As far as the wand goes Hasbro loves reusing molds, we have gotten I believe 4 or 5 different stormtrooper helmets, with either minor retooling, or just a repaint, 4 different captain America shields, multiple iron man, and boba fett helmets, the list goes on, if they can reuse a mold, with either a paint job changed or just one or two new parts, they will, so them gluing in a filler part on the rear grip and making a new front tube and suddenly having an 84 thrower is probably too juicy for them to pass up, right now they are doing the new wands, and I bet by the time the packs are shipping they will be selling the 84 version, as a way to sell to people that have a pack with no thrower, people that just wanted both, or missed out on this current thrower. So I have no plans to mod my thrower since Iâm pretty sure they will be making a classic one later.
Seems like since they are adding in newer stickers to the pack, they feel like the pack is close enough to 84 to not make a new one, really removing extra wires and swapping the stickers would make it look close enough. That said, I also wouldnât be surprised if they later did a wide release of a 84 pack since they have the molds mostly done with the afterlife pack, but I wouldnât put money on it since its such a big pricey item.
Definitely - Hasbro does love a good mold reuse. I think the thrower would be so easy for them to modify. I still feel like the âemitterâ (I donât know the technically accurate term) comes out a little too far? I know on the Matty version it seems a little shorter. I think one thatâs in between would be a great to match the pack properly.
To convert to â84 (clean stickers) while not using the stickers Hasbro provides (keeping them unused in the box) authentic 1:1 sticker sets are freely available on Gbfans. Demon Vice Commander has really accurate ones, and there are even metal ones for sale.
To keep the â21 stickers on the pack from spoiling by sticking new stickers on top of them: use painting masking tape. It comes off without damage. Create a piece the same size as the sticker you want to place. Stick the â84 sticker on that tape, then place the duct tape on the original stickers on the pack. It will come off easily without damaging the sticker underneath.
I was under the impression that the pack would NOT come with the stickers already on it and have two sticker sheets (the SMARTER way to do things, Hasbro). That would allow the customer to put whichever set they wanted on. If they are already pre-applied, Iâm wondering if theyâll be metal stickers as well or simply vinyl style. Is anyone actually positive that the Afterlife stickers come on the pack?
really surprised Hasbro had nothing more than a âyou did it!â video - no live demos other than the previous Savage video. Iâd love to see what they are currently working with - I guess they are waiting on the hose to be completed officially. Was hoping for more updatesâŚ
Hello everyone, I posted this on the haslab modders facebook group but they werenât too welcoming to the idea of me asking questions or recommendations so im asking here lol. I was wondering if anyone here could post a list of the parts and fittings (sizes included pls) that I would need to make a hardware conversion on my haslab pack? Iâm planning on being able to convert it back and forth between 1984 and afterlife without too much hassle, preferably only switching out the wires necessary along with whatever other parts are needed to be swapped out easily (preferably) but if not thats cool too, if its necessary i prefer 84â also if you could include where I can find these parts for cheapest that would be great. as for stuff like the clippards, I have 3d printing access so thats no worries and its not a problem to make a plate that covers up the brown wires attached to the clippard valve mount along with whatever else is needed to swap out thats not an easy piece of hardware to obtain. Thank you!!
