2016 Cryptozoic Ghostbusters trading cards are like a love letter to the franchise’s early days. Although the main set centers on the original film, other parts of the checklist incorporate elements of the sequel and even the Saturday morning cartoon. There’s plenty going on with a wide variety of cards including autographs, sketch cards and animation cels.
2016 Cryptozoic Ghostbusters Checklist Details
With just 54 cards, the base set isn’t big. However, it is the most comprehensive look at the 1984 movie that started it all ever for a trading card set. 1988 Topps Fright Flicks has a handful of cards but those are centered on one-off gags involving Slimer, Stay Puft and other ghosts instead of telling the story. Covering the sequel isn’t necessary as Topps did a set for it back in 1989.
Base cards come with a pair of parallels. Silver Foil Board versions are 1:4 packs combined with insert parallels. Printing Plates are all one-of-a-kind and have Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow versions.
Autographs
Autographs are one of three premium inserts in the product. With 1:30 pack odds and 24 packs per box, you’re not guaranteed to get one but most boxes have one. A total of 19 signers are available from both of the original movies and some of the voice actors from The Real Ghostbusters.
Headlining the checklist is Dan Aykroyd who starred as Raymond Stantz, not to mention being one of the biggest names in comedy for several decades. Ernie Hudson (Winston Zeddemore), Annie Potts (Janine Melnitz) and director Ivan Reitman are some of the other major names from the 1984 film. Reitman’s son Jason, who went on to direct Ghostbusters: Afterlife, also has an autograph. He had a small role in Ghostbusters II.
The set has several other notable names from people who are known more for things outside of Ghostbusters. These include Larry King, Arsenio Hall, singer Bobby Brown and Dave Coulier, best known for playing Uncle Joey on TV’s Full House.
Slime Time: 2016 Cryptozoic Ghostbusters Premium Inserts
The 2016 Cryptozoic Ghostbusters checklist has several other insert sets as well. Sketch Cards (1:30 packs) have original art from more than 150 different artists. While the styles vary greatly, they all follow Cryptozoic’s approach of more art-driven pieces versus just simple scribbles.
Animation Cels (1:36 packs) are sort of like memorabilia. Embedded in each of these is a piece of an original animation cel from The Real Ghostbusters. Due to their nature, individual cards are generally considered to be unique.
Two Totally Fabricated sets use the memorabilia concept but are very much up front about not actually being from the movie. First are Replica Patch cards. These have the names from Ghostbusters uniforms. Eight are available in packs at a rate of 1:72 packs. A ninth card is exclusive to the set’s binder.
Six Totally Fabricated Slime cards (1:200 packs) are meant to encapsulate the goop left behind by different ghosts.
Additional Inserts
With the base set focusing strictly on the movie’s plot, a couple of easy-to-pull insert sets look at a couple of other common elements. These include nine Behind-the-Scenes cards (1:3 packs) and seven Character Bios (1:4 packs). Both of these also have Silver Foil Board and Printing Plate parallels. Two additional Character Bios, Stay Puft and Gozer, are also on the checklist but were given out separately as promos. So you won’t find them in packs and they don’t have any parallels.
Nine Quotes (1:3 packs) take famous lines and cast them against stylized backgrounds. Silver and Printing Plate versions can be found here as well.
Rounding out the 2016 Cryptozoic Ghostbusters trading cards is a nine-card Tricks and Traps puzzle by Dan Schoening, a long-time artist on various comics, and Sing for Your Specter, a nine-card comic from Erik Burnham. These both get the Silver Foil Board and Printing Plates treatment. Tricks and Traps also has Crytomium parallels that use chrome stock.
2016 Cryptozoic Ghostbusters Checklist
Set size: 54 cards
Cards per pack: 5
Packs per box: 24
Boxes per case: 12
Release date: May 11, 2016
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Base Set Checklist
54 cards.
