hey everybody adam savage here in my cave with
a show-and-tell it is a show-and-tell this is an unboxing i've got a toy here
and you probably yeah there you go ghostbusters plasma series neutron wand this is by hasbro
and it's pretty impressive i'm just going to give you that up front this is an impressive
toy it is an impressive prop it is impressive no matter what you plan to use it for um let's open
it up and take a look um it is ghostbusters season here at tested as you've probably noticed we did a
lot of coverage of ghostbusters afterlife we did some ghostbuster builds here we went to the set
um and i've been i've actually been meaning to get one of these for months and holy hell when
it finally arrived it so exceeded my expectations okay first of all this is the first thing you see
um there's like aestheticizing there's a whole story going on here yeah okay let's get this open
oh dude
look at that they actually designed a toolbox for the new trona wand and even i mean
so let's see i gotta oh yeah
test those right yeah so this lovely little descriptor with some great graphics
spengler's neutron wand um i i gotta tell you i was blown away by this this is unnecessary
and it's so magnificent it can it extends the storytelling of the piece it
creates an experience for the purchaser again i'm always talking about how like
with every prop that i replicate or acquire i'm always looking for a relationship with the
piece not just like it's exactly exactly like the original like that's not as interesting to me as
the experience and whoever designed this whole whoever was the project lead on the neutron wand
i'm going to be complimenting them repeatedly throughout this unboxing because it's so clear
that they were given just like a free license by hasbro or a very wide licensed by hasbro to create
an experience um this is like i almost want to build this and it looks like it's a real thing
it's probably cg but um it is gorgeous even down to the hinges on the back side
uh yep black and yellow tape i always feel at home with the black and yellow tape here we
go we're gonna open this up and here's what we've got inside and again at first glance
the experience is freaking fantastic okay uh let's pull out some of the pieces we've got
these are some pieces that go on and there are actually some options in how you put this
together that are even more amazing because it's really clear that they've been paying attention
uh oh yeah let's see
we've got a display stand which in of itself is quite a nice little bit of
a bit of product that i really appreciate uh instruction booklet and
when there's elaborate packaging i'm always so
impatient i'm always terrified of breaking my stuff uh because i'm like get it open
there we go yeah okay
okay
the magnificent toolbox
i'm so impressed okay uh right we've got your classic uh
classic pieces that tie it down to a vacuum form um oh right i've got to add in some batteries
and how yeah here we are three double a's
double a's are one of those uh what do you call it expendables here in the shop in which i always
have like tons or none i rarely have like uh a few double a's it is really always like i've either
got more than i'll need for an apocalypse or it's an emergency and i need more immediately all right
that is the battery pack and it's got only one way it goes in here oh okay the first
thing i'll put the the display together in a minute but um the first thing that i love
is that this end cap which holds the batteries in there it comes with two of them why you might
ask well if you are a ghostbusters cosplayer you'd know that you want a piece of ribbed loom
tube coming out of the back of your neutron wand and hasbro has included an extra battery closure
with this that allows you to connect that ribbed tubing to it hasbro thank you that is
freaking mighty fine of you to include that option so that people didn't have to take this apart
and figure out how to do that themselves that is like for the longest time it felt like toy
companies had no idea that cosplayers were out there and now we are in entering what i feel is
this like golden age of toys and merchandise-able products that recognizes and welcomes the cosplay
community and this piece is a perfect example of that okay so i want to turn this on let's see oh
i put the batteries in wrong or is there a main switch
there we go
it's got a vibrating motor in it
oh okay
this is interesting so it's made the switches of which there are three toggle switches here
activate and then these two here um they're meant to be done in a specific order so i think it's
uh it's that one that one and then this one and that turns on the vibrating motor
it feels great like there's some real activity the lights
lights are all moving um blinking it's got a nice sound to it i'm going to try and shoot some ghosts
excellent now i think i can also do it from out here oh different color
what is that that's something totally different
dude dude okay one uh uh uh where do i even begin with what i love about this first of all
