Buscafantasmas (Searching for ghosts) vehicle was a bootleg hybrid, which had elements that were recasts of Playmobil items and labels noting the toy's name and the Ghostbusters No-ghost logo. Other toy elements besides Playmobil were likely used as well.





Notes

The car came in at least two colors, white and red. While box art hasn't surfaced showing the manufacturer name, it was likely the same toy design as "Cartoon Video Car" by Chi Land Plastic Manufacturing. Chi Land Plastic Manufacturing was a known knockoff company, making toys that many times were exact copies of other toys. However, some of their offerings were a bit more of a copy, with parts from different toys put together to make a new product. Chi Land Plastic Manufacturing seems to have made toys from 1981 through 1990. The date for the Buscafantasmas vehicle is likely being a year off or more from the Chi Land version, which gives a year of 1985 on the front of the box. Since the item matches the other, it would be assumed that this was done by a company that was given the "Cartoon Video Car" mold to use. As the name suggests, the item was marketed in Spanish. It's unclear what countrie(s) it was meant for.

The pilots are from Playmobil's Playmo Space line set "Space Explorers".

Trivia

List of known items by Chi Land Plastic Manufacturing: CL-2010 Pioneer Stunts Motorcycle CL-2011 Pioneer Space Risky Car (After 1980 [1] ) CL-2012 Cartoon Video Car (1985 copyright on front of box) CL-2015 Universe Fighting Cock CL-2023 Patriot Shuttle (1990 copyright on front of box)



References

Playclicks Forums: "Rarity with capital letters." -thread on the Pioneer Space Risky Car, also has images of the Universe Fighting Cock on page 3.