:
* Real Ghostbusters Day 1986 photos
* Ghostbusters II Concept Art - from William Forsche
* Ghostbusters II Storyboards, Part 1 - from William Forsche
* Ghostbusters II Storyboards, Part 2 - from William Forsche
* Lots of Videos
* and much, much more.

If you missed the post I made two weeks ago, to celebrate Spook Central being online for 15 years, I had a special little souvenir made: a limited edition Spook Central 15th Anniversary embroidered sew-on patch. Click here for more information and to purchase a patch.

Please help spread the word about the patch. You can use this shortened url
http://bit.ly/pXQAm7
for use on Twitter, or any place where you might want a short version of the link to the Patch page.

Thanks.

To celebrate the distinction of Spook Central being in existence for 15 years, I held a prize giveaway from August 2nd to August 7th 2011 to honor the momentous occasion, using Twitter as the means of entry. I reached out to my friend Marissa at Hustler Video, and dug through my personal collection, to gather up 15 prizes to give away to 15 lucky Ghostbusters fans - one for every year the site has been online. Hustler Video provided five "This Ain't Ghostbusters XXX" Fan Packs, which included the movie on Blu-ray/DVD combo pack, a movie poster, a sticker, and a magnet. I provided five Spook Central 15th Anniversary limited edition patches, and five IDW Ghostbusters comic books (What In Samhain Just Happened?!?, GB Infestation #1 Covers A & B, and GB Infestation #2 Covers A & B).

The contest was a great success. Below is the full list of winners, along with a brief description of what prizes they won. For more information on the prizes, check out the prize image gallery.

"This Ain't Ghostbusters XXX" Fan Packs (valued at $60 USD each)
-- 20_20_surgery - George Sessine, Plymouth, MA, USA
-- Ashe_Darkthorne - Lynn Gerena, Tampa, FL, USA
-- G00FE - Brandon Horton, Independence, MO, USA
-- GozerJr - Ryan M. Maxwell, Dyer, IN, USA
-- Tmansupreme85 - Terron Williams, Berkeley, CA, USA

Spook Central 15th Anniversary limited edition patches (valued at $5 USD each)
-- Exiled44 - Richard Jones, Inwood, WV, USA
-- GBNewsdotcom - Jason Fitzsimmons, Owen Sound, ON, CANADA
-- GBZaku - Shawn Gardinier, Valatie, NY, USA
-- Jimisacc - Jim Saccavino, Branford, CT, USA
-- Sleejay - TJ Theesfeld, Long Valley, NJ, USA

IDW Ghostbusters comic books (valued at $3.99 USD each)
-- Bgschoolcraft - Brandon Schoolcraft, Columbus, OH, USA (What In Samhain Just Happened?!?)
-- Dendarkness - Dennis Carter Jr., Roslyn Heights, NY, USA (GB Infestation #1 Cover A)
-- KissesForUsAll - Jenna Osborne, Jackson, OH, USA (GB Infestation #1 Cover B)
-- Livingsimply69 - Tami Alveshere, Harvey, ND, USA (GB Infestation #2 Cover A)
-- Tweet_Shrieks - Scott Emerson, Nemacolin, PA, USA (GB Infestation #2 Cover B)

To celebrate the distinction of Spook Central being in existence for 15 years, I've reached out to my friend Marissa at Hustler Video, and dug through my personal collection, to gather up 15 prizes to give away to 15 lucky Ghostbusters fans - one for every year the site has been online. Hustler Video has provided five "This Ain't Ghostbusters XXX" Fan Packs, which includes the movie on Blu-ray/DVD combo pack, a movie poster, a sticker, and a magnet. I'm providing five Spook Central 15th Anniversary limited edition patches, and five IDW Ghostbusters comic books (What In Samhain Just Happened?!?, GB Infestation #1 Covers A & B, and GB Infestation #2 Covers A & B). (Click on any of the item links in the previous sentences to view pictures of the prizes.)

Entering the contest is simple, but you will need to be on Twitter and a U.S. resident as I can't afford to send prizes out worldwide. (However, the Spook Central patches are available for sale worldwide, and the This Ain't Ghostbusters XXX posters, stickers, and magnets can be obtained for the cost of U.S. postage, if you don't want to try your luck at winning them.)

1. Follow @SpookCentralGB on Twitter. If you're already doing that, congratulations. You've completed the first step, and you have good taste :-) You need to be following me in order for me to contact you if you win.

2. Retweet one of the messages listed below. (You DON'T need to retweet them both!)

Tweet #1 - Use this one if you only want the patch and comic prizes. You won't be eligible to win the "This Ain't Ghostbusters XXX" fan pack with this message.

All Ghostbusters fans, enter the Spook Central 15th Anniversary contest. Follow @spookcentralgb & retweet to enter! http://bit.ly/qt3w9v

Tweet #2 - Use this one if you want any of the prizes. This is so I'll know which fans are 18 years of age or older and interested in the "This Ain't Ghostbusters XXX" fan pack. Hopefully, this will prevent anyone who's underage (my butt will be in the clear if you lie) or not interested in porn from winning the "This Ain't Ghostbusters XXX" fan pack.

18+ Ghostbusters fans, enter the Spook Central 15th Anniversary contest. Follow @spookcentralgb & retweet to enter! http://bit.ly/qt3w9v

OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. The "Spook Central 15th Anniversary Prize Giveaway" (hereafter referred to as "the contest") starts on 8/2/2011 and ends on 8/7/2011. The contest is open only to legal residents of the United States, who have valid accounts on Twitter.com. Limit one entry per person and/or Twitter account. Any additional entries will be discarded.

Winners will be chosen at random using The Hat random name-selection software. Winners will be notified via Twitter Direct Message and asked to provide their contact information (name, shipping address, e-mail address, and date of birth) in a timely manner. If a winner does not reply within three business days, they will forfeit the prize and it will be given to someone else via another random selection. All information provided by entrants will not be sold, given away, or used for any other purpose than for this contest - though a winners list *may* be posted after the contest has ended.

No prize substitution or cash redemption allowed by a prize winner. If awarded, prizes will be awarded without any warranty of any kind. Odds of winning a prize depends on the total number of eligible entries received. All federal, state and local tax liabilities, if any, are the responsibility of the winners. Spook Central/Paul Rudoff shall not be responsible or liable for entries that are entered by other than human means (such as by an automated computer program or any non-human mechanism, entity, or device), in excess of the stated limit, or for entries that are late, forged, destroyed, lost, misplaced, stolen, misdirected, tampered with, incomplete, deleted, damaged, garbled, or otherwise not in compliance with the official rules, and all such entries will be disqualified.

By entering the contest, each entrant agrees: (i) to be bound by these official rules and by all applicable laws and decisions of Spook Central/Paul Rudoff which shall be binding and final; (ii) to waive all of his/her rights to bring any claim, action, or proceeding against Spook Central/Paul Rudoff in connection with the Giveaway.