[mrmichaelt]

Not a jab at Adam but too bad Hasbro didn't do their own unboxing video. But interesting this time around, Adam did a video featuring a prototype then a final production sample.

Aaah, another box I won't throw away. Love the funny details like Janine's note. Dug the mood slime, any GB2 nod is a plus in my book. Gotta agree it was weird they didn't try EMF but as they joked, seems like they edited a lot of stuff out. So maybe they did...

With the proton pack, Haslab put up some extra units on their website at the time they shipped, or maybe it was a few months after…

If they do the same with the two in the box… the likelihood of me being online if that ever happens is super slim, but I would really like the trap and can now afford it. I guess keep all eyes peeled on GB communities and socials, so I mention it case any members see it and could post an alert in this thread maybe?

I think it was about a year after. If I remember correctly, Hasbro keeps a bunch of spares to cover lost/damaged shipments, packing errors, missing components, etc. Once enough time had passed, they offloaded whatever stock they had left over.

Yes, for the Proton Pack. Backers got their third shipping notice email on December 29, 2022, then in early January 2023, they got their pack(s). Then there was restock on Big Bad Toy Store in late September 2023 then that limited restock on Hasbro Pulse in mid-December 2023. I remember it for Pulse, it went live at 12 pm EST and sold out before I could blink in surprise.

The '84 Particle Thrower, while not a HasLab, was an interesting case. On sale on February 1, 2024. A small run was sold on Amazon started n February 20. The second run of stock on Hasbro Pulse was given a March 1 release date then on February 24, it went on pre-order on sites like Entertainment Earth with a April release window.

[mrmichaelt]

With the proton pack, Haslab put up some extra units on their website at the time they shipped, or maybe it was a few months after…

If they do the same with the two in the box… the likelihood of me being online if that ever happens is super slim, but I would really like the trap and can now afford it. I guess keep all eyes peeled on GB communities and socials, so I mention it case any members see it and could post an alert in this thread maybe?

Yes, for the Proton Pack. Backers got their third shipping notice email on December 29, 2022, then in early January 2023, they got their pack(s). Then there was restock on Big Bad Toy Store in late September 2023 then that limited restock on Hasbro Pulse in mid-December 2023. I remember it for Pulse, it went live at 12 pm EST and sold out before I could blink in surprise. I guess we'll know in 10 months if the same holds true with TITB.

The '84 Particle Thrower, while not a HasLab, was an interesting case. On sale on February 1, 2024. A small run was sold on Amazon started n February 20. The second run of stock on Hasbro Pulse was given a March 1 release date then on February 24, it went on pre-order on sites like Entertainment Earth with a April release window.

interesting this time around, Adam got to do 2 sneak peeks - did a video featuring a prototype then a final production sample.

Aaah, another box I won't throw away. Love the funny details like Janine's note. Dug the mood slime, any GB2 nod is a plus in my book. Gotta agree it was weird they didn't try EMF but as they joked, seems like they edited a lot of stuff out. So maybe they did...

[zeta otaku]

I'm still hoping Hasbro will do their own unboxed/rundown. Love Adam Savage, but keeping him on task when he's excited is like herding cats.

I'm wondering if it's possible to reinforce the pedal so it can withstand an average adult stomp or if it'd make more sense to build one from scratch with that in mind from the get go. I'm really hoping we see start seeing these by the end of the month.

[Turtuv]

even if it's not completely a hundred percent it's still a step up from Matty Collector. Nothing wrong with those props as static pieces but it is an improvement over all even if the trap doesn't have the ghost knocking feature.

no ghost knocking feature? this is really a shame, i hoped they added it haslab team said in the past that the trap and pke would be jam packed with functionalities, easter eggs etc. i can't believe that they didn't knew all the functions of the matty trap and that they forgot the ghost knocking feature which is one of the preferred of the users

[timeware]

I don't know for sure but in the demo it doesn't look the knockback's been included. Adam didn't go over everything, but if the modding community want's it bad enough they'll find a work around.

[Turtuv]

I don't know for sure but in the demo it doesn't look the knockback's been included. Adam didn't go over everything, but if the modding community want's it bad enough they'll find a work around.

Well, i guess we have to wait either to get ours and try ourselves or to wait for a video where some user check it inside out and discover all the easter eggs, functions etc

[ccv66]

These are $150 each,($300 total) sound like you were expecting a $1500 trap.

[One time]

To me it looks like a great product. I was hoping for maybe a little more interoperability between pke and trap, but still both look great.

