HASBRO PROTON PACK 10/27
- Thread starter Usagi Pilgrim
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Oddly enough I've literally just marked up mine for drilling, there should be just enough room to fit some bolts in...
First mod that had to be done on mine was moving the mode switch from inside the cyclotron to the unused switch under the crank gen.
Maybe that's my problem. I'll have to pull them out and check them. I ordered 8 new D batteries from Amazon but they were kind of beat up when I opened them and the first 4 I put in didn't work at all. I need to test all of them, I just haven't gotten around to pulling my multimeter out to do it.
That's a fantastic idea. I didn't even realize that switch was there until a couple of days ago.
Knightmare
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Where do you get the yellow cord ?
I got mine here back in March of last year.
Knightmare
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hmmmm Ok got it . 10ft ! lol
Getoninja
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yeah, that's a great idea, I'm going to borrow it.
And I thought that switch was functional, so, I wonder why the Haslab team made it a dummy switch.
Synz314
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They added the switch specifically so people can mod it and add their own electronics to it.
There's actually no switch inside with leads to solder anything to, it does have a small cavity that a toggle switch seats nicely into, which is what I ended up doing. And then I just cut the wires to the switch in the cyclotron and connected them into the new switch under the crank gen.
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Knightmare
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Does it come with batteries ?
Synz314
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Nope. I don't think any Hasbro prop does.
I've updated my Ion Arm, and it's now bolted into place.
I used M6 cap head bolts (which I had left over from the ladder frame), which have a 9.5mm head. I initially drilled two 5mm holes, about 36mm apart, through the removable Ion Arm and into the main part of the pack where it mounts. I tapped that to M6, and then expanded the hole the centre of outer part to 10mm.
Everything should fit, but I was about 0.5mm out and the head of the bolts just fouled the brass. So I filed a little away from the brass rod near the bolt hole and now everything fits fine and the bolts recess flush with the surface of the plastic part.
This does destroy the screw bosses which hold the back plate on, but this isn't too much of a deal as the new bolts mechanically connect everything together anyway.
I used M6 cap head bolts (which I had left over from the ladder frame), which have a 9.5mm head. I initially drilled two 5mm holes, about 36mm apart, through the removable Ion Arm and into the main part of the pack where it mounts. I tapped that to M6, and then expanded the hole the centre of outer part to 10mm.
Everything should fit, but I was about 0.5mm out and the head of the bolts just fouled the brass. So I filed a little away from the brass rod near the bolt hole and now everything fits fine and the bolts recess flush with the surface of the plastic part.
This does destroy the screw bosses which hold the back plate on, but this isn't too much of a deal as the new bolts mechanically connect everything together anyway.
Brilliant mod!
I don’t quite understand how this holds it onto the pack, with the holes big enough for the nuts to sit recessed into the plate, can’t it just slide off the heads of those nuts?
New batch of mods. Got an order in for a TGB Cable ribbon cable. Mine split while I was trying to retwist it so it is no longer good enough.
Filled in the gap on the bumper.
Drilled out a space for the ion arm screws.
Drilled and tapped the ladder for accurate screws. Then added 1.5” clamp.
Filled in the gap on the bumper.
Drilled out a space for the ion arm screws.
Drilled and tapped the ladder for accurate screws. Then added 1.5” clamp.
Knightmare
Sr Member
Did Hasbro make a Trap to go with this set ?
Synz314
Sr Member
Not yet. The only Plasma Series props so far are just the wand and pack. Fingers crossed they do. And a PKE meter. I can't see them not doing a PKE meter.
