Have any of you imported a proton pack to Australia at all? I’m looking to buy one but lm not sure how customs would view such a thing> as in does it resemble something that could be a firearm etc. I know that folks in the starwars community had to get permits for their blaster props but thats because they were based on modified real world weapons, it just seems insane that theyd make us do the same for a proton pack.
Im going to get in touch with them because last thing l want is to spend 1000s and then have my pack confiscated. l’ll let you know the story, we may have to build our own… We have the technology…Well when l say we have the technology I hope someone local does and when l say someone local I mean someone local who does and would like lots of money to make me one. :sigh:
Well I called customs and they said it isnt an issue to bring one in. I am just about to put payment down on one from overseas. Hopefully l will have a decent outfit ready for Supernova. Price doesnt concern me haha I’ve been waiting for 25 years to own a pack.
If I were you, I’d save the big $$$ and just buy a shell from Exoray. All the hard work has already been done, you just have to finish it off and put it together.
Buying one that’s already completed is pretty expensive, plus there’s more chance the retards at Quarantine or Aust. Post. will break it.
Yeah I bought my shell of ebay and from then on its been so much fun building and scouring for parts, you’ll never walk through the likes of big w or a hardware the same again lol
Yeah fair call, it’s just that what l could come up with and what someone who’s a jedi at pack making could come up with is chalk and cheese. I hopefully will have a pack for supernova, it’s being sent in a specially made box and with the highest shipping option and insurance, customs won’t have any issues with it, chatted to them already. Looks like you guys are a bit more savvy with pack making, l’d be seriously at a loss.
Hopefully if all turns out as planned l should have a great get up for the show. Else l guess l may end up going as David Tennants version of Doctor Who again, may do that too since his doc is being retired next year. l have a screen accurate replica suit that l wore for that.
l can’t recall seeing any Ghostbusters last year, went on a Sunday, will probably be a Sunday for me this year again, were any of you there?
Nup, never been to a convention in my life. I’ve been reading the Supanova forums and it seems it’s mostly Anime fans. I’m not really into Anime, or Heroes, or Stargate.
I’d like to go as a Ghostbuster this year. If you, me, and ode2kenobi get there in GB gear we could probably make a good time out of it. Better than being a solo Ghostbuster.
Hey Rick yeah come on, we should try and l mean its the 25th this year and a game so l mean good times to be a GB. l’m gonna try like hell to have everything ready for it. AS far as l could tell it was pretty much anything goes as far as characters l saw last year, not just anime. Definately the year… Be great to show off the pack to like minded folks too. Should probably not count my chickens before they hatch tho before it gets here but if all goes to plan lol.
On another note what are your suits like, did you get them local and do them yourselves, buy from o/s? Had to send mine back for the next size up from captainamerca on ebay thats still going on had some male ■■■■■■■■■ action going on hehe. Got the belt stuff from MMM, was going to just use magnum boots (sidezip ones) l like the modern boot better. Got Spengler as a name tag was thinking of maybe getting one with my own name, not sure.
Dude you’ll be done in a flash, I haven’t got my costme done yet but i’m gonna head to a army disposal store in the city to get my flight suit and just a pair of gp boots. there was a guy on ebay that would do patches with your name on it I saw a while back not sure if still around
I just started on my goggles, found a pair of welding goggles at the hardware, not the rectangle front type but they should still look pretty sweet when done.
As for Supernava I went on the sunday last year too ( will now look at photos for Dr Who lol) yeah plenty of Anime but hey if all else fails there is always the pub
and Charlie shorly you have some holiday’s coming up…
ode2kenobi yeah they took a pic but couldnt find myself in the pics section on the supernova site . Anyway it was the brown suit with the blue pinstripes. Yes the pub may be a good contingency plan hehe. Will be overseas till end of April so l wont have any updates till l come back, hopefully l have the pack mid to late may and overalls. So when it comes together it should be pretty damned quick.
I don’t have any gadgets for my belt, I’ve just got the flightsuit and proton pack.
I’ve got black GP boots, but I’ve also got a pair of Dunlop desert combat boots with side zipper which I might wear. They’re more comfortable than GP’s.
Rick, Multimediamayhem has the belt gizmo etc, would look good for finishing off the look, have you got elbow pads? Also what about gloves, l havent bothered looking into them yet, thought the hardware store’s surely bound to have them, were they just standard run of the mill chem gloves in the movies?
You had a hearse??? Wh…why’d you ever sell it? What happened to it?!
Yeah l have to do my elbowpads, got those defender ones so l have to dye and stretch and modify. Props dude, Faith no More fan, miss out on seeing them at Download by one month!
Yeah man, had a '59 Superior for about 2 years. Sold it in '07 and bought a '64 Cadillac convertible. To be honest the convertible is way more fun to drive. The hearse was pretty cumbersome and hard to manouvre. I’m the webmaster for the Cadillac LaSalle Club of Aust. at the moment, there’s a guy in the club who has a 59 Miller Meteor which is pretty sweet. My old Hearse now belongs to Karen in WA, she’s also got a '64 hearse. She had a 4-page spread in Unique Cars on the '59 last year with some great photos.
Maaan l read that magazine tip to toe, l remember seeing that car and going green with envy, buy it every month on the release date, l love the old yank tanks, camaros. mustangs, impalas, wildcats oh yeah and 59 cadillac hearses!
Don’t suppose she’d sell it at some stage? We could get an ecto project going, if they do another film imagine that, we’d have got our shit together bigtime! Can you say how much you let it go for? Feel like l missed the boat on that one big time! Buy it back it’s not about practicality or fun, you could live in that thing, who needs a house! The closest one l found for sale was a 64 from destiny tours but it doesnt come close imho.
What’s the difference between the miller meteor and superior?
