- December 17th, 2024, 12:08 pm#5002311
I am quite satisfied with the product and obviously with having received it before Christmas

I am quite satisfied with the product and obviously with having received it before Christmas
Nighty80 wrote: ↑December 17th, 2024, 8:09 am UK Update:I just got this email too. Honestly, I wasn't expecting to get it this side of Christmas until people in America started getting theirs this past week. I'm a little disappointed but oh well, when it gets here it gets here
Not great... but not terrible
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zeta otaku wrote: ↑December 17th, 2024, 11:55 am To the UK backers, looks like the trade lanes are currently a hot mess to keep it as simple and politically safe as possible. This isn't Hasbro's fault, just the world is on fire.Thats awesome! Personally I can't wait for replacement plug and play aluminum handles on Etsy. I think these are the #1 Christmas boutique gift item this wonderful prop needs.
ANYWAY...
A fellow buster tasked me to figure out ways to lighten up the trap a bit. I'll be whipping up 3D printed replicas of the aluminum side panels and the entire rumble motor assembly can be safely removed without affecting the rest of the trap's functionality. I'll also be whipping a rubber trap holster since the one that came with the 2 in the box feels like it weighs a pound and a half by itself.
gerard55 wrote: ↑December 17th, 2024, 5:12 pm Not received mine yet, bit concerned about people saying the handle feels quite flimsy and should have been metal reinforced, plus a lot of the sounds are apparently very low in volume?It isn't flimsy. I mean some people have received theirs and all of us love it immensely, it's just that some are kind of examining it in detail and finding things here and there they would mod (that would have skyrocketed the price).
ecto1matt wrote: ↑December 17th, 2024, 6:54 pm I love it, my lifelong childhood dream. Could be louder but doesn't sound too low either. Maybe it's because I don't have too much other sounds in my room. Rumble doesn't seem bad for me either and has a good sound & shake to me. Not being better could just be because the weight of it. The handle seems good to me, especially when you hold the trap at an angle & not straight like it's on the floor. Which like the rumble the weight effects that.I agree 100 percent, Matt. These two replicas are better in person than I expected. The trap's ghostly sounds could be louder, but there are over 24 sounds (12 for the GB1 red bars, and 12 for the GB2 silver bars, plus some variations of a few sounds along with bubbling mood slime for the GB2 bars.)
PKE is also awesome to me. The taser is better in person than in videos but won't be using other than to show it to others. The EMF is still the best part for me. Works really well. Although my house has a slight bit of ENF in it because it stays low but not all in the meter. Weird the middle of the dinner table I left it for a few minutes, it went up & down a few times without anything near it. All I can think of at the moment.
ecto1matt wrote: ↑December 17th, 2024, 6:54 pm I love it, my lifelong childhood dream. Could be louder but doesn't sound too low either. Maybe it's because I don't have too much other sounds in my room. Rumble doesn't seem bad for me either and has a good sound & shake to me. Not being better could just be because the weight of it. The handle seems good to me, especially when you hold the trap at an angle & not straight like it's on the floor. Which like the rumble the weight effects that.Are there any outlets, or a hanging ceiling lights? Phones or smart watches left on the table? Even when turned off outlets and appliances still leave a bit of EMF. I try to find a reasonable explanation before putting it in the haunted section.
PKE is also awesome to me. The taser is better in person than in videos but won't be using other than to show it to others. The EMF is still the best part for me. Works really well. Although my house has a slight bit of ENF in it because it stays low but not all in the meter. Weird the middle of the dinner table I left it for a few minutes, it went up & down a few times without anything near it. All I can think of at the moment.
Talyn wrote: ↑December 16th, 2024, 11:26 am Mine arrived here in Wisconsin.If you look at the actual prop from Afterlife they are basically the same. Watch the Adam Savage video with Ben Eadie when he was on the set of the movie
Man I knew the PKE was gonna big and chunky, but this thing is realy big in the hand, especially with the taser cover in the way, making it a bit awkward to hold. Compared to the accurately size Matty PKE, I'm really surprised the enlarged it this much. Even taking away the upgrades in Afterlife, the base shape and size are wrong. I guess i can get over it considering it's an overall later model. Love the sounds though.
