Playset: Fire House Headquarters (called Fire Station Headquarters in European prints) is part of Kenner's The Real Ghostbusters Toy Line. Based off The Real Ghostbusters animated series Firehouse.
Toy Description[]
Fire House
with Spinning pole
Containment Unit
and small can of Ecto-Plazm
Description from Action Toy Guide: The Fire House Headquarters has the "Ghost Pursuit" firepole, a "goop grate" with a 5 oz. can of Ecto-Plazm play gel and a "ghost containment" unit for storing ghosts. Action figures sold separately.
Variation Information[]
- American Line: Standard Box design, light purple paint on front to toy.
- Variant #1: Standard Box design, no paint on front to toy.
- Variant #2: Mixed American/UK Box design. Solid color illustration front and side labeled "Fire Station" with white back, side, top, and bottom labeled "Fire House". Light purple paint on front of toy. (Theorized to be the original first release of the Firehouse in the United States. It was only on the first release of Wave #3 of the Kenner line during the December 1987 release.)
- Canada Line: Standard version.
- UK Line: Standard Box design.
- German Line: German version doesn't come with Ecto-plazm.
Trivia[]
- On page 11 of Ghostbusters: Get Real Issue #3, the Proton Pack appears in the upper left of the white board.
- On page 11 of Ghostbusters: Get Real Issue #4, the Firehouse playset box makes a non-canon cameo in panel 1 and 2, on the middle shelf of the shelving on the left.
- On page 2 panel 2 of Ghostbusters International #4, Kevin Tanaka is carrying a box marked "Fire Station Headquarters," a nod to the U.K. printing of the Kenner Firehouse playset.
- On page 7 of Ghostbusters 101 #6, in panel 2, the cardboard box atop the white locker references Kenner's Fire House Headquarters playset.
- On page 20 of Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #2, Kevin's box references the Kenner Firehouse playset.
- The Fire House Play Set appears on the Regular Cover of Ghostbusters 35th Anniversary: Extreme Ghostbusters.
- On Cover RI of Ghostbusters Year One Issue #2, the floor and turquoise tile wall is visually based on the Kenner Fire House set.
External Links[]
- Ecto-Containment.com »Kenner »Playsets »Fire House page which has instructions for the Fire house toy.
Gallery[]
Primary Canon[]
From Action Toy Guide
Fire House front from the American pressing
Fire House side from the American pressing
Fire House back from the American pressing
Fire House side from the American pressing
Fire House top from the American pressing
Fire House bottom from the American pressing
Fire House front from the error variant American pressing
Fire House side from the error variant American pressing
Fire House back from the error variant American pressing
Fire House side from the error variant American pressing
Fire House front from the Canada pressing
Fire Station front from the UK pressing
Fire Station side from the UK pressing
Fire Station back from the UK pressing
Fire Station side from the UK pressing
Fire Station top from the UK pressing
Fire Station bottom from the UK pressing
Fire Station front from the German pressing
Fire Station side from the German pressing
Fire Station back from the German pressing
Fire Station side from the German pressing
Fire Station top from the German pressing
Two photos comparing a purple painted front vs a non painted front
Secondary Canon[]
Non-Canon Cameo in Ghostbusters: Get Real Issue #4
Non-Canon Cameo in Get Real Issue #4
Non-Canon Cameo in Ghostbusters International #4
Non-Canon Reference seen in Ghostbusters 101 #6
Non-Canon Cameo seen on Regular Cover of Ghostbusters 35th Anniversary: Extreme Ghostbusters
Non-canon nod on Ghostbusters Year One Issue #2 Cover RI