Screen used Proton Pack from Ghostbusters in Profiles in History July 30/31 Hollywood Auction

Brian Chanes from premier auction house, Profiles in History, talks about lot#756, a screen used, one of a kind Proton Pack from Ghostbusters.
This item, is part of Profiles Hollywood Auction #49, being held this Monday and Tuesday, July 30th and 31st. This prop is one of two known to still exist and according to Brian, was also used in Ghostbusters 2.
Check it out.

[@cobrarebel29]

That's an important historical artifact. It belongs in a museum.

[@bratton79]

So do you, Dr. Jones lol

[@jameskeanu8608]

Agree 100%

[@chocolatesmores2982]

Agreed

[@YouTubeSupportTeams]

important? lol. Historical artifact yes....

[@My_key8oh8]

Simply that your holding an original proton pack is just mind blowing. This is my childhood dream

[@edscorsese]

My sister worked at Sony studios in Culver city back in the early 2000s. We went into a prop room and I put on a proton pack. Funny thing is that it was soft foam... Now that I think about it, it was probably used when they would fall on their backs.

[@MoviePropCollector]

Exactly. There is a close up scene of Bill Murray in GB 1 doing exactly that and another scene near the end when all of the GB are talking about how to attack Zul. Foam packs.

[@boiledsprat5419]

im building my proton pack now and its been a heck of a battle making it screen acurate thanks to this video i can get my details correct.

[@JoetjeNick]

just don't make too neat. It supposed to be "from scratch"

[@The_Gallowglass]

I would want mine to be exactly as they were originally.

[@RavenTheLabrador]

Ó Slattarra same for me I wanted one from gb1 first but I now have 4 of them 2 from gb1 and 2 from gb2

[@MoviePropCollector]

Check out this current video tour I shot at San Diego Comic Con 2017: kzbin.info/www/bejne/foHHg4aVoNRgors

[@Wackymushrooms]

Happy Ghostbusters Day everyone!!!! :D This is an amazing prop!!!! :D

[@cameronsmith8427]

This Will Be My Christmas Gift

[@zatchHBK85]

Oh man! I would kill to have my own proton pack!!!

[@RavenTheLabrador]

Zachariah Partney you can buy replicas that look like the movie screen used proton packs that have something the movie ones don't that is actual sound FX and lights you will spend about $4000 Canadian dollars a little less in US dollars but it will absolutely be worth it I personally have 4 of them so that I can use them with my Ecto-1 replica car that I take to charity events and use with my local ghostbusters fan franchise hear in Canada.

[@gregadams558]

Makes sense. In the time between I and II Egon would have tried to improve the design for portability and efficiency.

[@RavenTheLabrador]

Greg Adams not really because between gb1 and gb2 things didn't go well for them and basically were no longer in business as ghostbusters they didn't even all work together anymore.

[@H2Oredfirefox]

Was that pack just a static one or that actually have electronics in it🤔🤔🤔

[@denniscornetta9456]

I wish he turned it on :(

[@GESSO217]

Dennis Cornetta I don't think it would've made any sounds, but if the electronics were not fried it probably would've lit up.

[@drewhunter4821]

The proton packs never made any sounds anyway. They were added by the special effects later on. They only lit up

[@RavenTheLabrador]

They did not have sound or power up at all in the movie it was done by special effects the only ones that turn on are any fan made replica using mp3 sounds FX from the original movies.

[@Luka1180]

@@RavenTheLabrador That is not true. They did have lighting put into them. But not the sounds.

[@hollywoodghostbusters9869]

@@RavenTheLabrador it's pretty stupid to say that when you clearly see lights come on especially the cyclotron and bar graph on the gun. You're WAY off dude

[@GESSO217]

I've recently watched GB2 and from what I can tell they didn't add the extra padding until the Ghostbusters first show up at the museum to investigate the Vigo Painting.

[@christopherniceley8848]

Wrong, watch the birthday scene again and you can clearly see the thicker shoulder straps, then they are the smaller straps when Ray and Winston walk out of the party 🙄 the editing was all over the place in GB2 when it came to the straps....

