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DIY Ghostbusters Proton Pack!

The Joy that outlives us!

By Kevin B. PlothPublished 3 years ago 2 min read
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Best four photos of the development, to the joy of a four year old! Priceless!

It began with my youngest being obsessed with the original Ghostbusters and his favorite character Dr. Peter Venkman.

He loves it along with most of the 80’s films from that period. He has watched Ghostbusters ten times.

I took everything we had in recycling, odds and ends. Even a old backpack.

I used several photos of the actual Proton backpack as a loose guide. It was fun and the best part making a box into Exto 1! When he saw this finished, well let’s just say..... “over the moon!”

Such a blast using what I had, then finishing it.

You will find this joy as well for a un-Holloween year. So great full my parents did this for my brothers and I when we were this age. Enjoy the fun, a blast for the kiddies to!

A little history of the Proton Pack and Ghostbusters:

First the fictional side of this ghost busting weapon.

Designed in 1984 by Egon Spengler and Ray Stantz, the Proton Pack counters the negative energy which ghosts are made of with a Proton Stream, a stream of positively charged ions which can harness a ghost. The Proton Packs are nuclear powered.

The power cells of the Proton Pack have a half life of 5,000 years.The Proton Packs are special, for they are the only piece of technology in the world that has the ability to strip electrons away from protons. It has a hand-held wand known as a "Neutrona Wand" (also called a Proton Gun or Particle Thrower) connected to a backpack-sized particle accelerator. The Proton Pack, also functions by using a miniature cyclotron to concentrate protons by channeling though a "positron collider" then to the neutrona wand, emitting way-fire positronic ionized stream of proton energy that polarizes with the negatively charged ectoplasmic entities which held them in the stream while active even if they are out of phase with reality (basically, this description is technobabble). In practical terms, the Proton Gun fires a stream of energy that allows a wielder to snare a ghost. The stream reacts to ghost energy and uses that energy to hold the ghost in place so it can be positioned above a Trap for capture. Even if a ghost becomes invisible or intangible, their negative energy still exists, though it is slightly out of phase with normal reality. The positive stream neutralizes their invisibility or phaseshift ability, then forces them back in sync with our reality and holds them in place for capture.

There are some Inconsistencies, for instance look at

Ray's Pack in the first movie. The first bust is falsely assumed to have yellow lights in the upper part near the blue "powercell lights" (Blue light bar that flashes going up). It is actually due to the black paint being worn off of the fiberglass shell, allowing the power cell lights to illuminate through. 

What you will need:

Drop Cloth

Amazon Box/Boxes

Paper Towel tubes

Hose(1 3/4”” and .025”” small craft hose)

Gorilla Glue Duckt Tape

2 glue guns and different size glue sticks

1 Black Plastic Medium 12 oz circle To-go Container

4 Individual Egg holders

Disgarded medicine bottles.

The decals I got from the web. I printed them out and clued onto the key spots.

1 Can of May Black Spray Paint(Rustoleum or Testirs Hobby)

Cutting Board

Good Xacto Blades/Hooby Knife

Good Hobby Scissors

Total time: 6 hours.

Make sure to paint after build is completed.

Remember it does not have to be exact, make it fun and have a blast doing it.

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About the Creator

Kevin B. Ploth

Doing VO’s for 35 years, I bring life to any copy or text. NABISCO National Campaign,Carl Wheat Thins, 2009, TOYOTA National Radio Spots, 1996, VO

TOYS 'R' US National Radio Spots, 1999,Fluent in Spanish, dialects, impersonations,characters

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