Ghostbusters Electronic Proton Pack

The pack and wand are well detailed. The straps are adjustable and fit my 5yr old son and 2yr old daughter easily. The wand has a door that opens up and allows you to place the supplied Slimer figure inside to then project on the wall.I'm knocking the unit for a weak projector beam which needs to be used in a room completely void of light to be seen well. The lack off additional lights, and maybe sound, are slightly disappointing as well.The "projector" (actually just a light) is weak. Very weak. We thought we had used old batteries, but it turns out the light is just not very bright. :( You need to be in an almost completely dark room to see it.As I had anticipated, my older son wasn't trilled with the ability to project a ghost. He wanted it to be more like the "real" GhostBusters' proton packs, but eventually warmed up to the novelty or projecting a ghost, using his imagination to justify a reason it would do that. With the figure removed, the gun does "shoot" a plain green circle. Still very dim, though. I'm trying to come up with ways to boost the brightness. You can also use other Ecto-Mini figures, purchased separately, to give different shadows.

After reading the poor reviews. I figured well it is for my grandson's 4th birthday he will probably break it anyway. But to my surprise it was good. The light that so many complained about was fine. It was bright enough to shine the light on the wall in a lit room and bright enough to scare the little ghostbuster in a darken room. The pack itself was also very good not complicated, easy for little hands to load slimmer and shine the light. However it is difficult for him to put the gun back in the holster behind his back, he had been using his shirt previously with a miniature hockey stick. This was a great product for our 4 year old ghostbuster.

This is a pretty cool toy, and perfect for our son's halloween costume. It does have a couple of quirks, like the gun being a little heavy (making the pack carry lopsidedly when it's holstered) and the light isn't all that bright, but it's still good quality. Also, it's basically hollow, so I was easily able to add an EL wire kit I picked up for about $9 on Amazon to make it look more "realistic".

Fun toy for my toddler who is really into ghostbusters. The cable between the pack & the handheld projector did not last long... took some creativity & disassembling the entire unit to fix the problem. And the cable will break again over time. But my son is getting lots of fun out of it for now. Waaaay over priced but I guess that’s supply vs demand for you.

Bought as a present for my nephew; he just recently discovered the old school Ghost Buster cartoons and loves the show. He just turned 7 years old and was quick to rip the pack from the box, and get it configured to blast away at ghosts around the house. I really didn't get a chance to inspect the pack, as it did not leave my nephews back the remainder of the time I was at his birthday party. From what I can tell, it looked to be built decent. Didn't look to be made of cheap plastic, at least it survived my nephew man handling it. He was also quick to figure out how to make Slimer project properly, so bonus points to the product designer who made it simple enough for a 7 year old to figure out.

This is a great alternative to the inflatable proton pack that comes of all the ghost buster costumes; however it was difficult to adjust the straps so it stayed on my six-year-old plus the wand kept on falling out of the holster. I saw other kids wearing the same proton pack, however theirs was staying put with the straps and I didn’t see Their wand constantly popping out of the holster. Yes we adjusted it several times and yes we had the wand part in the holster correctly. It just popped out whenever my son bumped into anything.

It looked very cool but for a kid it was too delicate if your kid is a little rough I would break easily

I can’t say enough good things about this. My son is obsessed with ghostbusters and this is perfect. It does lean to one side when the blaster is hooked on but if you adjust the strap on that side it won’t lean as bad. It seemed to bother me more than him anyway. Yes the light is dim but he never complained and plays with it almost daily.