I’m reserving judgment until I see video reviews of them in-hand, but the press photos and renders leave me with the impression that there are significant flaws in the design that I question whether the people willing to spend $500 on are willing to accept.
And, I mean honestly, it’s really not a bad price for a starting point for a project. But it seems about the same starting base for a project that the spirit one does.
I’m not judging it till I see some public reviews either. I may even want to buying one still.
In the press videos, the cyclotron lights aren’t even smooth. That really surprised me. Because there’s that gap of rotation
Seems like it caters more to fancy dress/Halloween/stag parties etc. rather than to cosplayers. I don’t have a problem with that.
Note to Americans: Spirit does not sell outside of North America so this product is the only one Europeans can get hold of without the massive rigmarole of finding a friend in the States willing to repackage and ship etc. with all the customs and fees shenanigans that goes along with it. This probably would end up cheaper than importing a Spirit.
I think you’d be surprised. They’ve been selling BTTF2 jackets for £200 for years and they want £30 just for a cap! People do pay for this, and they aren’t too worried about hyper screen accuracy either. Price in the UK is around £470. I agree its high but I sold my 80% scale spirit pack for over £200 last year. They’ve got a lot of data on what things people buy. I’m sure they wouldn’t have done this if they didn’t think it was going to sell. The real crime isn’t the price but the accuracy for that price. Missed opportunity for sure.
For the price of $500, Spirit pack is the way to go for $250. You can upgrade the spirit and still have $$ left over. There NO electronics in it and for that price, its a shame, and a scam at this point.
I’m watching the GBNews video now. This pack just doesn’t make sense to me.
That being said, I definitely don’t know anything about sourcing, manufacturing, shipping, anything like that.
But I just don’t get it. The “Alice” frame is really a nice touch, sure. But compared to the Spirit pack, it just seams weaksauce.
I don’t wanna be one of those negative internet guys, so, ya know, YMMV.
What a time to be alive though, that we have multiple off the rack proton packs to choose from. Any one of which would have blown my mind in the late 80s.
I think for someone who missed out on the Haslab pack and can’t get a Spirit Fullsized pack this could be a decent option. It’s not going to be perfect by any stretch. But it could provide a good base to make a few mods to. I also don’t think most people are going to care much about proportions not being perfect or screen inaccuracies. That’s something only the most hardcore fans are going to notice/care about. And in those cases they can keep comments to themselves and let others have their fun. Or they can just spend the time/money and build a full scale hero/superhero replica and enjoy it without knocking on what others are doing.
Personally though? this wouldn’t be my first choice on a budget pack. I’d rather go with a Spirit full sized and then take the difference in price between that and the Halloween.com pack and use to change the electronics. (Maybe go with a custom arduino setup or something.) But that’s just me.
