This build is hands down one of if not the absolute funnest I've ever done. The fact that it starts out with what looks like a Haynes repair manual as the building instructions book really set the tone for the entire build. Being based off the Ecto-1 from the new film, some purists may complain about sacrilege but I got one personally e joyed the film tremendously and felt this was an excellent tribute to the whole franchise. The details of the model are very well executed, the interior is very true to what's on the screen and the included engine that no one would ever regularly see is truly a gift from the designers. This set feels like it was designed and built by someone that truly appreciates both the movies, the car itself and cars overall. The rotating radars tied into the rear wheel, the drop down for the remote ghost trap, the side gunners pop out seat, all amazing! I cannot say enough great things about this set. I've built so many Legos in my life and this one was pure joy from start to finish. I highly recommend it to anyone that's a fan of the films, cars and just looks forward to an immensely enjoyable build experience.

Brought this to add to our vehicle collection & also having just watched the latest Ghosbuster movie.
This is the second biggest Lego I have built (by brick count) only your Land Rover Defender is bigger so far.
This is a challenging build to say the least with lots of clever openings & mechanism details I especially like the tilting rear floor that release the ghost trap & the gunner seat, I had an issue with this, every time I tried to operate it the gunner seat would not turn to face forward, I checked I had built it to the instructions & rebuilt it twice to make sure but it still would not work properly, I eventually worked out that one of the moving parts with the seat attached was not coming out square & so would not turn seat, I tried a 1x1 tile on one of the 2 front facing studs ( just by door opening) but this did not work , so I replaced it with a 1x1 with stud which worked great & now the mechanism works as I believe it was intended.
I loved this build, I never build in one go I like to take my time & enjoy each phase of the build so this took me about 4 weeks on & off to complete.
The detail is great so many moving parts & really innovative ways that these work, the look of the finished vehicle is absolutely brilliant looking so much like the film vehicle. All I would say is that there are an enormous amount of stickers & as most of the parts they go on have straight sides so lining them up is a challenge to say the least, but they re required to give the effect needed.
Would recommend this to anyone who enjoys complex builds

How much, only 4800.

But in all seriousness, seeing the movie with my son, Afterlife that is and wanting to have a great memory of it, I set out to buy this set. So I sold a majority of my bobblehead collection and bought this the same day. It sat in my closet for almost 2 years because I had nowhere to display it.

Needless to say building this was a blast, I had the Ghostbusters soundtrack playing, doing Ghostbusters trivia with my son and laughing the whole time.

This build reawakened my love of Lego and I have started selling off the rest of my sports memorabilia collection to buy more sets.

I’m hoping to see more Ghostbusters sets in the future. Now to save up for the firehouse and the original Ecto-1. And maybe another one of these to make it look like the Ecto from GB2!

Happy Building and God Bless!

I want to start off by saying that the vehicle itself is fantastic, no complaints there. The building process…leaves something to be desired.
Now, I've always been cynical of using “fun” colored bricks that aren’t visible in the finished set. But I’ve come around after building Ecto-1.
In some ways this set felt like a fun throw-back, with mostly red, blue, yellow, white, black and gray bricks. But in such a big set, it quickly became repetitive.
The instructions are complicated/confusing at times, in part because of the lack of different colors. This was also complicated by needing to dump out too many bricks at a time. The bags are numbered up to 11 or 12, but many cases there are two bags with the same number.
I wouldn’t discourage anyone from buying this set. Ultimately, the issues listed above felt like the end of an era at LEGO, rather than something we might expect again. I wrote this review for two reasons:
1. LEGO, keep up the good work and improvements.
2. As a builder, if you have to choose between this set or, for example, the Back to the Future DeLorean…you’ll find a much more enjoyable building experience with the latter. Once they’re built though, they both offer great display and play value.