I haven’t been here in years!! Some time has passed since I started my build.. we’ll never really started. Still have a ton of parts in boxes in my closet
Anyway! I now have a 5yr old niece. Who is a HUGE Ghost head! Last year I made her a quick little ghostbusters costume with the 2016 GB kids pack, and spirit Halloween stuff
She likes it but wanted the “boys costume” so Ive started piecing things together for her
I downloaded some pack files to 3d print. But learned of the spirit pack which is much smaller then the real one. On a chance I ordered it and it showed up today. My god does this make things so much easier!!
I see there are a ton of spirit pack builds on here, I don’t want to waste space with our simple build. Since it’s going to be just a repaint and few small upgrades
But I want to install the GBfans sound board setup. I’m going to need help with that. So I figured I’d start a thread, hoping if I get stuck you guys could light the way
I’ve been a weekly lurker in the shop section and it seems the sound boards don’t last long. Does spongeface still supply the boards to the site? Does he sell them regularly or do we have to wait until they are restocked in the store?
Again, it’s going to be a pretty simple setup, but would really like to put the sound board setup inside it
Does anyone know if the thrower light kit fits inside the spirit thrower?
Again thank you all for your time! Here’s a pick of us last year
Little more progress but that’s it for today. Printed the test for the n filter which fits perfect. 6 hour print so I’ll print that in the morning, hopefully it’s not raining I got other projects I need to finish and can’t paint outside with the weather the way it has been..
Great progress so far! There’s a lot that can be changed on these and I love seeing how people mod them.
I was considering modifying my wand, but one of the BIGGEST problems with the wands on these spirit packs is at the joint between the handle and the main body, as indicated here (I used your picture :P):
I wore my Spirit Halloween pack on Halloween last year and had my wand mounted on the side of my pack and a tree branch snagged it and SNAP, the wand snapped right at that joint. It wasn’t even a very hard yank on the wand, I was just walking along with my kids through the neighborhood. Taking it apart, I’m surprised I haven’t seen more people complain about this, because it’s held together by a pretty flimsy ridge of plastic that gets flexed literally every time the handle is used or any pressure is applied to the wand, really.
So I would say, if you’re planning on modding this and keeping it long-term, that it may be worth finding ways to reinforce that point in particular or even consider replacing the entire wand if you’d rather go that route. Though I suppose, if it does break, you can just fix it then. Personally, after my wand broke and I realized how easily it can break, I went the route of replacing mine completely with CountDeM0net’s Spirit Halloween scale version of DancinFool’s wand, which also has a couple of remixes worth checking out. It’s WAY sturdier, has a ton more room for electronics, and is closer to the scale of the pack itself (the Spirit Halloween wand is at a smaller scale than the pack itself).
Very little progress, on my way home from work I stopped in Lowe’s and grabbed some primer and bolts and washed to give the spirit alittle more “belief”
Thanks Dana! Yes! These spirit packs serve a perfect purpose like that!! Cheap easy to upgrade this to this site and Doug. That guy is a freak’n genius!!
If you are serious about getting a pack for your girl. Doug is starting a run of electronic kits now, get on the list before Halloween!
Indeed, Doug’s kits go, fast! I’ve got all of them, save for the magnetic gun mount (I found a 3d printed v hook I liked). He even has mounting brackets for an Alice frame.
Wait until she sees this… I’m going to record the whole thing, she had a legos ghostbusters Xmas this year and was screaming lol
I’m making damn good progress, with the parts rolling in. It’s gonna be hard to hold this secret until Halloween!!!
Again, this couldn’t have happened with our a place like this, such a friendly helpful community, and electronic geniuses like Doug and Jim, who share this parts with us