[@christphern]

As someone who costumes as a ghostbuster with a 35-40 lb pack, trust me, after a full day of wearing it, it hurts. The ALICE frame helps, as it should, but they do start to hurt after a while.

[@calebfederico-dyer8837]

❤️

[@fever_spike]

HOLY HELL...HARRY RAMIS' *ACTUAL PROTON PACK* FROM THE TRILOGY... WAAAAAAAANT.

[@RavenTheLabrador]

Definitely Miami Vice what trilogy there was never a Trilogy made of Ghostbusters so what are you even talking about? You must be one of the people who wants to pretend that you are a true fan but really doesn't know much or anything about the Ghostbusters.

[@cpu64]

That "person" is one of our guys, I think. We have a ton of info on these packs.

[@cpu64]

I wonder if we'll ever find out who bought this pack...

[@ChewyBurnsy]

I want it, I can never have it but I want it.

[@irish3152]

that's not Harold Ramis' proton pack watch Ghostheads and you'll see

[@yourmomsstalk3r]

lol Nice try but no. It IS H. Ramis' pack.

[@TheCrackingBones]

Dear moran I have no idea where you are I don't know where you are but I will find you.

[@AuthorityFX]

Sweet deal!

[@godzillafan452]

I NEED A JOB AT PROFILES IN HISTORY SO I CAN GO ALL NERD RAGE!!!!!!!!!

[@knightchallenger]

I would love to have one of those I know they are not cheap I seen them sell around $1,300 or more on Ebay

[@skandto]

Dude this is tne original movie proton pack... The ones on eBay are just factory made movie accurate versions

[@gold333]

Anyone dealing in $60,000 worth of screen used props, should be using white cotton gloves, and have a 6 bar air compressor and a thick shaving brush to make the item presentable. These guys look like they tried but I'm unsure.

[@JaceD4V1S88]

that rubber tube dont go there

[@rickdeckerd744]

I'm a helicopter mechanic. That red decal onthe proton pack comes from a Sikorsky S-76A helicopter. See the part number on the decal? It starts with "SS". That's Sikorsky. I've personally seen that decal on the aircraft.

[@irish3152]

that's not Harold Ramis' proton pack watch Ghostheads and you'll see

[@vaylonkenadell]

The idea behind the prop is that it was supposed to look like something the Ghostbusters cobbled together on a shoestring budget; it was never supposed to look like a professional, slick piece of equipment. I think the prop fits the "cobbled together" specification perfectly.

[@robertmcginty4146]

Yup, surplus parts more or less assembled in a garage.

[@jaynolan7526]

Very good explanation. Good luck getting them licensed ;)

[@lowalkoroc]

It sold for $130K

[@jaynolan7526]

Worth EVERY nickel.

[@brianburk2559]

They got it cheap

[@VirantRoss]

lowalkoroc jeeze

[@kylec.8350]

Gold strait gold a Beutifull prop

[@YouTubeSupportTeams]

seems about right tbh.

[@SENTRYXX]

RIP EGON SPENGLER T_T

[@daleearnhardtrobloxracingt8930]

BARON XAVIER 😭😢😭😭😭😭T_T

[@peyton_0826]

Why are using that face

[@doggowitskimask385]

I miss him too

[@mulder19x95]

Old video but that's a GBII hero pack. The signs that give it away are the alice frame its mounted on, the tilt of the neutrino wand (on GBI they stood vertical but in GBII they tilted them back to make it easier for the boys to pull), and finally the ribbon cable. The ribbon cable in GBI was way more colorful and is also a harder design to find. Us GB cosplayers usually custom make them because they are so hard to find or we just build a GBII pack. In the lore of the films and universe the packs get retrofitted to deal with each new threat. The GB1 packs deal with the Gozer threat, 2 is retrofitted to better handle Vigo, and then in the videogames they need what I call the Monster Pack to deal with Ivo Shandor. It looks like in Afterlife the packs have been modified back down to a GBII pack.

