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The Ecto goggles were worn mostly throughout the films by Ray though can be seen to be worn by both Venkman and Spengler. The original goggles were built on AN/PVS-5a night vision goggles used in the US army. These are ridiculously difficult to get hold of and the fact that they are US army means that many sellers are unable to ship them to the UK. The original goggles had all internal components stripped out, as well as the padding around the back. This was replaced with foam strips, similar to that of insulation foam or mouse mats.
An unmodified pair of the AN/PVS-5a goggles.
Only recently have the goggle lenses been identified as being real world parts. They are combination of vintage camera lenses and microscope lenses. Again, with them being vintage, these are very difficult to source and extremely pricey when found.
The larger right side lens is seen here on this Mirax camera.
Because of the difficulty and scarcity of these parts, many people use replica resin parts and kits.
www.nickatronprops.co.uk offers a full kit, minus the head straps. (No Longer Available)
There are many other sellers on the gbfans For Sale thread who also offer goggle parts. Sellers such as Anhcon offers aluminium lens replicas.
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