The wrong name was due to Sony not the company, Mattel had to do what Sony told them. . But licences aren’t complicated :walterpeck:
I’m sorry, where in my statements was there ANYTHING about Hasbro’s choice to do a 2021 pack? There are literally 3 other comments in this same thread talking about 84’ wands - yet mine is singled out? Seems like some convenient moderation there…
I’m sure everyone on this thread would love to understand how talking about 84’ wands to go with modded Hasbro packs is some sort of violation? Is this forum not free speech? Are we seriously at this level of micromanagement on a forum about toys and collectibles? This is laughable…
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Lighten up Francis.
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I’m sure everyone on this thread would like to know where the hostility is coming from? You aren’t being singled out or made fun of. Everyone here is given the opportunity to voice their opinion. Kingpins only making a suggestion here. You aren’t getting a green card with that attitude pal.
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It was a pre-emptive request. Based on what you’d already posted in the main HasLab Pack thread.
We’d already retrodden the ground of Hasbro’s creative choices with this project in the main Haslab Pack thread, so I didn’t want to see that ground retrodden any further here.
You are more than welcome to discuss ways in which the HasLab Pack can be converted into a 1984 or 1989 Pack.
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Ok sure. But that’s because we know the lore.
It’s like a Ferrari F40 where the rear wing broke and was fixed with an aftermarket NISMO wing that has nothing to do with the original beautiful Italian design. The original design is lightyears ahead in terms of congruence.
The original 84 wand featured a function that was evident in its form. The double offset grips that indicated it would go beserk. (I’ll never forget the feeling I had when I held an original 84 wand for the first time. I did not expect it.) It was like no other gun, rifle or tool I had held.
It was completely congruent with its function. Light beams and “needing to grip tightly” had not gone together before.
Converting the Haslab pack to an '84 is really about converting the wand. (the wand is part of the pack). Sure the little ripcord and greeblies on the pack are different in '21. But the most -obvious- difference to the entire pack is that wooden front grip on the Spengler wand.
I’d love tips on how to best/easiest way to get the wand (and therefore the entire proton pack) to look '84.
I’ve never bookmarked a page so quickly in my life.
As someone who has zero knowledge on this kind of stuff, it was cool to see the demo version that Adam Savage got to play with and seeing how they made everything customizable. I really want to make this look like the 84/89 version as much as possible.
The ribbon cable is a big one. I dislike the faded look.
I was also thinking of using my Matty collector wand instead of the Plasma series Spengler wand. But since I’m still hospitalized I can’t check the box to see if the Matty wand came with a V hook connector like the Spengler wand apparently did. Does anyone remember?
Now one of the stretch goals includes more clean looking decals & tags. I was really hoping they’d also do a ribbon cable that isn’t so faded.
Now all is need to the jumpsuit. I wonder if Hasbro will do a jumpsuit. Probably not.
A little off topic but those of who you cosplay, do you have your own last name on the jumpsuit or one the OGB’s? I can’t decide which way I’ll go. I’m leaning towards OGB.
Well if it helps here’s an old man Venkman holding the wand from the body and able to control his fire.
I’d be open for Hasbro doing an '84 style wand with the same type of battery connector but with the OG loom to connect to the Spengler pack as a Haslab project. If there’s enough demand, people will back it and it’ll ship. If not, Hasbro’s only out the costs of prototyping and marketing it.
Depends on if there’s a wire for the “unplugged alarm” that was mentioned in the video, or if the circuit contact is just in the ribbon cable clamp portion.
Worst comes to worst, hopefully it wouldn’t require a lot of work to install one of Fincher’s GB1 ribbon cable replicas.
[quote=RichardLess post_id=4962880 time=1638862170 user_id=47215]Now all is need to the jumpsuit. I wonder if Hasbro will do a jumpsuit. Probably not.
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We’re hoping to have them restocked in the store ASAP. Failing that there’s eBay, or Magnoli’s replica.
[quote=RichardLess post_id=4962880 time=1638862170 user_id=47215]A little off topic but those of who you cosplay, do you have your own last name on the jumpsuit or one the OGB’s? I can’t decide which way I’ll go. I’m leaning towards OGB.
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Some fans have gone for the Ghostbusters’ surnames on their costume replicas, but most go with their own.
I seem to remember at least one person using velcro nametags, so he could do either one as he wished.
Exactly - the whole idea of converting this pack is contingent on getting Hasbro to produce an 84’ wand that operates with it. It’s seriously a no-brainer and I really hope when they eventually do it they’ll make it even more compatible with the pack since they have the opportunity to design it with the new hose electronics in mind.
I agree with a previous poster that it would be awesome to get the simple loom with it as well, though I’m not sure Hasbro would do that. My guess is that this pack is the only pack we may ever get, at least for a long while. With that being said, what does the rest of the pack-less world need with a hose that does nothing except increase the cost? This is precisely why I wish Hasbro had both hoses and ribbon cables in their tiers to begin with. Seems like a missed opportunity.
As it stands, seems like the Spengler wand is not quite worth the modding required to make it an 84. The bottom grip has the 3D printed grip ready to go for it, but I’ve yet to see anyone even try to remove the wooden grip up front. If it’s painted plastic, it would be really tough to remove if it’s part of the sculpt of the barrel area or without damaging or breaking the piece underneath. Very curious to see if someone tried this in preparation for this pack being converted to an 84’.
Indy replaced the front grip of the Spengler wand on his build, take a look.
I just wish it was not so destructive. I’d be worried about screwing up the epoxy too.
Screw up how?
Yeah that looks very destructive for an untrained hand. I’ve done all kinds of home renovation in every stage of the process, but that front grip would be the death of me lol
I plan on taking the plunge and giving it a shot in the future. I’ll see if I can make a video if I do
There has to be some kind of “half height” front grip that can be 3D printed and glued to the top of the shotgun grip. We could fill the seams with some kind of plastic filler. The Matty wand front grip is a tiny bit wider than screen used. I’d even be happy with a front grip as wide as the Matty.
I know that I have already built a pack, which is so heavy it is insane. My pack is like 35 pounds like the original 84 props and after rocking it for an entire day, it feels like a workout. I personally couldn’t say that there is much that I would change about the Haslab pack but I would definitely spring for the proper Clippard Valves because even the wand has an odd one that I am itching to swap out sometime. I would give it a proper A.L.I.C.E frame. I am hoping that the speaker isn’t something that isn’t packing a punch. I also would hope that there is a way to bypass the D-sized batteries for a battery pack that can be recharged and lasts a full day of running around conventions. Lastly, I would hope that it is possible to mount it to a new motherboard because if not, then you are going to be stuck with what looks like a two-part crease and some backpack strap holes. Other than that, I think I would be very happy just doing a few little teaks to bring it closer to being the Afterlife proton pack that it is supposed to be while enjoying the fact that it doesn’t feel like a bag of dog food strapped to my back all day long, lol. I hope that the paint job looks great in person because I feel like once someone starts painting it, it may start to lose that Afterlife charm.