New fan at gbfans.com

General Discussion Introductions
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Hey Ghostbusters fans!

I’m Ben from Wisconsin.. I’ve recently gotten interested in the ghostbusters after watching the movies again.. I’m 24, so I grew up with ghostbusters.. The cool thing about Ghostbusters, is that years later, its still cool. There’s not many things that you enjoyed when you were 5 that are still cool as an adult.

I’m building my very own ghostbusters suit now.. I’ve seen some really good looking examples on this site. I’m really interested in getting a life-like proton pack, but whew they are expensive. The ones i saw on ebay were around $1,500.00 I see alot of people on here have their own proton packs.. Are you guys spending that much money on them?

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It all depends on the degree of accuracy you want to attain, some have made nice packs for around $200, some spend upwards of $1000. Considering the cost of real parts, machined parts and light and sound kits it’s not hard to breach the $1500 mark

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If I were to spend $200.00 where would I start? Do people usually build the pack themselves?

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Welcome! the more that you build yourself, the cheaper it is. But, scratch built packs take some skill and cost more $$$. If you go with a “kit” pack (all molded parts, cast shell, aluminum motherboard, etc) then you can spend $1500 or more.

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