ProtonPack83 wrote: ↑December 16th, 2024, 9:12 pm Finally, I literally have no clue what anything does. The directions are awful and completely generic - sure, I get some knob controls various ghost sound choices, but WHICH ones are they? Why can't they label that setting 1 is Slimer, 2 is a Terror Dog, etc. Why can't they label GB1 and GBII modes? So many of the nuances aren't articulated worth a damn in their literature and after all this wait, it's like they expect us to somehow know or just rely on "figure it out yourself!". This is pretty crappy coming from a company like Hasbro - everything should be laid out in writing and labeled with minutiae. With the NFC stuff, there is nothing mentioned about how to get the trap to interact with the PKE, or if it would with a wand either. How is a customer supposed to even know about these features and HOW to work them? The directions are the most useless words I've read from a professional company.I know, the instructions are difficult to read when the type font is nearly visible. Luckily, user Craig from the 'Yes, Have Some' podcast over on the Ghostbusters reddit posted these cheat sheets a while back. I hope this helps, somewhat!
Now for the good - the tubing and wire they used for the trap is fantastic. I love that it coils easily and still feels robust. They truly chose a great combination here and I commend them highly on that design note. It's also awesome you can slide the inner trap body out just like you were putting it in containment.
Broccoli wrote: ↑December 18th, 2024, 11:29 pm I have played around with the trap more and the volume is still very low, especially the capture beam sound effect. I am perplexed why it is so low when every other review video seems to have it at a decent volume.That does sound really quiet, I watched a few other videos and they seemed louder. And I'm not talking about someone's unboxing with a professional microphone, the videos were recorded with a phone.
I took a video of it to demonstrate what I am experiencing. It is at max volume and it has fresh batteries as of two days ago.
Is this the norm?
Sorry to be pestering about this. I just want to get a better idea from others (and if it is worth contacting Hasbro over it).
Broccoli wrote: ↑December 18th, 2024, 11:29 pm I have played around with the trap more and the volume is still very low, especially the capture beam sound effect. I am perplexed why it is so low when every other review video seems to have it at a decent volume.Oh weird.
I took a video of it to demonstrate what I am experiencing. It is at max volume and it has fresh batteries as of two days ago.
Is this the norm?
Sorry to be pestering about this. I just want to get a better idea from others (and if it is worth contacting Hasbro over it).
ecto88mph wrote: ↑December 19th, 2024, 12:35 am Found some more easter eggs.The second part you mentioned is also a nod to Frozen Empire when the PKE overheats and all of the front LEDs flash. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
On the PKE, if you press the button to manually rase the wings it will overheat. Pretty sure it's the sound effect from frozen empire when the PKE explodes after scanning the orb.
If you press both the up and down buttons all the lights flash. (Not sure what that's a reference to)
prodestrian wrote: ↑December 19th, 2024, 12:37 am That does sound really quiet, I watched a few other videos and they seemed louder. And I'm not talking about someone's unboxing with a professional microphone, the videos were recorded with a phone.That is what I am hoping to find out. I am leaning towards contacting Hasbro, but I wanted to get more confirmation before I do.
Could be faulty hardware. Maybe the speaker, the sound chip/amplifier, or the volume control. Or just a loose wire somewhere.
If anyone else can confirm that this is unusual it might be worth reaching out to Hasbro Support.
Edit: If the bargraph is showing maximum when you turn the volume knob all the way up, then it's definitely not the volume control causing the problem.The bar graph is all the way up.
Murdock wrote: ↑December 19th, 2024, 5:24 am Keep in mind the speaker is facing down, so the surface it is on will change how it sounds. So try it on a hard surface and make sure the bar graph is full when you turn the volume up.True, but the volume is exactly the same on a hard surface.
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