[@geet77777]

theyre so excited about "the sale". wish i could buy all this shit and put in in a free public film museum

[@TheDon212]

That proton pack is probably worth millions now.

[@daleearnhardtrobloxracingt8930]

donald barnard but if I had it I won’t sell it as a childhood dream come true I wouldn’t care how much it’s worth But sadly I have a prop one not a real one lol

[@SniffHeinkel]

@@daleearnhardtrobloxracingt8930 At least you have one.

[@Luka1180]

@@daleearnhardtrobloxracingt8930 Do you mean a replica one? "Prop" usually implies you have the actual movie prop. And yeah, as Sniff says, at least you got one. Most people don't ever get to have one. They're hard to build, especially because of the rarity of some parts, and the pre-built ones goes for 1,000 something dollars.

[@ImpetuouslyInsane]

@@Luka1180 No, I think I know what he means. After all, how awesome would it be to have a working firing Proton Pack?

[@Angel-jy7vm]

I want it so bad 😬

[@cpu64]

You have no idea how much I want to reach into the screen and reconnect that red pneumatic line to the fitting it belongs to :)

[@MoviePropCollector]

Thanks for all the great repsponses everyone, glad you enjoyed to video!

[@PYrO2058]

I tried to build one of these when I was a kid. Gotta love the 80's!

[@skandto]

Yea the 80's was the best dude!

[@cmomofilm]

This is literally 1 of my 3 holy grail of hero props, the other 2 being the T1 endoskeleton then Lecters mask from The Silence of The Lambs.

[@gerv55]

Think it sold for around $120k or thereabouts.

[@Gubalicious]

Spot the Voltage 1kV sticker... 4:38 "This has some extreme potential"... Damn right 😋

[@francissobotka8725]

This belongs in a museum

[@vhscopyofseinfeld]

Former Army here. Yup, that ALICE pack frame sucks! And that cross bar leaves a gnarly blister right in the middle of your back between your shoulder blades. I feel for the crew on that one.

[@AirbrushingtipsNet]

Only 30 pounds on an ALICE pack frame? That's child's play. Still a very cool piece I wouldn't mind owning.

[@guitarnorm888]

Who the fuck put the clear tube on? This thing belongs in a museum not passed around.

[@X-Gen-001]

I wonder who's collection it went to. Lucky rich bastard. lol

[@RGBFAN475]

I hope we get to see this on the next season on syfy.

[@limpfinger12]

I was the thousandth like. Do I win it?

[@dragonslayerofthedam]

i miss this show, i wish they would have a longer season then six shows

[@skandto]

It was a movie... They only had 2 movies... (technically there were three movies because of Ghostbusters the video game and the new movie coming out in 2020)

[@patrickkavanagh7371]

Awesome to see up close. I think that guy wore the Superman 3 evil costume when it was at auction online. What a sweet job.

[@annwebber7948]

Poppy

[@chocolatesmores2982]

Fucking legendary

[@JoshuaModerwell]

The company or companies that manufactured alice pack straps in the 80s and still manufactures alice pack straps nowadays should've put padding inside the straps so the prop makers wouldn't have to go through the trouble of putting extra padding in the straps, that way they could've have used the padded straps throughout Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989) and the costume designers/makers should've used clear tubes on the jumpsuits throughout the first movie too instead of yellow tubes.

[@Mkai2000]

For the people in my group (The Ghostbusters Of Salt Lake City) it really just depends on what movie you are basing your pack off of... if you are making a GB1 proton pack, we just stick to the straps that dont have padding to match what is seen in the film. If we are making a GB2 proton pack (identified by the different ribbon cable) we will try and get the padded straps. (also to match what is seen in the film)

[@JoshuaModerwell]

Well if I had the skills to build my very own proton pack, I would definitely base mine on the GB2 style proton pack with padded shoulder straps so that it would feel more relaxing in my shoulders. Like I mentioned earlier, the company or companies that manufactured alice pack straps should've had padding put inside the shoulder straps in the first place so the prop makers wouldn't have to go through the trouble to put padding inside the straps.

