I first saw Ghostbusters in theaters when I was six. I had a real wonderment about the ghosts in the movie and the equipment that caught them had almost magical qualities to me. If I thought the proton pack was really cool I couldn’t have imagined how happy Kenner was going to make me a mere few years later. By then we were beginning to learn more about how the proton pack worked and its features. Just wearing one made a kid part of The Real Ghostbusters team! You thought it was the uniform.

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Speaking of which every boy who was on a The Real Ghostbusters toy box practically had movie quality costumes. I wanted one I’m sure like many kids. Kenner didn’t make The Real Ghostbusters costumes. Most likely licensing. To make it up to kids they included a “no ghost” logo arm band and ID card. Another company did sell plastic/vinyl Real Ghostbusters costumes (Egon being most memorable) in the mid ‘80s and probably another company by 1989 did sell children’s Ghostbusters costumes. Just not The Real Ghostbusters types.

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The Real Ghostbusters proton pack (like the P.K.E Meter) was different from its movie counterpart. The simpler design was probably to differentiate from Ghostbusters and saved time for the artists/animators. It still had enough details for the time that it might as well have been real. You could pretty much “operate” it the way The Real Ghostbusters did in an episode.

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The Proton Pack’s Nutrona Blaster came with a long, flexible yellow foam proton stream. Like the Ghost Popper and Ecto-Popper the foam proton stream could be inserted into the front of the Nutrona Blaster. To “fire” the proton pack a kid pushes the trigger which makes clicking, proton stream like noises. If a child needs to use a P.K.E Meter or is finished ghost busting the Nutrona Blaster can slide onto and sit on the right hand side hook. Just like in The Real Ghostbusters!

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Instructions

• Proton Pack Instructions PDF (2.2MB)
• The Real Ghostbusters ID Card PDF (1.9 MB)