[Broccoli]

I was not aware of the wire cutting issue, I have a 1st release wand, never had a problem, even after opening it up a couple times. Is there anything that can be done to avoid the issue?

Slow the release of the barrel with your hand. Don't let it snap open. Or take it apart and put some foam on the hard stop.

Spengler V1: No foam (wire would maybe cut unless you slowed the extension of the barrel with your other hand)
Spengler V2 Orange Barrel: Foam but the barrel locking catch would wear out and the barrel would not stay locked in place.

1984: Probably same as V2 Spengler

Thanks for the info. I had heard something like that was done for version 2, but I never saw any pictures to confirm it.

Is there any tutorial out there on how to mod the version 1 to add the foam?

[LeoCor Replicas]

That is irritating, though I'm hoping that's just cause it's a prototype. I just wish that the mode change button could function using an actual momentary switch like on the props, instead of Hasbro disguising it under what is in reality a light bulb.

[One time]

Slow the release of the barrel with your hand. Don't let it snap open. Or take it apart and put some foam on the hard stop.

Spengler V1: No foam (wire would maybe cut unless you slowed the extension of the barrel with your other hand)
Spengler V2 Orange Barrel: Foam but the barrel locking catch would wear out and the barrel would not stay locked in place.

1984: Probably same as V2 Spengler

Thanks for the info. I had heard something like that was done for version 2, but I never saw any pictures to confirm it.

Is there any tutorial out there on how to mod the version 1 to add the foam?

Here you go:



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[One time]

On the subject of wands, I wonder if anyone has any insight that could help with my issue. My afterlife wand seems to have die due to the springs in the end of the rear handle getting so horribly twisted out of shape as to no longer connect the circuit. Assuming this happened due to twisting the hose in place to tightly, but has anyone else had this issue and is there any way to prevent it happening again?

You don't need to twist the hose in extremely tight at all. This is plastic we are talking about. The tape trick (thin band of tape around the inner raised proton pack side of the hose connector, avoiding the "safety" bump) fixes all connection problems

[Dr. Stantz Jr.]

Wondering if they'll release a Frozen Empire variant later in the year...

[gerard55]

Last year I swore a 1984 wand would be coming up. Check my previous posts. All the tooling was done. It was a simple plastic swap on the grips.

it was basically a certainty, especially given the card sleeve on the Spengler wand box has a silhouette of the 84 wand on it.

Unfortunately they done it the quick and dirty way so they could utilise 90% of what they already had in terms of moulds\tooling etc so the wand body retains all the imperfections as on the spengler wand.

The black hat light is the thing that I'm finding particularly annoying, where did they get the idea it was black? Its like they remembered the matty wand had it in black and just copied that. And how Matty collector ended up with it black is even more baffling as they claimed to have had some of the screen used packs in their office for a few weeks when the wand was being designed.

Wondering if they'll release a Frozen Empire variant later in the year...

If they do expect more of the same, same moulds etc just a different grip, quick and easy cash in.

[LeoCor Replicas]

It is odd, especially since (going off of reference images) that particular light is either orange or a milky white/clear. At least it's a small detail, easily fixed with a bit of paint, but it would've been nice if Hasbro could just fix it.

[Mercifull]

Disappointing they didn't do a proper 84, minus the rust-bubbling paint, minus the bent emitter tip etc and how did they somehow make the "clippard" even worse? If I didn't already have two spengler wands (one of which heavily modded) I'd probably have got one though.

[One time]

Maybe there is a very small chance for a V2 of the ‘84?

I doubt it though

[SP Productions]

Was pretty excited for this as I had planned on converting my AL wand to be 84-ish, but the buggers are already sold out!

Sean

[LeoCor Replicas]

Disappointing they didn't do a proper 84, minus the rust-bubbling paint, minus the bent emitter tip etc and how did they somehow make the "clippard" even worse? If I didn't already have two spengler wands (one of which heavily modded) I'd probably have got one though.

