Thanks so much! It was a rewarding process for sure, glad the information is still relevant to help other ghost heads and yes; still bustin every Halloween and the occasional nerd con XD It's on display in the living room and always starts fun conversations when people see it.

It's not easy! After building one, I noticed the films never show them "hanging it up". Three tries is my best record 😆

Thanks for the kind words!

Thank you, kindly!

Hope it helps, and good luck with your builds!

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Thank you for the very kind words, that really makes my day.

That's so great to hear, thank you 🙏 Good luck with your build and feel free to reach out with any questions -- I look forward to seeing what you come up with!

Awesome! I'd love to see some pics if you'd like to share. Feel free to PM me.

Thanks for the kind words, much appreciated! Hopefully it helps another Buster get their pack built

Those are really nice. Had I known about them, that's the route I'd have gone as well. I have his trap kit and it's totally worth it.

@@Bombasticentertainment yep, i have the trap kit as well. not entirely sure what you have with your kit but i know bens doing the PKE meters soon, sniffer and giga meter. all very easy to mod for electrics if you want.

Thanks for the kind words much appreciated!

Thanks for the kind words! This thing was a beast, but totally worth it.

Hey man, I apologize; I SWORE I responded to this... do you have any photos/video of your extension lever/barrel? I don't plan on modding mind (I took this thing as far as I wanted) but it's always cool to see what people do with their builds.

I appreciate that, thank you. Glad you enjoyed the build video!

Definitely a good idea if you plan on going to a lot of cons. The regular straps work, but after about two hours, you start to feel it in your shoulders.

@@Bombasticentertainment Well, I don't go to cons much myself. Mostly, I would wear my proton pack to a Halloween party.

No disassembly required! I rolled it sideways, taped it (so it would stay that way) then pulled it through the loom using a piece of string.

Those red and clear covers are also listed on GBfans.com as "LED Cliplites". Two are all you'll need but they send you a pack of four (2 red, 2 clear). Glad to hear the video helps. Good luck with your build!

@@Bombasticentertainment Thanks dude, I placed my order today. I didn't realise there were other categories besides the ones they showed besides the groups at the top of the page under packs.

I used DC barrel jacks and wire to create appropriate extension cables from the battery to the soundboard, and from the battery to the external panel mount jack creating the external charging port -- with the port on the outside, I never have to open up the pack for charging. Some light soldering was required. Make sure to cover your soldered wires with shrink tube, to properly insulate any exposed wiring.

The watch is a 2nd gen Moto 360. Thanks for the kind words and good luck with your eventual build!

I pilfered mine from some dollar store flashlights. I saw Amazon sells some, but not sure if the sizes would work. In a pinch, you could probably just spray paint the insides of some Dixie cups silver and use those as reflectors. Hope that helps. Good luck on your build!

Thanks. I picked up some dollar store flashlights as well. I'll post pics once I get electronics in (waiting for it to ship from GB fans, starting to sweat if it will be here in time). As for electronics in the tip, I took a different approach, but took a cue from your idea of using putty to backfill and paint. My plan was to drill a channel and fish wires through, then later backfill with epoxy and paint (once everything is wired in and confirmed working). Here is a pic so far... snipboard.io/SMEFDb.jpg You don't know any other source for hat lights do you? I ordered a set from GBFans, but it won't be here until middle of Nov. My plan B if push comes to shove is to just tape over the wires and have it be missing them , (not really a plan, but the absence of a plan, lol). I just don't want to box myself into a corner with a temporary solution.

Haha I get it. I wanted to make a pack, because Egon and Ray made their gear... the work gives me a more personal connection to the prop, but I can totally see just wanting the thing. Check out the Haslab Spengler pack and Plasma series Neutrona wand from Afterlife... they look nice, they're made to pair together and they cost about half of what this build did.

With the acrylic motherboard detached from the pack, I lined up the frame with the MB (I eyeballed the placement), marked and drilled matching holes through both and mounted it all together with (3) 1/4-20" x 1-1/2 inch bolts, with 3/4 inch stand offs between the motherboard and the frame and washers on both sides of the MB. I show this briefly at roughly 21:45 but I don't think I mentioned the hardware. Hope that helps!

@@Bombasticentertainment thx!

Basically the battery is always left in the "on" position... I soldered a switch to act as a break between the DC jack on the battery and the input on the pack board so I could switch the pack lights off when not in use. Hope that helps!

It's a little of both...IIRC, I believe I friction fit the bar graph from below, then glued the bezel down from the top. From there, I seem to recall adding a dab of hot glue to secure the bar graph to the underside for piece of mind. Hope that helps.

Hi and thank you for the reply. I have a couple of other questions. In my kit the fit between the front handle and rear handle of the wand is extremely loose. Did you use glue to hold them together or add screws to ensure they stayed together. Did painting the metal tube black make for a tighter fit? Also, I too purchased the Clippard valves and drilled the extra holes to place them. Did you glue them in place or use screws for that. The screws that came with the Clippard valves are not long enough to use. Did you have to get additional screws?

Mine was also loose. After installing the electronics, I used epoxy to attach the front handle to the wand body. For the clippards, the included screws will back thread out and you can replace them with longer screws that will work for you. Mine are screwed into place, secured by nuts on the underside. A little glue/epoxy doesn't hurt.

"I'm fuzzy on the whole good bad thing". Kidding! Good for you! As for the glass tip, that seems like a cool upgrade, unfortunately I have never delt with drilling/tooling glass, so I can't give any guidance there.