The trap is a real step up from Matty, and all the functionality, the 3 switch positions the fact that the bar graph can be manipulated, the different sounds etc. It looks like they really packed in everything they could in that device which really only has a few switches and a simple bargraph and led.

Its awesome!|

[Turtuv]

These are $150 each,($300 total) sound like you were expecting a $1500 trap.

Matty trap had that features, we are not asking for the moon, i think. they did a wonderful job, it's beyond any dream and expectations, it's just a shame if they didn't added that features since it was one of the most requested, that's all.

To me it looks like a great product. I was hoping for maybe a little more interoperability between pke and trap, but still both look great.

yeah that would be great, i think that they thought about it but wasn't possible to implement otherwise they would do it as they did with the pack and the wand

[One time]

These are $150 each,($300 total) sound like you were expecting a $1500 trap.

Matty trap had that features, we are not asking for the moon, i think. they did a wonderful job, it's beyond any dream and expectations, it's just a shame if they didn't added that features since it was one of the most requested, that's all.

To me it looks like a great product. I was hoping for maybe a little more interoperability between pke and trap, but still both look great.

yeah that would be great, i think that they thought about it but wasn't possible to implement otherwise they would do it as they did with the pack and the wand

It appears to have a rumble motor so the knocking effect is kinda there I guess.
I don't know, I think I actually prefer this as its a solid device as opposed to the rear axle of the Matty which moved alot, the Matty you had to turn on and off a few times to align the rear axle so the trap sat flat on say a glass table, or else it was unbalanced. This just appears to be a solid device. I prefer this.

Also the length of the hose, much more in line with the movies.

After 15 years this is finally gonna dethrone the Matty as the ultimate ghost trap. All things considered us fans are so very lucky to have had this line by Hasbro Haslab, the wand (including GBTVG video game functionality), pack, trap and PKE. It's really amazing how a toy company took on the task of creating these hyper realistic 1:1 props. Especially the fidelity and how Hasbro actually listened to fans and adjusted the product. Couldn't wish for more really.

I guess the ultimate experience for a fan would be to take some arduinos and make some goggles with built in augmented reality, get the pke to send out a ghost signal, have the goggles locate the spectre in 3d space, show a stream animation as you fire the wand (microphone pickup?) show the trap in AR as you roll it out, the stream as you fire, and capture the ghost. All shown in AR through the goggles. Wonder if any fan will actually try to build a system like that.

[timeware]

15 years? Damn. I just changed out the factory batteries of the Matty Pke Meter. I was surprised there was no carrosion.

[Ecto24601]

You can clearly hear and see the rumble motor in action in the video. Norman and Adam even mention it rumbling/shaking. I'm very much looking forward to both trap and PKE, especially seeing how bright the lights of the trap really are. Still not happy about the bargraph in general and the yellow LED always on...it's just not right to the slimer trapping. But maybe there is a setting where it's true to GB1. I was hesitant to watch it first, but I'm confident it won't spoil the fun for me once I get my hands on it.

[Turtuv]

Matty trap had that features, we are not asking for the moon, i think. they did a wonderful job, it's beyond any dream and expectations, it's just a shame if they didn't added that features since it was one of the most requested, that's all.



yeah that would be great, i think that they thought about it but wasn't possible to implement otherwise they would do it as they did with the pack and the wand

It appears to have a rumble motor so the knocking effect is kinda there I guess.
I don't know, I think I actually prefer this as its a solid device as opposed to the rear axle of the Matty which moved alot, the Matty you had to turn on and off a few times to align the rear axle so the trap sat flat on say a glass table, or else it was unbalanced. This just appears to be a solid device. I prefer this.

Also the length of the hose, much more in line with the movies.

After 15 years this is finally gonna dethrone the Matty as the ultimate ghost trap. All things considered us fans are so very lucky to have had this line by Hasbro Haslab, the wand (including GBTVG video game functionality), pack, trap and PKE. It's really amazing how a toy company took on the task of creating these hyper realistic 1:1 props. Especially the fidelity and how Hasbro actually listened to fans and adjusted the product. Couldn't wish for more really.

I guess the ultimate experience for a fan would be to take some arduinos and make some goggles with built in augmented reality, get the pke to send out a ghost signal, have the goggles locate the spectre in 3d space, show a stream animation as you fire the wand (microphone pickup?) show the trap in AR as you roll it out, the stream as you fire, and capture the ghost. All shown in AR through the goggles. Wonder if any fan will actually try to build a system like that.

