Like the title says, this thread is for discussing how to convert the upcoming Haslab Spengler Pack into something resembling the 1984 or 1989 Proton Packs.
As awesome as this whole thing is. And it is awesome.
The only way we will be able to display this PP out of the box (with the attached hose, etc) is with a Spengler wand.
I.e. as die hard fans who never got around to building a pack themselves, we still won’t be able to have an actual old school proton pack and wand. It will have to feature the “wooden grip” Hasbro wand. PS: This is not a 84 or 21 pack discussion, as for me both versions of the pack are near enough identical. Take a few pieces off and it’s an 84.
It’s more the fact that people who never built their own pack and wand are stuck with displaying it with a Hasbro wooden front grip Spengler. So what solution are people considering to help that?
Convert a Spengler to 2 black 84 finger grips? Or somehow fix another dummy hose attached to a Matty wand on the v hook?
We don’t have one. Convert a Spengler? Build your own 84 wand? Or get a dummy hose and attach a Matty?
The moment I receive this that will be my initial thought. I cant display this with a Hasbro Spengler. That’s just no go for an '84 nut. Which I have been since '84.
I may just beef up the front grip on a Hasbro Spengler with some paper padding before covering both the front and rear grips with black tape. If I can’t be bothered to take stuff apart. Which I doubt I will be.
I’m a little surprised that I haven’t really seen anyone make a 3D printed '84 front grip capable of just fitting over the wood grip with little to no modification of the wood grip necessary. That would be a slam dunk item. It might be a bit chunkier than the actual '84 grip was, but it could still be a good option for those wanting an '84 thrower.
Actually someone from this forum did when it was first released. However it doesn’t look quite right. The wooden grip sticks out too much so even if you add it on it looks off.
Hmm, I kind of figured there had to be a reason why it hadn’t been done on a large scale. I suppose if a printed grip was thin enough overall to not look off, it’d be too structurally weak to actually grip without being crushed.
Honestly I’ve always loved wood grips and stocks on guns in games since I was little. I just like the look. So when Egon’s upgraded wand had the shotgun pump as a handle I was pretty damn pleased with it. I love the original films to death but some minor tweaks like the wood grip I actually like, thankfully. I’m just happy they kept the iconic packs looking 99% the same with just minor tweaks. Lends itself well to being modified for those that really want to too.
They’re both pretty comfortable. I kinda prefer the shotgun grip in some situations as you don’t have to worry about finger placement to look “right”.
while you DO need to modify the entire front barrel to “fix” the grip, I’m kind of amazed no one has come up with a complete barrel replacement for the Spengler wand. I may have to work on some 3D files myself at this point.
This topic was created to keep the main HasLab pack thread on topic. Despite requests from two moderators a lot of the recent discussion has veered towards how to convert the pack into a 1984 one, and at times it’s derailed the actual discussion about the pack replica.
A real slam dunk item would be for Hasbro to release an actual 84’ wand. The best part is, the Spengler wand had it’s chance and wide release - they are never doing it again. The next one HAS to be an 84’ wand - every other wand in the movie is an 84’ wand, so let’s go already Hasbro!
Have you contacted Hasbro directly to voice your opinions/concerns to them?
Instead of continuously focusing on something Hasbro is not making, I’d rather focus on what they are making, and what I can do with it.
Honestly, it seems that instead of telling us the same thing over and over again, you would be better served by trying to organize an online campaign to let Hasbro know just how many people do want an '84 pack. From what I’ve seen so far, it appears most here are perfectly content with the Spengler pack as it’s being presented.
Actually, the wand on Wrecto-1 is largely a match for the Spengler wand.
With that said, I want to lay things out so there’s no confusion: This topic is here to discuss how to mod the HasLab pack to look like one of the classic Packs.
Not to repeat what’s already been said in the main HasLab pack thread about Hasbro’s choice to do a 2021 Pack instead of a 1984 one. You’ve had the opportunity to voice your views on the project as have others, so it’s time to move on from what could’ve been to what is being released.
The shotgun grip makes the thrower feel like any other rifle type weapon.
The 84 double finger grip, with its 90 degree offset front to rear, really makes it feel like a mysterious tool designed to go beserk and that needs to be gripped tightly.
I don’t really know why they got rid of that unique feature by making one of the grips a boring shotgun grip.
My own guess would be it’s far more likely they’ll make an '84 thrower than an entire '84 proton pack–especially as they do seem to have “snuck” in some ability to modify the GBA pack to look more like the '84.
But as always, it all comes down to 1.) What they’re allowed to do from the license and 2.) Whether they think it will sell enough to make it worth doing.
Would be nice to get an 84 wand, the only offical one so far was…pretty ■■■■to be blunt. Light, flimsy, had a black hat light for some inexplicable reason and black banjos despite them being brass (seemed uinfinished), the firing sound was like a 2 second loop and they couldn’t even get the name right. How does an offical product end up with the wrong name? I did sorta like the mechanical wand extension but it didn’t extend nearly enough.
For the 84 wand they could use most of what makes the spengler wand, the main changes are the grips so it might not be that much of an issue to do a line of 84 wands.