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1 Title Card
2 The Grey Lady
3 Run!
4 Back to the Lab!
5 Fired!
6 Going Into Business for Ourselves
7 Who Does Your Taxes?
8 Ready to Believe You
9 Listen! Do You Smell Something?
10 The Name Is Zuul
11 Meet the Support Staff
12 We Got One!
13 To the Sedgewick!
14 Heading to the 12th Floor
15 Unlicensed Nuclear Accelerators
16 There It Is!
17 Disgusting Blob
18 Nice Shootin’, Tex!
19 Business Is Booming
20 I’ve Quit Better Jobs Than This
21 Party at Tully’s
22 Taken by Zuul
23 Terror Dog at the Party
24 I Am the Gatekeeper
25 I Am the Keymaster
26 Shut it Down!
27 The Sign!
28 The Time Approaches
29 Keymaster Meets Gatekeeper
30 Summoned to City Hall
31 Spook Central
32 Time to Save the Day
33 The Way Is Prepared
34 The Traveler Approaches
35 The Traveler Has Come
36 Gozer the Gozerian
37 Ray Addresses a God
38 The Question
39 The Answer
40 Then Die!
41 Piece of Advice
42 Heat ‘em Up!
43 Aim for the Flat Top!
44 Getting It Done
45 Gozer Transcends
46 Choose and Perish!
47 What Did You Do, Ray?
48 Mr. Stay Puft
49 He’s Too Big!
50 An Angry Marshmallow Man
51 Crossing the Streams
52 I Love This Town!
53 The Day Is Saved!
54 Checklist
Printing Plates Parallels
54 cards.
1:378 packs for all Printing Plates.
Plates have Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow versions.
Each plate is a 1/1.
Silver Foil Board Parallels
54 cards.
1:4 packs for all Silver Foil Board parallels.
Autographs Checklist
19 cards.
1:30 packs.
See also: 2016 Cryptozoic Ghostbusters Autographs Gallery
AH Arsenio Hall as Winston Zeddemore
AP Annie Potts as Janine Melnitz
BB Bobby Brown as Mayor’s Doorman
BS Ben Stein as Public Works Official
DA Dan Aykroyd as Dr. Raymond Stantz
DC Dave Coulier as Dr. Peter Venkman
DF Dave Florek as Cop
EH Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore
HY Harris Yulin as Judge Stephen Wexler
IR Ivan Reitman – Director
JR Jason Reitman as Brownstone Boy
JRO John Rothman as Library Administrator
JRU Jennifer Runyon as College Student
KF Kurt Fuller as Jack Hardemeyer
LK Larry King as Himself
LS Laura Summer as Janine Melnitz
ME Michael Ensign as Hotel Manager
ML Maurice LaMarche as Dr. Egon Spengler
WA William Atherton as Walter Peck
Animation Cels Checklist
1:36 packs.
Each card has a piece of cel from the Real Ghostbusters cartoon.
Behind the Scenes Checklist
9 cards.
1:3 packs.
B1
B4
B5
B6
B7
B8
B9
Behind the Scenes Printing Plates Parallels
9 cards.
1:378 packs for all Printing Plates.
Plates have Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow versions.
Each plate is a 1/1.
Behind the Scenes Silver Foil Board Parallels
9 cards.
1:4 packs for all Silver Foil Board parallels.
Character Bios Checklist
9 cards.
1:4 packs.
C8 and C9 not available in packs.
C1 Dr. Peter Venkman
C2 Dr. Raymond Stantz
C3 Dana Barrett
C4 Dr. Egon Spengler
C5 Louis Tully
C6 Winston Zeddemore
C7 Janine Melnitz
C8 Gozer – Ghostbusters Board Game Launch Kit
C9 Mr. Stay Puft – Non-Sport Update Magazine (June/July 2016)
Character Bios Printing Plates Parallels
7 cards (#C1-C7 only)
1:378 packs for all Printing Plates.
Plates have Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow versions.
Each plate is a 1/1.
Character Bios Silver Foilboard Parallels
7 cards (#C1-C7 only)
1:4 packs for all Silver Foil Board parallels.
Quotes Checklist
9 cards.
1:3 packs.
Q1 Don’t Cross the Streams.
Q2 Human Sacrifice, Dogs and Cats Living Together – Mass Hysteria.
Q3 Ray, When Someone Asks You If You’re a God, You Say “yes!”
Q4 He’s an Ugly Little Spud, Isn’t He?
Q5 Ok…So…She’s a Dog.
Q6 Choose the Form of the Destructor!
Q7 We Came. We Saw. We Kicked Its Ass.
Q8 Are You The Gatekeeper?
Q9 He Slimed Me.
Quotes Printing Plates Parallels
9 cards.
1:378 packs for all Printing Plates.
Plates have Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow versions.
Each plate is a 1/1.
Quotes Silver Foil Board Parallels
9 cards.
1:4 packs for all Silver Foil Board parallels.
Sing for Your Specter Checklist
9 cards.
1:3 packs.
Story and art by Erik Burnham.
E1
E2
E3
E4
E5
E6
E7
E8
E9
Sing for Your Specter Printing Plates Parallels
9 cards.
1:378 packs for all Printing Plates.
Plates have Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow versions.
Each plate is a 1/1.
Sing for Your Specter Silver Foil Board Parallels
9 cards.
1:4 packs for all Silver Foil Board parallels.
Sketch Cards Checklist
152 artists.
1:30 packs.
Deborah Abbott
Melike Acar
Kokkinakis Achilleas
Irma Ahmed
Kristin Allen
Roger Andrews
Ariana Atanazio
Dan B.W.
