I’m converting a 1998 Playmates bass reel fishing toy into a PKE meter
It won’t be screen accurate and it won’t light up (I fudged up the wiring on the inside D: )
But it’ll have the appearance and look similar enough for Halloween purposes
Original bass fisher game:
I took out the rod and the line at the top and scratched off the bass stickers.
It actually still worked, and the lights on the side lit up and all.
However, in taking it apart, I messed up the wiring. I only wanted to do away with the ridiculous bass fishing sound, and keep the lights at least. A lot less work than putting together a light kit.
I forgot to mention, I’m not good at all with technology. But when it comes to a prop or costume piece that can’t be found elsewhere, or is very expensive. I try to either get help from someone experienced, or convert something similar.
In this case, the bass game does have a similar look to the Iona shoe polisher originally used in the movie:
I think I got the idea in the first place from someone either on this board or ghostbusters.net saying that a PKE meter could be made from a bass fishing game. I just happened to have this one lying around, and it has a similar shape, and even a light up screen at the top.
It’s basically just a piece of plastic with a light behind it. And I removed the bass fish stencil thing that was behind the plastic cover.
It would have been cool to still have the lights function. There’s a row of red LED lights up the side that would go on, and the “screen” at the top would flash.
I know it’s not accurate in any sense, but it has a similar shape, and handle.
I eyeballed the servo wings and made a stencil on paper and then just traced it a bunch of times onto cardboard.
I used two cardboard pieces to get the thickness, and then just taped it up in duct tape to get the “silver” look.
They had to be attached somehow, so instead of gluing and then spraypainting it, I just combined color and attachment and taped it u_u
I know this process will show my n00b level of construction abilities and may be considered blasphemy by the hxc ghostheads, but this is what I was able to find and use, and hopefully will make an all right looking prop just for costuming sake.
I will end up spray painting the entire thing black, and attaching the wings (they won’t be moving)
I’ll probably fake the lights as well on the wings with some rhinestones or beads.
Anyway, I just wanted to share my struggle to making a homemade PKE meter.
It should suffice for Halloween.
And if I was more technical, I probably could have still used the lights. And an advanced person probably could have used a light kit and made servo wings as well.
As seen in the pics, I think the body of the bass game is pretty close to the Iona Shoe Polisher.
They converted that, and now I have converted this.
Not good in any sense, but hopefully it will at least keep up appearances. 
