--- title: Female Ghostbusters Reboot: Paul Feig Shows Action Figures description: Yup, that's Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon in six-inch plastic form. canonical: https://time.com/4172830/female-ghostbusters-action-figures/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-08T16:50:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:28:27.699Z og:title: Here's a Sneak Peek at the New 'Ghostbusters' Action Figures og:description: Director Paul Feig posted a photo of the figures on Twitter og:url: https://time.com/4172830/female-ghostbusters-action-figures/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's a Sneak Peek at the New 'Ghostbusters' Action Figures twitter:description: Director Paul Feig posted a photo of the figures on Twitter twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's a Sneak Peek at the New _Ghostbusters_ Action Figures by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 8, 2016 4:50 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 8, 2016 4:50 PM UTC The upcoming all-female _Ghostbusters_ reboot doesn’t hit theaters until the [summer](http://time.com/4154301/most-anticipated-movies-2016/), but people are already very excited — and [very ready](https://twitter.com/BuildaLibrary/status/684523906825383938) for new _Ghostbusters_ action figures. Well, director Paul Feig wants everyone to rest easy, because action figures are definitely happening. On Thursday, he shared a photo of the current prototypes: > [](https://twitter.com/paulfeig/status/685284979195052032) Yup, that’s Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and [Kate McKinnon](http://time.com/4152597/kate-mckinnon-ghostbusters-poster/) in six-inch plastic form. This photo comes shortly after the [controversy](http://time.com/4170424/star-wars-wheres-rey/) about why Rey, a female _Star Wars_ character, was missing from shelves, games and action figure sets. For more _Ghostbusters_ insight, keep an eye on Feig’s Twitter, because he’s been [posting](https://editor.ew.com/article/2015/06/30/ghostbusters-reboot-proton-pack-photo) all kinds of [teasers](http://time.com/3949485/new-ghostbusters-car/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4172830/female-ghostbusters-action-figures/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4172830/female-ghostbusters-action-figures/"},"headline":"Here's a Sneak Peek at the New Ghostbusters Action Figures","datePublished":"2016-01-08T16:50:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:28:27.699Z","description":"Director Paul Feig posted a photo of the figures on Twitter","url":"https://time.com/4172830/female-ghostbusters-action-figures/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4172830/female-ghostbusters-action-figures/","name":"Here's a Sneak Peek at the New Ghostbusters Action Figures"}}]}] ```