Tracy Bailey
Mitch Ballard
Patrick Ballesteros
Nicholas Baltra
Michael Banks (Sugar Fueled)
David Beaty
Caroline Beaudoin
Kiley Beecher
Jeffrey C. Benitez
Dan Bergren
Scott Blair
Federico Blee
Thomas Boatwright
Dan Borgonos
William Bowen Donley III
Leon Braojos
Molly Brewer
Thanh Bui
Bukshot
Jomar A. Bulda
Steven Burch
Erik Burnham
Carlos Cabaleiro
Marcio Cabreira
Puis Calzada
Brian S. Canio
Kate Carleton
Marco D. Carrillo
Anastasia Catris
D. Chandler
Jeff Chandler
Dan Chaparro
Francois Chartier
Amy Clark
Adam Cleveland
Jeff Confer
Córdova
Jader Correa
Jofel B. Cube
Ted Dastick, Jr.
Gerald de Dios
Mauricio Dias
Mark Dos Santos
Louise Draper
Kimberly Dunaway
Marcia Dye
Gabe Farber
Jerry Fleming
Dustin Foust
Autumn Frederickson
Fer Galicia
Jojo Galicia
Kevin Gentilcore
Bruce Gerlach
Phil Gibson
Patrick Giles
Josh Ginter
Mick & Matt Glebe
Benjamin Glendenning
Jason Goad
Greg Golem
Rodjer Goulart
Matthew Hansen
Matt Hebb
Elvin A. Hernandez
Noval N. Hernawan
Luro Hersal
Joe Hogan
Scott Houseman
John “JAX” Jackman
Mike James
Jez
Robert Jimenez
Samantha Johnson
jp3sketch
Stacey Kardash
Michael Kasinger
Charalampos Kourtis
Taylan Kurtulus
Jay David Lee
Mike Legan
Lee Lightfoot
Cleber Lima
Rustico Limosinero
Steve Lydic
Erik Maell
Bill Maus
Clayton McCormack
Manny Mederos
Chris Meeks
Barush Merling
Mikey
Hanie Mohd
Rich Molinelli
John Monserrat
Sean Moore
Alan Wayne Myers
David Namisato
Niceroad
Howie Noel
Raz Ortiz
John Ottinger
Chris Papantoniou
Kris Penix
Leo Perez
Mark Pingitore
Ashleigh Popplewell
Jason Potratz & Jack Hai
Tim Proctor
Fabian Quintero
Jon T. Racimo
Scott Rorie
Jason Saldajeno
Jose Carlos Sanchez
Cristian Santos
Dan Schaefer
Dan Schoening
Jeremy R. Scott
Beck Seashols
Amber Shelton
Yuriko Shirou
Danny Silva
Joe Simko
Shao Siong
John Sloboda
Todd Aaron Smith
Bob Stevlic
Matt Stewart
Jake Sumbing
Vince Sunico
Dave “Pops” Tata
Mike Thomas
Bianca Thompson
Bill Thompson
Bryan “Kaiser” Tillman
Gabby Untermayerova
Mel Uran
Mike Vasquez
Jeff Victor
Travis Walton
Chris West
Niall Westerfield
Joshua Wysocki
Mary Zorilita Bellamy
Totally Fabricated Replica Patch Cards Checklist
9 cards.
1:72 packs.
H9 exclusive to set’s binder and not in packs.
H1 Venkman
H2 Stantz
H3 Spengler
H4 Zeddemore
H5 Melnitz
H6 Ortiz
H7 Griffin
H8 Alexander
H9 Rookie – binder
Totally Fabricated Slime Cards
6 cards.
1:200 packs.
S1 Standard Ectoplasmic Discharge
S2 Standard Ectoplasmic Residue, Weakened
S3 Psychomagnotheric Ectoplasm
S4 Necrotic Ectoplasm
S5 Abnormal Ectoplasmic Discharge
S6 Class 7 Ectoplasmic Discharge
Tricks and Traps Puzzle Checklist
9 cards.
1:3 packs.
Art by Dan Schoening.
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
D6
D7
D8
D9
Tricks and Traps Cryptomium Parallels
9 cards.
1:54 packs.
Tricks and Traps Printing Plates Parallels
9 cards.
1:378 packs for all Printing Plates.
Plates have Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow versions.
Each plate is a 1/1.
Tricks and Traps Silver Foil Board Parallels
9 cards.
1:4 packs for all Silver Foil Board parallels.
Promo Cards Checklist
P1 Ghostbusters Logo – Non-Sport Update Magazine (June/July, 2015)
P1 Ghostbusters Logo (Cryptomium) – Conventions (Summer, 2015)
