[JTysonLambert]

As with my pack, this trap is going to be a "between movies" style build. I do like a couple of the Afterlife additions to the traps (the arms for the door hinges, mesh inside to hide the internals, etc.), but I'm mainly leaning on the GB2 retrofitted superhero as inspiration. I might also pull from some of the other GB1 and 2 traps here and there, as no two traps were the same.

To start things off, a complete repaint was in order. Then I added stripes with a mix of GB1 and GB2 style tape. Yellow stripes are gaffers tape as in GB1 and black stripes are electrical tape like GB2. If the superhero was reused in GB2 I like the idea of the stripes being somewhere between the two.

I removed the IR receiver, as I'll never use that feature and made a new faceplate for the bargraph. I'll eventually make a GB2 style bezel when I get around to replacing the LEDs with a legitimate bargraph.

Made new aluminum plates for the sides and face of the cartridge. Added the two missing screws in the appropriate corners of the side plates, so all four corners have screws like the original traps.

Made the missing plate for the top of the rear box, swapped out the toggle switch for an accurate one and moved the indicator light further back to be more in line with the GB2 superhero. Added a handle brace bracket while I was there.

Also, added the remote switch from the superhero. It's just cosmetic at the moment, but once I start working on the electronics I'm sure I can find something to do with it.

Still tons of stuff to do, but this is a nice start.

[JTysonLambert]

Got rid of the big Tonka truck wheels, and added the front bumper/bracket from the GB2 superhero.

[JTysonLambert]

Swapped out the volume nob for a GB2 style knob, replaced the oversized "ghost selection" knob with a proper knob and aluminum plate.

Also, added the strip of aluminum present on the prototype trap seen in the staircase photoshoot, as well as several places in the movie. Not sure exactly what it was for, but I've always assumed it's to help hold the pedal when it's hung on the trap handle.

[gregday]

Do you have a source / part number for that handle brace bracket?

[JTysonLambert]

That bracket is just a small piece that I cut out of 2mm aluminum sheet, bent to the L shape I needed and drilled holes for the proper button head socket screws.

[beric]

i totally dig that you took your favorite features and made a trap out of them! the silver latch thing on the yellow rod trap is a favorite of mine, and that you added the switch on the battery compartment!

i've poured over the GB reference library trying to understand the different variations between the 5 basic trap models, and i've made 4 of the 5 basic models...and I don't have the courage to do what you did and make my own trap. Maybe that will be my 6th trap, taking all the details I like most and putting them together.

Great job!

[gregday]

Is your smaller teardrop knob still functional? If so, how did you adapt it to the electronics mechanism behind it?

[beric]

Hi! Where did you get or how did you make the front bumper? Thank you!

[JTysonLambert]

Is your smaller teardrop knob still functional? If so, how did you adapt it to the electronics mechanism behind it?

It's not functional at the moment. I'm not a fan of the ghost noises to begin with, so I already had plans to remove them when I further modify the electronics. I have it attached via rotary switch which will be wired up whenever I figure out what I want to do with the knob.

Hi! Where did you get or how did you make the front bumper? Thank you!

The front bumper is just aluminum sheet cut and bent to shape, drilled and tapped and attached with the proper screws. Let me know if you want measurements.