# Hasbro Proton Pack Cyclotron Lights **URL:** \ **Category:** Proton Packs\ **Created:** [January 17, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/hasbro-proton-pack-cyclotron-lights/37798 "2023-01-17T14:35:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sciflyguy](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/sciflyguy/32/130945_2.png) [@sciflyguy](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/sciflyguy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/hasbro-proton-pack-cyclotron-lights/37798/1 "2023-01-17T14:35:28Z")
Just wondering if anyone here has dismantled or accessed the LED lights in the Hasbro [Proton Pack](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack) [cyclotron](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack/cyclotron)? My pack arrived last week and I’ve noticed the lower right cyclotron LED lights have been mounted at a 90 degree angle and point toward the ‘shock mount’ rather than follow the circumference of the cyclotron. I’ve unscrewed the plastic ‘cup’ on the inside of the cyclotron that covers the back of the LED PCB but can’t figure out if the main housing that holds it in place is snap-fitted on, hot-glued or moulded. Obviously I don’t want to break anything by forcing it off! Any help would be appreciated as all I need to do is rotate the lights 90 degrees counter-clockwise because it bugs the hell out of me. Thanks. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/hasbro-proton-pack-cyclotron-lights/37798/2 "2023-01-17T14:53:43Z")
Could you post some photos if you’re able? This may help to determine how the housing has been attached. ---
**Author:** ![sciflyguy](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/sciflyguy/32/130945_2.png) [@sciflyguy](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/sciflyguy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/hasbro-proton-pack-cyclotron-lights/37798/3 "2023-01-18T10:57:08Z")
> [@Kingpin post\_id=4977134 time=1673967223 user\_id=76](#): > > Could you post some photos if you’re able? This may help to determine how the housing has been attached. Sure. Here’s how the lights are mis-aligned from the outside… ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/e/0/e030703581e0ae96ab6b4b3f47453f263b53f130.jpeg) Here’s what it looks like on the inside once I’ve detached the cover… ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/c/7/c70585bbcbf4e3ad6be3acc607287b8c336df3e4.jpeg) I’m pretty sure there’s a way to access the LEDs but it’s fixed pretty tight and is showing no signs of budging. ---
**Author:** ![ProtonDefender](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/45deac/32.png) [@ProtonDefender](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ProtonDefender)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/hasbro-proton-pack-cyclotron-lights/37798/4 "2023-01-18T12:12:06Z")
Got my pack yesterday and same thing for me (on the top left). I tried prying out the piece, but part of it snapped where there is a screw post (accessible from [the other side](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/publications/comics/ghostbusters-the-other-side), which I do not know how to access without breaking). Luckily the post was easily glued back into place and functions as normal. I emailed Hasbro to explain the problem and asked if they could offer a way for me to fix and/or replace just the [cyclotron](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack/cyclotron)…I’ll update when I get a response. ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/c/0/c0f67cb6c5baf2efc42f0260abbdb33d7142100d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![sciflyguy](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/sciflyguy/32/130945_2.png) [@sciflyguy](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/sciflyguy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/hasbro-proton-pack-cyclotron-lights/37798/5 "2023-01-18T13:03:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Got my pack yesterday and same thing for me (on the top left). I tried prying out the piece, but part of it snapped where there is a screw post (accessible from the other side, which I do not know how to access without breaking). Luckily the post was easily glued back into place and functions as normal. I emailed Hasbro to explain the problem and asked if they could offer a way for me to fix and/or replace just the cyclotron…I’ll update when I get a response. Ah, so it 's not just my pack then! I emailed Hasbro customer services (I’m in the UK) the moment I spotted the problem. I’ve just got this reply: “I can definitely get a new part sent out to you for this. Please allow 5-100 days for this to be received.” Good to know they can fix it. I’ll hold off from prying it open until a replacement arrives! I hope you get your replacement too! ---
**Author:** ![ProtonDefender](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/45deac/32.png) [@ProtonDefender](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ProtonDefender)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/hasbro-proton-pack-cyclotron-lights/37798/6 "2023-01-18T14:50:55Z")
Ok, awesome! Thanks for letting me know…I would assume I’d get the same reply, but if not, can use the “I know for a fact someone else with the same problem has a replacement coming their way,” line. The average person outside the GB community would not notice, but it was glaring to me, especially in the “[Afterlife](https://www.gbfans.com/shop/ghostbusters-afterlife)” mode when it was meant to look like it’s spinning inside. At first I thought it was part of the “broken down/hard to cycle” effect, but then same thing in the '84 mode. I, too, am glad it wasn’t just mine! ---
**Author:** ![one-time](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/one-time/32/188339_2.png) [@one-time](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/one-time)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/hasbro-proton-pack-cyclotron-lights/37798/7 "2023-01-19T23:24:54Z")
This is such a weird oversight by Hasbro. Let us know how it goes! ---
**Author:** ![tobycj](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/tobycj/32/186876_2.png) [@tobycj](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/tobycj)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/hasbro-proton-pack-cyclotron-lights/37798/8 "2023-01-20T09:52:27Z")
> [@One time](#): > > This is such a weird oversight by Hasbro. > > Let us know how it goes! They made ~20,000 of them in a factory in China, they won’t have QC’d ever single pack, so there’ll definitely be some that are faulty. ---
