# Bent ion arm on gb1 pack **URL:** \ **Category:** Proton Packs\ **Created:** [October 14, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/bent-ion-arm-on-gb1-pack/19561 "2020-10-14T20:15:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darth\_Egon](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@Darth\_Egon](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Darth_Egon)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/bent-ion-arm-on-gb1-pack/19561/1 "2020-10-14T20:15:48Z")
So I was looking at some reference photos of the packs and stumbled across this one. The site claims it’s a screen used pack but look at the [ion arm](https://www.gbfans.com/shop/aluminum-welded-ion-arm). I actually kinda like the look of it bent lol . > **[Redirect Notice](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http:%2F%2Fmarshall-arts.net%2FProtonPacks%2Fimages%2Fscreenpack6.jpg&imgrefurl=http:%2F%2Fmarshall-arts.net%2FProtonPacks%2Freferences.html&tbnid=genGS5cVR0iW_M&vet=1&docid=of8nEOnL4uCMxM&w=515&h=803&hl=en-us&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim)** ---
**Author:** ![RedSpecial](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/redspecial/32/3978_2.png) [@RedSpecial](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/RedSpecial)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/bent-ion-arm-on-gb1-pack/19561/2 "2020-10-14T20:33:39Z")
It is indeed screen used 🙂 This is the Ramis Hero pack ( the actual Spengler pack) It was auctioned off a few years back and is now in the hands of a private collector. That image is from a collection of photos taken in 1984 when the pack was on display at an arts center. ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/f/c/fc16a76dcda245b0a72203a049b1c8bcfcf16e6a.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/2/b/2b44a27410b56fa87d287cfff682d914c3094c48.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Egon](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@Darth\_Egon](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Darth_Egon)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/bent-ion-arm-on-gb1-pack/19561/3 "2020-10-14T20:59:56Z")
Awesome!!! I think I may replicate that!!! ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Egon](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@Darth\_Egon](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Darth_Egon)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/bent-ion-arm-on-gb1-pack/19561/4 "2020-10-15T02:09:06Z")
Hey right below where the [ribbon cable](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack/ribbon-cable) enters the pack there is a hex bolt??? Is that for securing the pack to the mother board as well? ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/188026_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/bent-ion-arm-on-gb1-pack/19561/5 "2020-10-15T07:30:42Z")
> [@Darth\_Egon post\_id=4940947 time=1602727746 user\_id=50114](#): > > Hey right below where the ribbon cable enters the pack there is a hex bolt??? Is that for securing the pack to the mother board as well? It’s for fixing the end of the [ribbon cable](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack/ribbon-cable) in place. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Egon](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@Darth\_Egon](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Darth_Egon)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/bent-ion-arm-on-gb1-pack/19561/6 "2020-10-15T13:05:46Z")
Thank you! I never noticed that when I built my last pack. Not a lot of people replicate that ---
**Author:** ![NotSabbat](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NotSabbat](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/NotSabbat)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/bent-ion-arm-on-gb1-pack/19561/7 "2020-10-15T21:22:09Z")
> [@Darth\_Egon post\_id=4940963 time=1602767146 user\_id=50114](#): > > Thank you! I never noticed that when I built my last pack. Not a lot of people replicate that Ive looked at that picture specifically and never notice it… ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/188026_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/bent-ion-arm-on-gb1-pack/19561/8 "2020-10-15T21:42:07Z")
Here’s a shot of the same Pack from 1984, showing the [ribbon cable](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack/ribbon-cable) cap-head screw nice and clear, and the Ion Am before it’d been bent: ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/d/9/d925c0989b51f900f486b94416ae8b399768be3e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Egon](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@Darth\_Egon](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Darth_Egon)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/bent-ion-arm-on-gb1-pack/19561/9 "2020-10-15T21:54:06Z")
That is awesome!!! How big is the hole that the [ribbon cable](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack/ribbon-cable) goes into? To me it looks like at least 3/4 inch