[@RavenTheLabrador]

turtlelover789 I'm part of a Ghostbusters fan franchise in Canada and I personally like the gb1 proton pack just because I like thing to be as I originally seen them. As for the company doing anything like that why would they have done that it's not like they made them for the movie ghostbusters or for any movie for that matter. They are and were made for a specific reason and they have / had no problem selling them so really no reason to change them. :-)

[@lewistully]

I know you guys have been around the block a time or two but it is so refreshing to hear someone talk about a pack who actually KNOWS what they are talking about! I get so frustrated when places like Planet Hollywood get their facts wrong. I understand this represents a premiere movie prop auction house and not a simple restaurant, but this is a very cool and very informative video about the screen used packs that might reveal information some people wouldn't know. Thanks!

[@FreemanMhm]

Rip Harold

[@johnomara1965]

Some rich nerd is gonna pay ALOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT of Twinkies for that!

[@AmmonMurphy]

130,000 Twinkie’s to be exact 😅

[@jaynolan7526]

I made one back in the day. An old humpty dumpty chip box...some string and a hockey stick. I was full of imagination and my pack worked well. My sister played Janine Melnitz.

[@cobr3n]

Would have been great to see the inside electronics on how it functioned back in the day. Like for the replica props now, the circuitboards are so much smaller etc.

[@ModalGroove]

agreed. It's not so much the weight tho. Its how unbalanced the weight is combined with how it sits on your back. Even a 25 lb pack would start to hurt after a while for that very same reason

[@JamandTheHolograms]

If I was a millionaire I could see it now "Bob what did you buy over the weekend? I brought this 50 thousand dollar diamond rolex watch" Suzy? "Oh I brought a new yacht and beachfront to dock it in" Harry? "Oh I just brought a new Private Jet you should come by and see it" Jam? I brought a Proton Pack!

[@Tstanley81]

Its actually from both movies. Its addressed in this video. The packs were changed very slightly between parts 1 and 2 to make it easier on the actors.

[@cpu64]

I wish PiH could ask whoever won that pack, if they could let us finally see what the inside of the thrower looks like, and solve this mystery...

[@bloozbeeblooperson1205]

Shouldn't it be handled with gloves? That's what they do with Star Wars props.

[@kyle3489]

how can i make a ghostbusters proton pack

[@hyperguyver2]

Kyle Mann go to gbfans.com there are tutorials, forums and free blueprints you can use.

[@RavenTheLabrador]

Just buy one you can get a screen accurate proton pack for around $4000. Canadian dollars less in US dollars but it will be able to do everything the screen used ones could never do and that's the sound FX and the lights it's very worth it I've personally purchased 4 of them to use with my Ecto -1 replica car that I use at charity events to help raise money for good causes that I support.

[@lostboy710]

Why is the a block of wood at the bottom between the pack and the alice frame? I thought they had two metal posts. At least in GB2 they do.

[@ectoonea]

You are both right. They were khaki that came off as grey in some shots due to color correction. For years dedicated fans believed the uniforms were khaki flight suits dyed grey thus giving them a look of both grey and khaki. It wasn't until after a version of the film came out with better color correction that it was revealed the suits were simply khaki.

[@christopherniceley8848]

Wrong, In the montage with Christmas Hats they are wearing GREY SUITS. Keep spreading lies around the community 🙄

[@Benjamoose]

@@christopherniceley8848 He's not talking about the dark colored suits in the Ghostbusters II montages (the ones with the Christmas hats). He's talking about the beige suits from the first movie. And he's right. They were a khaki ripstop fabric that under studio lighting and filmstock would often show up as a light gray color instead.

[@christopherniceley8848]

@@Benjamoose the suits were Sentinel Grey. I have one from Gibson and Banres which was the supplier of the Suits in GB2...

