I’ve been looking at Paranorman’s props on his site, but his pictures aren’t of very good quality. Does anyone know how well his proton packs and ghost traps are constucted? Are they good quality props?
I can’t speak for his ghost traps, but his plans are what I used to build my pack. It came out pretty close to accurate. By pretty close I mean, 1) there were a few measurements that could have been more defined, 2) there were a few items that could have used a better description on how to manufacture/create (the bumper and resistors come to mind) and 3) it would have been nice to have had pictures next to each item on the materials list (Word document) just so you can keep each item straight.
But, I mean, I can’t really criticize, right? The guy is leagues ahead of me, has been making props for years, and it’s pretty much all there. Just add a dash of Venkman71 and Bugstomper where needed and voila!
~5B
Has anyone here ever boought a prop from Paranorman? If you have, I’d like to know what you think about his props.
I got a pack from him last year. A great guy to work with and an outstanding value. It looks great, and the sumb!tch is pretty darn tough! I don’t know why I didn’t get it with Norm’s lights at the time, but I was able to retrofit it with an Exoray kit with little trouble later. The pack is sturdy, but the price you pay for that is that it’s pretty heavy, but not unbearably so. The last pic before the Gbprops link is from Halloween 2005 at the shindig at work. I was on my feet in the pack and full gear for about 2 solid hours and got pretty uncomfortable. But I’m no strongman contender, and it wasn’t the type of exertion that you feel the next morning, so no biggie.
If you don’t get the gun with a light, it’s easy to open up the side door to the gun to get in there and jury-rig something of your own. This year I bought a ring with some flashing LEDs and put in there, then just used a small screwdriver to hit the push sensor from the grid. Pretty cool effect, but would’ve been better in the dark. The ring looks pretty cool in light, but fire it up in a dark room and it’s VERY bright - seizure time!
Now, most of my pics aren’t the greatest either, but hope this helps.
Looks pretty good. About how heavy is it? Have you ever weighed it before? Oh, and where did you get a PKE Meter?!
Wasn’t the shell Venkman71’s and the lights/servo kit Hyperdyne?
Thats what I thought you said sometime ago…and they look sweet! 8)
*All I need is a lights/servo kit and I would have a PKE as cool as yours. *
You are correct, good sir! 
Man, if I knew it wouldn’t cause V71 trouble, I’d irratate that ‘green with envy’ kid by telling everyone that Venky GAVE me that awesome shell! :twisted:
But…I’m sure it WOULD, so I WON’T. 
Glad to see you finally got a shell too, sonic. Hopefully Hyperdyne will offer some more soon.
As for the pack weight, the site says about 22 pounds. Sounds about right I guess. If I didn’t have all my stuff packed up for Halloween, I’d weigh myself with and without it on to figure it up. Ooh…I wish I would have thought of that before…I could have seen how much ALL my gear weighs when I’m wearing the whole getup! …Remind me again next year! 
Does anyone else have a Paranorman pack?