No idea on final price, either, but given how slow the rollout has been (glacier slow), it’s so spread out that it almost seems doable. I used to joke that I’d maybe have a fully pack by the 40th anniversary, but it’s not so funny anymore. It might actually take that long.
I wouldn’t worry about how long it takes. I’m currently #1000 of 1000 on the waiting list. But I know how Aaron works. I’ve personally spoken with someone who has worked both the bumper and the booster frame, and it has to be perfect. Dozens of molds and inspections and records. I know that they were having a huge issue with the company that was making the shells which resulted in deformities and poor products that were not up to standards. So they found someone else. Once they’re set up, parts will start flying out.
Keep in mind, the folks Mack’s Factory were given the license because they accepted nothing less than perfect. This is a huge undertaking for us fans BY fans. Check out and follow their Facebook page; Aaron is great about updating status of projects.
are any of the parts that have been sold out gonna be released again sometime soon? I have been trying to email them and have got no response for over a month
Go on Facebook to their page or to the Mack’s Factory Proton Pack build group and ask there. You stand a better chance of getting a reply from Arron Mack there. Not guaranteed, but he usually answers if you tag his name in your question.
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Still waiting for my shell at #86… Missed out on the Synchronous Motor Mount (Bumper) and I’m anxiously awaiting its return.
I ordered the idealized one since all my other parts are also idealized and the shell I’m on the list for is, too. The bellows is supposed to be available next month.
Man they haven’t fulfilled #86 yet, I’m in the 400’s. Hard to be too mad being on the waiting list, when they haven’t taking my money. I’ll probably cancel that anyways, after seeing their legacy stuff . If I didn’t get the anovos kit, I’d get both.
It does seem that they are getting their mold/production issues resolved. Whether that means they’ll finally be able to begin releasing 1,000 shells to those that ordered them, I don’t know. Now I’m being tempted with the prospect of backing the HasLab pack, which is essentially the cost of a Mack’s shell. Of course, the Mack’s pack will be far superior, but I’m starting to wonder how many years it will take to get all the Mack’s parts. The HasLab pack, with its Spring 2023 delivery date, might come first. Maybe it’s better to back that project and just modify it with GBFans parts? No idea at this point.
The Haslab pack is great, but it’s going to feel like a toy.. if I could only have one, I’d get the Mack legacy. But that’s going to be well over $1000 complete, with alot of time and effort. .
Let’s say you’re craving a hamburger. You could have a really great hamburger but you’d have to kill the cow and ground the meat first or you could just go to McDonald’s. That’s the kind of comparison you’re looking at. I would understand either decision. If you are on the fence and you don’t mind having 400 bucks tied up for a year, I would just order the afterlife pack. There’s no way if you change your mind that you lose money on it. Should be an easy resale.
I’m assuming the legacy pack and the haslab pack are scanned from the same shell, if you ordered a motherboard from mack it should be close enough to fit on the afterlife pack
Mack’s Factory Legacy pack is a cast of the Hero pack from GB1/GB2 that is currently in Sony’s archives.
The packs in Afterlife are a little bit more complicated: they took a cast of the Hero pack, then cleaned up and modified it. They removed a lot of the casting defects within the original pack; cleaned up the texturing, and added some mounting plates (specifically for the HGA and for the N-Filter).
So they are not the same, but both of similar lineage. Mack’s is more direct from a GB1 pack.
I’m on the Mack’s path for the idealized shell because that was the first one offered, but I was considering using legacy parts on it to go half and half. Not sure yet.
What’s up with Mack’s Factory? They’ve been active for more than a year now, but the majority of parts are still unavailable.
Mack’s Factory posted a few updates on Facebook about the status of their parts and the shells. The company that was going to produce the Shells wasn’t making them at the quality that Mack’s Factory wanted so they switched to a better supplier, all the rejected shells that were produced were cut up and destroyed and their new supplier produced better quality samples of the shells. It was a setback for Mack’s Factory but it sounds like they’re back on track and working hard on doing these with the quality they’re known for.
I dropped a post on the Mack’s Factory Facebook build page asking for any hints on what parts are coming next, and it sounds like both shells, idealized and legacy, should start arriving soon, with “soon” being a relative term, depending on your spot on the list. The bellows should also be available this month, too, so keep an eye out.
I’m in the low 200s for an idealized shell, but to be honest after waiting this long I’m kind of tempted to just go down the route for the HasLab pack and call it a day.
With shells and other pack parts being so easily obtained from other sources nowadays, what I’m actually more concerned with is the lack of thrower/gun parts. A full metal thrower is still the most difficult feature to complete due to lack of parts availability.
Besides the gun track, and front and rear cylinders offered in the GBFans shop, parts from CPU64 and FreekyGeeky are the only options, with CPU64 being reliable but bogged-down with orders, and FreekyGeeky being somewhat unreliable, and difficult to keep in-contact with.
I have a FreekyGeeky gun body just sitting here with none of the other major body parts to complete it, and it seems like I’ll have to piece it together with GBFans parts and whatever else I can find in the wild.
Yeah, I’m thinking the same thing. I have three Hasbro wands (one new in the sealed box) and I ordered two Hasbro packs. I’m seriously thinking about selling all the Mack’s Factory parts I have already purchased and pick up a third pack to keep in the box with my third wand.
It does also occur to me that I could “invest” in buying a few extra Hasbro packs to fund a Mack’s build since the HasLab stuff sells for so well, but I kind of struggle ethically with gouging fans of the same thing I share an interest in.
I’m going to do both HasLab and Mack’s as I don’t plan on wearing the Hasbro one at events. I don’t think it would hold up as well.
Well, if the Haslab pack holds up half as good as my spirit pack, I’d be very satisfied. 