[@Benjamoose]

Yes, I understand that. Santos isn't talking about GBII's dark suits when they say "gray". They're referring to the light colored suits that appear in GB1 and parts of GBII. In the first movie, there was only one suit color, in the second movie, there were two. In the first movie the suits were a khaki ripstop material. Additionally Gibson and Barnes didn't use their own materials, the material was supplied to them (formally Flight Suits Ltd.) by the studio and then manufactured by them. The suits appear as follows: 1. GB1 (Light) - Khaki Ripstop Fabric 2. GB2 (Light B) - Khaki Herringbone Fabric 3. GB 2 (Dark) - Sentinel Gray/Charcoal Santos is talking about the two light variations (1. and 2.). Both of which are Khaki/Tan in real life, but confuse a lot of people as they appeared to look a light-gray color in the movie due to film stock and studio lighting.

[@deeznuts23yearsago]

RIP Harold, you will always be missed

[@rennmaxbeta]

I wish Hollywood Treasure was filmed this way. Or there was another show that went over great pieces like this one.

[@alexanderautomotive8332]

It sold for two whisks of a transexual's schmeckel

[@tommyowens7293]

Anyone know how much it went for?

[@AmmonMurphy]

130k

[@omaralvarado378]

😎

[@omaralvarado378]

x

[@rupturefarms21]

How much did this sell for?

[@AmmonMurphy]

130k

[@lotariosere8393]

130k for a proton pack who never shows in the movie loool

[@Vintiqueture]

It's literally Egon's hero pack, of course it had screen time.

[@AmmonMurphy]

Wdym? It definitely showed in the movie

[@wisteela]

I would love to know what all the parts are they made them from. It looks amazing.

[@Vintiqueture]

GBFans is the place for all your source needs

[@danielruido1997]

I love it the protón pack !

[@NormGagnon]

Awesome nice! Paranorman

[@jediskywalker78]

try $130,000 :P

[@Cml725]

I ain’t afraid of no ghost!

[@XeroCool420]

I wish I had seen this originally cause I would've paid any amount for it. This was my childhood dream toy lol

[@jimbear62]

The proton pack is not a toy Lol

[@bowelrock]

Thank you profiles for allowing me to come down and check out the pack.. I'm glad I was able to help you guys identify this amazing Prop :)

[@carterhughes2398]

I want a proton pack so much but there are to much money!! ItZ me DREAM!!!

[@RavenTheLabrador]

Carter Hughes just save you can get a really great one for around $4000. Canadian dollars it would be less than $4000 in US dollars or if you're thinking about getting one currently it is currently August 2018 they are taking pre-orders for proton packs that are literally cast from an actual screen used one and they're being called the Spengler Legacy proton pack and they will come with a certificate of authenticity from from Sony Pictures and they even offer a payment plan to purchase them. So it's now an option for anyone who wants one.

[@rainbowdash8616]

RIP Egon T_T

[@kylec.8350]

Gorgeous

[@Alskie666]

One day...

[@donbellwa]

i can see this going for minimum of 10k.. EVEN in that condition....

[@AmmonMurphy]

It sold for 130k

[@isaiahsaerogardens283]

Can you please tell me where you sold it too

[@christopherniceley8848]

It sold in auction years ago... $130,000...

[@Redcapedhero]

i'm actually building one right now!

[@marcdraco2189]

So am I! (Eight years later, but with a consumer FDM printer and a lot of plastic. Someone else did the design work thank goodness.)

[@Ccmatrixghost]

Where's the other three!?

[@AmmonMurphy]

At Sony and with private collectors

[@UndeadLavender]

im very glad internet attitudes exist.

[@amandasanders8826]

Y

[@kevinlangstone609]

The actors complained about the pack weights? Boo hoo. They made personal millions. What about people who carry backpacks for their whole working life.

[@brianwestmoreland3836]

30lbs...last I checked with my military friends their packs are roughly 70 or more

[@GESSO217]

Brian Westmoreland My brother was in the Canadian armed forces and he told me his packs fully loaded were about 100.

[@_Matsimus_]

:/ wow

[@brianwestmoreland3836]

GESSO217 geez

[@_Matsimus_]

+Brian Westmoreland haha