Wrangle up those pesky ghosts this Halloween with this officially licensed ghost trap from the Ghostbusters film. This ghost trap looks just like a prop from the movie and even lights up and makes sounds. Also featuring a versatile clip to attach to your belt, this ghost trap will always be ready for the next ghost hunt! If you come across any ghosts this Halloween, you know who to call!
A gb1 trap should be longer than gb2/ matty trap. I’m sure it’s still not that accurate, but you won’t loose sleep if you drop it. For the price point it should be compared more to Kenner than a movie prop. . . I would have been blown away to have these as a kid
[quote=chris8414 post_id=4907068 time=1532453997 user_id=50417]How could they release the trap with no foot peddle?
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They probably decided it wasn’t cost-effective, either it’d push the retail price past what they were aiming to sell it for, or to have included the pedal, it may have led to the Trap having less detailing or functionality.
And they charged about two and a half times what Spirit is retailing their own Trap for.
Now, that’s not to say the Spirit Trap is better than Mattel’s, or that Mattel’s wasn’t good value for money, but they are targeted for different markets, and different budgets.
Setting up a pedal might be easy. You could just keep the button on, then rig the pedal with the battery pack to cut the power on and off, but I’m no electronics genius.
I just picked one of these up. I don’t own a Matty trap…and with the costs of them being what they are that seems unlikely OR I’ll be too petrified to worry about wearing it and dropping it. The spirit trap is simple, it’s a Halloween prop but it’s fun and I really hope someone makes a holster for them because the belt hook it comes with is gonna slide off your belt.
Being that so many people either charge an arm and a leg for a Matty trap or make their own and sometimes are behind in orders or those ‘prop makers’ that rip off others such as the Hollywood Nikatron thing I’m happy with a spirit trap because I’m not afraid of wearing it and dropping it, its easy to replace, I’m more open to modding it, it’s better then the nothing we got for how many years. The fact that Matty’s stuff is hundreds of dollars and even they are not that accurate is just a joke. That’s a company that had a licence and decided to stop selling stuff and still refuse to release more items because they say there’s no market…Wha?
That product buyer should be tossed. Spirit comes along and makes cheaper versions, I can tell you these will sell for nothing else then mod items or items were not worried about dropping as much which is why I bought the PKE and Goggles. If Matty doesn’t want the money then all the more power to Spirit.
Yes it’s part of the body. It can snap off though I imagine if pulled too hard HOWEVER I did find today that it clips onto the D ring fob and hangs ok, it swings yes but it’s pretty secure on there, at least for me.
I got mine in the mail today! I’m not the biggest fan of the white side plates or lack of front plate all together with molded knobs tho both are a pretty easy fix overall its nice though details aside, for what I paid for it and what it does IMO totally worth it! Also the painted stripes on the trap doors are a nice touch though it needs a connector for the pedal!
The belt clip seems like it would be easy enough to remove tho it doesn’t seem to get in the way if using a trap holder…
Gonna need some help with coding up this trap. I’ve got some servos coming in the mail and should be able to get everything working by next week. What software did you use on the Proton Pack to get the wiring diagram? Here’s my first video of the build.
