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 Posted - October 29 2009 : 11:28:58 PM
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I thought maybe a few of you might get a kick out of this....
I've always been a fan of the Ghostbusters, and to my delight, Bethany (now almost 5) fell for them big-time when I found the 80's cartoon series (very high-quality stuff for the first few years) on DVD.
So naturally she wanted to be a Ghostbuster for Halloween. Great! Costumes are relatively simple for that. There's just the matter of the proton pack. Inflatable ones are cheesy. But I have a lot of junk laying around here...
So I custom-built a child-size one using household items and spare parts... including one very conspicuous control switch. I think you'll approve....
(Before anyone gets all fanboy nitpicker on me: This is NOT supposed to be an accurate movie replica. Just something fun that the average person can recognize for intent).
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 Posted - October 30 2009 : 12:04:23 AM
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That's AWESOME! I want a proton pack! Now you need to whip up an Ecto-1 locomotive.
Did you ever see the other Ghostbusters? The "Filmation Ghostbusters" as they're called? For some reason, my daughter loves them. Way more than the "real" Ghostbusters.
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Posted - October 30 2009 : 01:10:03 AM
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Very cool of you to do that for your daughter  I remember the original toy proton packs (a quick Google search tells me Kenner made them). After staring a few pics of the old one yours is much more believable.
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Posted - October 30 2009 : 05:31:25 AM
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GiC's daughter aint 'fraid of no ghosts :) Excellent!
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Posted - October 30 2009 : 09:56:25 AM
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Hey neato I saw a Ecto 1 & 2 go for $35 at that Toy & antique show I went to In the works right now They doing a GB 3!  Honest No Kidding! I prefer The Real Ghostbusters tho But I know Flimation's Ghost Busters is on DVD
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Posted - October 30 2009 : 10:56:20 AM
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damn son, is there anything you can't do?
jerry
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Posted - October 30 2009 : 1:45:47 PM
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the other daughter is the ghost! :)
~anna
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Posted - October 30 2009 : 1:54:02 PM
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Promise us a picture of your kids in the cosrtumes?  Please?
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Posted - October 30 2009 : 8:42:31 PM
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Do you know how badly I wanted something like this as a kid? I had it figured it out too, just spray paint a super soaker black and add food colouring to the water.
Super cool GIC, you know you will have to do a matching Cadillac right?
    
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Posted - October 31 2009 : 8:00:53 PM
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Bethany gears up, to protect the family foodstuffs from "Slimer" (Beverly)
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And thus ends my kidpic spam.
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Posted - October 31 2009 : 8:35:28 PM
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  I likes costume & your kids is cute too
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Posted - October 31 2009 : 8:52:58 PM
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That couldn't be cuter, GIC. I hope you told her not to cross the streams.
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