Oh yeah this is miles ahead of the matty trap. Anyway we have to wait to receive it to experiment and try all features and discover all easter eggs, unless someone doesn't make a video before

You can clearly hear and see the rumble motor in action in the video. Norman and Adam even mention it rumbling/shaking. I'm very much looking forward to both trap and PKE, especially seeing how bright the lights of the trap really are. Still not happy about the bargraph in general and the yellow LED always on...it's just not right to the slimer trapping. But maybe there is a setting where it's true to GB1. I was hesitant to watch it first, but I'm confident it won't spoil the fun for me once I get my hands on it.

If it has the rumble motor i think that the ghost knocking feature should be there. Anyway haslab showed the trap months ago and the engineer said that you can switch between GB1 and GB2 modes

[One time]

Is there a hidden functionality in the trap that has not been mentioned by Hasbro or reviewed by anyone?

The reason I think that is because of the weird component opposite the yellow LED on the bar graph.

It's a very shiny hemisphere. It looks like some sort of IR infrared receiver or a movement camera? Like the crossing the streams functionality on the old Matty wands. I may be imagining things but that part looks quite specific and not like a normal molded plastic part. I believe it's also not on any of the screen used traps (GB1, GB2, AF, don't know about FE)

What do you all think?

[One time]

15 years? Damn. I just changed out the factory batteries of the Matty Pke Meter. I was surprised there was no carrosion.

Lol, you seriously had the same batteries in that thing for 15 years? What in the name of SBJ

[timeware]

The batteries were gold and green with Chinese characters on them. That's the best I can tell you. The meter was kept in my storage unit for about ten years, so it seldom got used.

[mrmichaelt]

Have you looked at the RTV. Maybe it's from the AL or FE RTV prop?

[One time]

The batteries were gold and green with Chinese characters on them. That's the best I can tell you. The meter was kept in my storage unit for about ten years, so it seldom got used.

That's insane

But going back to the weird part on this Haslab trap. I looked at the blueprint stills from Savage's video and nothing is mentioned about the mystery hemisphere.

But in a way, rare Easter Eggs have been part of the prop legacy on these products. The Matty trap for example had weird functionality that would be enabled every 150 activations. If, like me, you had this thing just sitting there and turned it on and off once every few weeks there were weird sound effects and functionality you would only experience once every few years literally. No other product had a mystery about it like this.

One step up from that for Haslab would be functionality that would not even be documented anywhere and would just be there for you to find out.

[Ecto-Roboto]

Is there a hidden functionality in the trap that has not been mentioned by Hasbro or reviewed by anyone?
The reason I think that is because of the weird component opposite the yellow LED on the bar graph.

I'm wondering the same, none of the traps in Afterlife or Frozen Empire have this dome (not even the RTV or the Drone), and the first prototype of the Haslab had a big screw there that many people called out as inaccurate.
Checking videos of the final production prototype showed off to the public a few months ago, the dome is there but never talked about.
Intriguing. It has to be for something or it wouldn't be there.

[Turtuv]

Is there a hidden functionality in the trap that has not been mentioned by Hasbro or reviewed by anyone?

The reason I think that is because of the weird component opposite the yellow LED on the bar graph.

It's a very shiny hemisphere. It looks like some sort of IR infrared receiver or a movement camera? Like the crossing the streams functionality on the old Matty wands. I may be imagining things but that part looks quite specific and not like a normal molded plastic part. I believe it's also not on any of the screen used traps (GB1, GB2, AF, don't know about FE)

What do you all think?

I think that at the moment is too soon to know all the secrets and features of the trap, we have to wait ours to arrive or someone on YT which will receive it sooner and make a very detailed video trying everything to find all secrets

[zeta otaku]

it almost looks like an IR sensor.

[One time]

it almost looks like an IR sensor.

Yeah, that's what it looks like most. Lets speculate what it could be for. If it's an IR sensor is it a receiver only or also a transmitter? Is it maybe something like the audio jack on the old Matty wand, a component they added thinking they'd do a pack in the future.

Could this be a part installed with a future product in mind? Ecto goggles? (heck does the PKE have an IR transmitter on it anywhere?)

If it's a receiver it means the trap does something in response to a signal from another product. But in universe the functionality of the trap is operated by the user (pedal) not anything autonomous. The only autonomous thing could be shaking or sound effects? But it never does that in response to anything/another tool, it just does it at random after a capture. Very intriguing.