topographically okay let's turn it there we go
typographically um it appears to me i don't have my neutron wand here my neutron one um
by the way this is um excuse me i'm bouncing all over because i'm excited
this neutron one has a different grip than the original ghostbusters neutron one grip it is a
uh it looks to me like the a part of a pump action from a shotgun this is uh uh this is the updated
spangler ghostbusters pack wand so uh uh i don't want to give any spoilers away so i won't but that
should just suffice for like why it looks a little bit different um this tape around the handle and
this shotgun uh grip are the two most notable differences but everything else topographically
you got your clipper valve you've got all your bits and bobs and knobs and they seem to
have paid a lot of attention towards getting this really pretty pretty right even down to this like
fat wire that comes out from here even down to these uh these little brass valves oh oh oh also
yeah
this is like one of those holy grail things of like it is a really hard thing to add to
your neutron wand it is a difficult mechanic to make work right because you've got a thing
that catches out here and then you've got to release it with this little green knob over here
non-trivial having done it it is non-trivial i bought a kit that was
made to do this and still to fit all the electronics in and get that to work was
a pain in the butt hasbro did it here's a detail that i didn't even notice this this and this part
they're all actual aluminum what are you doing it's like vibrating a little bit oh
oh wow that actually is that actually does something
what oh wow there's an interactivity that no one else has in their neutron one and you
turn this and it makes the the bar graph go up and down i know it's not quite a bar graph but
we'll uh we'll allow that that is like one of the hardest parts to find for a
neutron one is a correct bar graph um each of these parts made from aluminum incredible
oh wow
there seems to be many modes of shooting ghosts which is really fun just about everything is great
it could certainly use a paint up like a little bit of rust and weathering and wear but they've
also really tried to add a bunch of their own the edges of stuff is worn like i've show people with
silver sharpies or the molto pen but maybe my favorite thing is that this bottom piece which
sits on the bottom of the neutron one it has the the the the v-lock and the the belt hanger they've
actually shown it to be beaten up like it's been injection molded with dents and wear patches
that's amazing to me there's like whoever was the production lead on this
was clearly a nerd in the best way and they were just given permission to make a nerdy toy
that like all these little things that don't really matter but make it so much better that
it's really just like a love letter to prop collecting and to ghostbusters and it's all
to me exemplified by the fact that they didn't just make this part injection molded they actually
took care to weather beaten it and show that it's been utilized and used and it's old
that is freaking cool famously the ghostbusters neutron ones are held onto the proton packs using
using a dixie cup holder uh this like triangular piece they have one here i
am not sure i think this fits my proton pack i think i did put this on there
but they've also made it removable easily removable so you could put your own on there
again they're really thinking about us the cosplay community when they when they put this together
even down to this this is not some injection molded thing it is a real belt hanger you can
actually put some weight and load on it dude um and here right here this the worn broken bits here
the the the weathering the wear you can see on the edges i've run into a lot of ghostbusters troopers
this cos places this con season um and so many people are using these with their costumes they
look fantastic they are super lightweight and they have all this wonderful function on they
feel really great i will tell you that i happen to know that jason reitman put a vibrating motor into
the neutron one from afterlife to give the actors something to feel when they pull the trigger
putting a vibrating motor into a prop is another gift you give to the actors to help anchor them
in the world of the movie and hasbro has jumped into the fray with this amazing amazing product i
i was gonna say toy but it's like it feels like a little more than a toy it feels like a love letter
uh and i just want to say thanks hasbro and if you were the project lead on this my hat is off
to your whole you and your whole team because i'm so happy to have this yeah there you go
ladies and gentlemen hasbro's neutron wand from ghostbusters afterlife color me a very very
grateful consumer for this excellent product this is adam savage in my cave i'll see you next time
happy halloween happy halloween oh my god did i do all this without mentioning that
halloween was right around the corner you guys all have a great halloween
you