I just used the tapped screw holes the pack already had. I did have to fill and re-drill some of the pre-drilled holes on the acrylic MB as they didn't all match up. I show this briefly at 21:25 hope that helps!

@@Bombasticentertainment Thanks!

That's a good question! I've only seen one person post pics and they didn't have the lights on. Pretty sure the product listing said it did not include a sound board, though.

I attached a DC barrel jack to the outgoing power jack on the battery, and used the push button as a master "break" between the battery power and the electronics. Since the battery is always on inside the pack, the external power button now functions to feed or cut power to the electronics. I did the same thing for the external power port; wiring a DC power jack, and soldering the leads of that to the external charging port. Hope that helps!

I don't, sorry; this was strictly a passion project for me and I thought the video might help others through the trickier parts of the build process.

@@Bombasticentertainment Its cool , just thought you did an awesome job and wanted to see if you were keen on selling fully assembled customized kits , god knows you'd have a lot of buyers Cheers man.

With the acrylic motherboard detached from the pack, I lined up the frame with the MB (I eyeballed the placement), marked and drilled matching holes through both and mounted it all together with (3) 1/4-20" x 1-1/2 inch bolts, with 3/4 inch stand offs between the motherboard and the frame and washers on both sides of the MB. I show this briefly at roughly 21:45 but I don't think I mentioned the hardware. Hope that helps!

@@Bombasticentertainment Yes. Thanks for that. I have a few more questions for you. Where did you get the double sided Velcro and flashlight reflectors and what sizes? Thank you.

You can get double sided Velcro at a fabric/craft store like Michael's. I saw you can order some flashlight reflectors off Amazon, but I chose to disassemble some Dollar Store flashlights and pilfer the reflectors out of those... wasteful, but cheaper. I did my "wrapped in foam" trick to to mount the LEDs into the reflectors, but another option would be to purchase some LED holders online or from a local electronics supply store.

Thank you! I have a BoK ghost trap... he makes good stuff.

Certainly. I'd be happy to help.

Wish I could recall the exact measurements, but it's been a while. I measured the hat lights and switch with a caliper so they friction fit, then applied super glue where necessary. Hope that helps

@@Bombasticentertainment np. Thanks

How about the standoffs for the pack and Alice frame? Do you have the measurements for those?

I used 3/4" stand offs and a washer on both sides of the MB. The length of screws was probably 1 1/4" so it had enough meat to hold the Alice frame + MB when the nuts were applied.

@@Bombasticentertainment thanks!

I did get the GBfans speaker. It's pretty good, but it's nothing special; there's plenty of alternatives. The standoffs are accurate to a GB2 style pack, which this is. Make sure to put washers on both sides of your acrylic (to keep it from flexing/cracking under the wight) and it'll hold the pack weight no problem. They did not come with the pack or frame; I purchased them at the hardware store. I only have 3 bolt/standoffs holding my entire pack, which again, is accurate to a GB2 pack.

Well, if my crystal ball was working in 2018 I might have waited for that haha. I have no regrets; it was a fun build, warts and all.

@@Bombasticentertainment but , you made a proton pack better than Hasbro , you have permission to fell a real life Egon Spengler.

For a mass produced item, it's probably pretty good. Some of those clip on slime effects looked pretty cool.

@@Bombasticentertainment you have plans to put a internal ciclotron core on your proton pack ?

@@KRiSTUBE723 nah. That's cool and all, but I tried to keep this build as GB1 as possible. Adding that now would take too much reverse engineering. I did wire up a quick release for the wand after this video, though. Makes transporting the pack much easier.

Haha, yep. I ordered one as soon as they opened up orders... they really should have called it a preorder, because the kits were in development for most of that time.

ya just DON'T :D Go for BenOfKent kit for accuracy and buck for a deal thing :)

GamezWithSpring which proton pack kit tier from BenOfKent do you recommend that is the closest to movie accurate?? If you can post a list of what you did, I would greatly appreciate it :)

Yeah, I heard something about this but really haven't been keeping up. All I hope for is after all the issues, this new company can do better by customers and have better QC. People pay a lot of money for this stuff, they deserve a quality product and customer service.

I know, right? Supposedly, they're out of business now, or have been acquired by Rubies and Neca (or whatever) so hopefully we see some higher end cosplay items than whatever trash they put out as "high end Rubies" we see in Spirit Halloween year after year. People pay a lot of money for this stuff; they deserve a good product. I can only hope it's better than what I had dealt with. Headaches aside; it was worth it, though. Love my pack (averaged from 3d scanned from actual screen used props so the measurements couldn't be more correct) and I learned a lot through the build process I wouldn't have known without putting the work in.

They sure did suck on so many levels. Glad they're out of business.

I will give them this; the pack is based off of 3D scans of existing props, so while there is some idealized decisions, as a base; it's about as close to a screen used shell as you could hope for (warts and all) and your mileage may vary. Make of that what you will.

What's the trouble? I'll help if I can.

@@Bombasticentertainment i brought a pack shell and electronics from someone online but i can not get it to light up. i think it is not wired right and there is multible battery packs

@@philwebb2579 Hmm. Honestly, I'd contact the seller. If it's defective they should stand by their work.

@@Bombasticentertainment i think i have solved the issue but i can't send pics to you to check

@@philwebb2579 glad to hear! Follow me on Instagram @BombasticEntertainment and DM me the pics. I'll take a look.