So the news has already gone around this weekend–a promo for tonight’s Attack of the Show (which is scheduled to showcase the Mattel SDCC exclusives on tonight and the 15th in two split segments–dates subject to change, of course) revealed a new addition to the Retro Action line: the Ghostbusters, Real-style. (I traced the news back through Infinite Hollywood back to this post on a Mego collector site–go there to see more and larger pics.)

Evidently the figures will have a talking feature, which is pretty neat…though I wonder if it will be so old-fashioned as to have a pull string. As for the idea of Mego Ghostbusters figures? Well, the cartoonish look of the characters definitely fits the Mego style better than, say, Lost. So while I imagine Real Ghostbusters fans are hoping for 6″ Movie Masters-style figures at some point, these look pretty good.

That said, there are some issues to consider. Peter’s uniform on the cartoon was brown, not beige, though maybe this has something to do with the fact that it’s an SDCC exclusive. And will the voice be Lorenzo Music or Dave Coulier? Does it matter?

The only Mego-style figures that could tempt me would be Retro Action MOTU, and maybe Diamond’s upcoming Universal Monsters. However, while I’ve been pretty critical of a lot of the Mego revival stuff so far, this seems like a great use of the style.