Also would have been nice if they repositioned the green barrel extension lever to the correct placement for the original films' packs, but considering this is a Hasbro product, I'm not surprised they didn't.

[gerard55]

It is odd, especially since (going off of reference images) that particular light is either orange or a milky white/clear. At least it's a small detail, easily fixed with a bit of paint, but it would've been nice if Hasbro could just fix it.

I'm considering cutting it off, replacing it with a real hat light and wiring it to another light.

[Seancc84]

I’m having this issue with my Haslab pack. When i turn on the switch on the “activate” switch on the left side of the wand, it kills the power to my whole pack. This happens with both the Spengler wand and the newly released 1984 wand. Any help would be appreciated.

[One time]

100% sure it an empty battery issue or a hose connection issue. Get new batteries and do the tape trick. Or you have vibration set on and a loose cyclotron cover.

[LeoCor Replicas]

It is odd, especially since (going off of reference images) that particular light is either orange or a milky white/clear. At least it's a small detail, easily fixed with a bit of paint, but it would've been nice if Hasbro could just fix it.

I'm considering cutting it off, replacing it with a real hat light and wiring it to another light.

I did the same with the mode change button. Wired the button to a real momentary switch, and added an LED with a light shroud covering the hole where the fake hat light was previously. The new LED was wired to the orange one underneath the Clippard.

[mrmichaelt]

Just for record keeping, the wand is now set to pre-order and ships March 1.

RealGhostbusterJay heard it was QA issue and posted this in the News section:

I see they're on pre order now. Though I heard through some boards this was due to many wands having QA issues and Hasbro wanted to fix things before sending more out again. Thought the Spengler wand itself had issues even on their second orange cap versions. On of mine was sent back for QA issues. Third time isn't a charm I guess.

[Spongeface]

Just received one from Hasbro so of course I powered it up and timed a few things and now have opened it up...
Same timeouts as before, basically 30 seconds.

Internals:
Bumper pads for barrel popping open with wires in sleeve and a slightly different structure to capture the wires. (I need a new mounting block for my Wand KeepAlive board).
http://www.ghostlab42.com/img/Spengler/P1280760.JPG

http://www.ghostlab42.com/img/Spengler/P1280759.JPG


Looks like the same circuit board, but will test the Spengler wand KeepAlive in this tonight.
http://www.ghostlab42.com/img/Spengler/P1280747.JPG

[LeoCor Replicas]

Is the switch that triggers the barrel sound effect still accessible? I cut mine out of my G1 Spengler wand, because I hated the toilet flush-like sound it triggers.

[Spongeface]

Is the switch that triggers the barrel sound effect still accessible? I cut mine out of my G1 Spengler wand, because I hated the toilet flush-like sound it triggers.

Same switch and location as on the Spengler version of the wand.

[Spongeface]

The wand times out in the same way as the Spengler wand. The Wand KeepAlive installs the same way (except for a new mounting bracket) and the KeepAlive functions just like it does with the Spengler wand.
It appears that there are no software or hardware changes to the wand's controller board.

[hawkbatsquadron]

Since I mostly converted my Spengler wand to a Frozen Empire wand, I grabbed on as an alternate for my pack...

[RealGhostbusterJay]

Clippard as well is larger...GBNews did a review. Not sure why, but again looks like mods are going to be coming in on this model as well.

[mrmichaelt]

So the noticeable differences that if you wanted movie prop accuracy, the mods required are:
*The Clippard Valve is slightly longer than the one used on the Spengler's Neutrona Wand/movie prop
*The hat light on the gunbox is painted black. The hat light on the Spengler's Neutrona Wand/prop is orange.
*Near the front grip, the momentary switch is painted red. The momentary switch on the Spengler's Neutrona Wand is black.
*There is a black wire coming out of the front grip. The movie prop had a clear wire with red, yellow and black wiring running through it.
*Can use alcohol wipes to take away the silver
*Orange tip, can paint it silver
*Do the grips need to be swapped out?

[mrmichaelt]

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[mrmichaelt]

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[mrmichaelt]

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