**Author:** ![GBKid1984](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/5daacb/32.png) [@GBKid1984](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/GBKid1984)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/hasbro-proton-pack-cyclotron-lights/37798/9 "2023-01-20T10:01:26Z")
Up to 100 days?! I’m nervous for you. No idea how many Hasbro made or how they’re going to handle replacements of defective units. Hope everything works out for you, and it’s really disappointing there weren’t better checks and balances in place. ---
**Author:** ![spongeface](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/spongeface/32/185512_2.png) [@spongeface](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/spongeface)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/hasbro-proton-pack-cyclotron-lights/37798/10 "2023-01-21T04:21:15Z")
I also am trying to pry mine apart but for nefarious reasons, and cannot figure out how to do it with out breaking something that would show. I do suspect it is glued together. If you do get a replacement cover in 5 days (not 100), I would love to buy your misaligned cover so I can tear it apart without fear of doing something that I will regret! ---
**Author:** ![RonMan32](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@RonMan32](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/RonMan32)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 5:13am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/hasbro-proton-pack-cyclotron-lights/37798/11 "2023-01-22T05:13:38Z")
I really feel for all the people getting packs with various issues. Looks like I was lucky. All the electronics look fine, paint is solid, nothing broken. ---
**Author:** ![corey91](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/corey91/32/186059_2.png) [@corey91](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/corey91)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/hasbro-proton-pack-cyclotron-lights/37798/12 "2023-01-22T07:37:11Z")
> [@Spongeface post\_id=4977506 time=1674274875 user\_id=31034](#): > > I also am trying to pry mine apart but for nefarious reasons, and cannot figure out how to do it with out breaking something that would show. I do suspect it is glued together. > > If you do get a replacement cover in 5 days (not 100), I would love to buy your misaligned cover so I can tear it apart without fear of doing something that I will regret! ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/5/5/55ff380c266b0e918e2fc1244b1688fd3baf2480.jpeg) this person got theirs apart pretty easily they said to diffuse their LEDs. End product looked pretty great edit: you can see it being opened in this video as well: [https://youtu.be/-FfNuYoQRUM?t=341](https://youtu.be/-FfNuYoQRUM?t=341) ---
**Author:** ![spongeface](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/spongeface/32/185512_2.png) [@spongeface](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/spongeface)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/hasbro-proton-pack-cyclotron-lights/37798/13 "2023-01-23T03:54:50Z")
Thanks for the posting of the link to that video. So you do have to break it apart because it is glued together, but not too many complaints about it holding together afterwords without any glue or added fasteners. For the wonky angle [cyclotron](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack/cyclotron) lights it would be interesting to know if the wrong circuit board was used or the correct circuit board was just put in with the wrong orientation. Fixing the orientation of a correct numbered board should be possible. The cyclotron boards are labeled #1-#4 (thanks to Jake for that). ---
**Author:** ![sciflyguy](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/sciflyguy/32/130945_2.png) [@sciflyguy](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/sciflyguy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/hasbro-proton-pack-cyclotron-lights/37798/14 "2023-01-24T13:50:02Z")
Well, I’m happy to report that Hasbro sent me a replacement [cyclotron](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack/cyclotron) at the weekend - and all the lights are correctly aligned. I can’t fault their customer service as they also included a letter apologising for the problem! ---
**Author:** ![gamera1968](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/d78d45/32.png) [@gamera1968](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/gamera1968)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/hasbro-proton-pack-cyclotron-lights/37798/15 "2023-01-25T14:37:34Z")
> [@SciFlyGuy post\_id=4977716 time=1674568202 user\_id=18712](#): > > Well, I’m happy to report that Hasbro sent me a replacement cyclotron at the weekend - and all the lights are correctly aligned. I can’t fault their customer service as they also included a letter apologising for the problem! That’s great news! However, I’m somewhat surprised that they have extra parts lying around, but good to know. ---
**Author:** ![djsparky](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/djsparky/32/186433_2.png) [@djsparky](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/djsparky)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/hasbro-proton-pack-cyclotron-lights/37798/16 "2023-01-26T14:03:01Z")
The YouTube video was great. I did break 2 of the pins but it was worth it, and repairable. Thanks for posting it. I ended up diffusing the lights by keeping the built in diffusion, and added a layer of L129 (theater/movie gel) to both parts. So the end was double L129 and the built in diffusion. It blends it well to the naked eye. A notch down in brightness perhaps but insignificant. > [@Corey91 post\_id=4977577 time=1674373031 user\_id=52002](#): > > > [@Spongeface post\_id=4977506 time=1674274875 user\_id=31034](#): > > > > I also am trying to pry mine apart but for nefarious reasons, and cannot figure out how to do it with out breaking something that would show. I do suspect it is glued together. > > > > If you do get a replacement cover in 5 days (not 100), I would love to buy your misaligned cover so I can tear it apart without fear of doing something that I will regret! > > ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/5/5/55ff380c266b0e918e2fc1244b1688fd3baf2480.jpeg) > > this person got theirs apart pretty easily they said to diffuse their LEDs. End product looked pretty great > > edit: you can see it being opened in this video as well: [https://youtu.be/-FfNuYoQRUM?t=341](https://youtu.be/-FfNuYoQRUM?t=341)