[Michael C]

If it's a sensor, wouldn't it make the most sense for it to be paired with the PKE Meter it came with? Over the past months, numerous people on social media have expressed hope for a connected function between the two. Such a pairing would explain why these two seemingly unrelated products were packaged together as 'Two in the Box.' My bet is, as I think you've suggested, squeezing the trigger on the PKE will make the trap shake and vibrate. Fingers crossed!

[Michael C]

Could it be related to the potentiometer housed inside the PKE meter, that you highlighted in one of your earlier posts?

[zeta otaku]

I'm skeptical that it's there for connectivity between gear especially this late in the game so to speak. What I'm hoping for is that it's a receiver for a wireless activation trigger. I mean, they already mentioned there's plenty of space for NOT installing a smoke system, so why not have this IR sensor in place for the fandom tech gurus to interact with?

[timeware]

Maybe they plan on having future campaigns interact with the previous?

[Ecto-Roboto]

I'm skeptical that it's there for connectivity between gear especially this late in the game so to speak. What I'm hoping for is that it's a receiver for a wireless activation trigger. I mean, they already mentioned there's plenty of space for NOT installing a smoke system, so why not have this IR sensor in place for the fandom tech gurus to interact with?

That would be a bold move to sacrifice screen accuracy for an optional wireless functionality that the vast majority of people would never use. Keeping it hidden inside with a dedicated plug on the PCB to allow easy installation of an IR sensor would have been more than enough to please those interested in using a remote control.

As for gear interactivity, I can't see what would be the point. Why would the trap react to the PKE meter or the goggles? The wands could be, by pointing at the trap to have it open automatically, but as far as I know they don't have any transmission capability. Unless a new version is coming.

I just hope it does something interesting because otherwise I'd rather not have it on the trap.

About the PKE meter, I'll wait until I have it in hands but so far I'm disappointed that the wings are so thick and flimsy, even though I understand that it's for the taser mode gimmick to work. I hope they'll make another classic version without the taser. I love my Matty but the beeps are so annoying, the Haslab sounds so much better.

[One time]

I'm skeptical that it's there for connectivity between gear especially this late in the game so to speak. What I'm hoping for is that it's a receiver for a wireless activation trigger. I mean, they already mentioned there's plenty of space for NOT installing a smoke system, so why not have this IR sensor in place for the fandom tech gurus to interact with?

That would be a bold move to sacrifice screen accuracy for an optional wireless functionality that the vast majority of people would never use. Keeping it hidden inside with a dedicated plug on the PCB to allow easy installation of an IR sensor would have been more than enough to please those interested in using a remote control.

As for gear interactivity, I can't see what would be the point. Why would the trap react to the PKE meter or the goggles? The wands could be, by pointing at the trap to have it open automatically, but as far as I know they don't have any transmission capability. Unless a new version is coming.

I just hope it does something interesting because otherwise I'd rather not have it on the trap.

About the PKE meter, I'll wait until I have it in hands but so far I'm disappointed that the wings are so thick and flimsy, even though I understand that it's for the taser mode gimmick to work. I hope they'll make another classic version without the taser. I love my Matty but the beeps are so annoying, the Haslab sounds so much better.

Thinking logically, what makes most sense to me is that it (could be) a motion sensor that plays various sound effects when a human is in close proximity. But that depends on the time out of these things. If it's 5 minutes like the pack then a human is always going to be close to it, so a play pattern of having someone be far away and then close doesn't make the most sense.

Next best scenario is that it's something built in readiness for a future product (which can only be the Ecto goggles), but I can't figure out how a sensor on the trap would interact in a play pattern with any future goggles.

That dome is definitely -something- though. I can't imagine that shiny part, that looks so much like a sensor of sorts, being something meaningless or just a plastic greebly.

Edit: Creatively, the simplest explanation to me is that the device doesn't have a time out. It is always on and plays sound effects when it detects a person in close proximity. But I have no idea how that fits into toy manufacturing regulations and legality.

Or is it a simple light sensor that calibrates the bright internal white LED's according to ambient light to conserve the battery power? Then again, I don't believe LED's change amps depending on how dim they are. Man I'm so confused right now.

[Kingpin]

There's also the likelihood it's just the mistaken depiction of the bulb on the front indicator, and it doesn't have any function at all.

[One time]

There's also the likelihood it's just the mistaken depiction of the bulb on the front indicator, and it doesn't have any function at all.

It could be that it's nothing. But what do you mean with the front indicator?