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Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: December 3rd, 2020, 1:34 pm
by Davideverona
Spirit, some people hear it, some people fear it
Some people just won't go near it.

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: December 21st, 2020, 8:59 am
by Lowberg
Just a fun thing, I know there was some banter back and forth here about if Mr Adam Savage had any hand in any of the GB Afterlife props. I was in the camp that said "no way" but I think it's looking like he may have been involved with something!



At the 4 min mark of this Ghostbuster themed Q&A video, Adam Savage gets asked the following:
Q: Did you get asked by Jason Reitman to do any props for Afterlife?

A: "I respectfully decline to answer that question, until a point in the future that is still to be determined. How about that? is that enough of an answer? *smiles* Jason is a good friend and we talked a lot about the movie and that's one of the reasons I'm excited about you all and me getting to see it. But as for specific things that I may or may-not have done, all of that is to be revealed in due time"

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: December 21st, 2020, 10:27 am
by Ecto24601
Looks like the PKE features a new, or rather yet unseen mod of operation. That's what we got in GB1:

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Too bad the Matty PKE missed the yellow light flashing and the permanent red lights. The GBA trailer featured red middle LED and the scale going upright.

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: December 21st, 2020, 1:27 pm
by Kingpin
The lower red lights stayed on because Harold's thumb was completing a circuit, rather than pushing a button. Having the lights stay on would've been trickier to implement on the Mattycollector P.K.E. because the silver contacts were achieved with buttons and silver plastic.

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: December 21st, 2020, 1:56 pm
by Ecto24601
I kinda doubt that it's so trickery to let a button active a light that stays on rather than blink and go off. Even 10 years ago. :mrgreen:

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: December 21st, 2020, 2:01 pm
by Kingpin
It's not impossible to have achieved, but it may've required more work functionality than was deemed cost effective.

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: December 21st, 2020, 2:13 pm
by l3w1sb159
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kahuna900 wrote: October 9th, 2020, 10:29 am There was a Ghostbusters Afterlife Replica Pack Posted up on eBay yesterday that had a bunch of new stuff on the pack.
This Post Contains Spoilers
After activating super zoom...

Does it look like there is some sort of red switch on the underside of the ion arm behind the legris elbow?.....

A personal addition from whoever :blush: made this pack or is that going to be on the screen used pack too....
:whatever:

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: December 21st, 2020, 3:40 pm
by Demon Vice Commander
Both the red and green switches are visible in publicly available reference material...

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: January 24th, 2021, 10:09 pm
by ecto88mph
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Cannot verify if this is the screen-used prop but it looks legit.

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: January 25th, 2021, 12:24 am
by Davideverona
This guy looks a lot like Gb Max from my club Ghostbusters Italia

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: February 2nd, 2021, 11:31 pm
by ecto88mph
Here is an update to my spirit afterlife pack. Really happy with how it's turning out so far. The next step is figuring out that mess of wires around the Clippard valve, need to make a run to home depot and see what my options are.



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Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: February 4th, 2021, 9:12 am
by ecto88mph

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: July 8th, 2021, 7:34 pm
by jonogunn
are they running the gb1 or gb2 ribbon cable?

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: July 9th, 2021, 1:17 am
by Kingpin
jonogunn wrote: July 8th, 2021, 7:34 pm are they running the gb1 or gb2 ribbon cable?
The packs have replicas of the GB1 ribbon cable, supplied by Fincher Technologies.

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: July 9th, 2021, 7:11 am
by joezlo
You know, I've been wracking my brain about cutting off the molded crank knob on my spirit pack to put an actual knob on it without destroying it & having to rebuild the shell. But just putting it over the top of the mold seems to work!

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: July 9th, 2021, 11:10 am
by ecto88mph
joezlo wrote: July 9th, 2021, 7:11 am You know, I've been wracking my brain about cutting off the molded crank knob on my spirit pack to put an actual knob on it without destroying it & having to rebuild the shell. But just putting it over the top of the mold seems to work!

I just superglued the crank knob over the moded one. it looks a little goofy from a certain angle but mostly the way others see it it looks fine. There is a seller out there somewhere who is making a fake crank knob that slips right over the molded spirit knob

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: July 12th, 2021, 7:30 am
by DarkSpectre
ecto88mph wrote: July 9th, 2021, 11:10 am
joezlo wrote: July 9th, 2021, 7:11 am You know, I've been wracking my brain about cutting off the molded crank knob on my spirit pack to put an actual knob on it without destroying it & having to rebuild the shell. But just putting it over the top of the mold seems to work!

I just superglued the crank knob over the moded one. it looks a little goofy from a certain angle but mostly the way others see it it looks fine. There is a seller out there somewhere who is making a fake crank knob that slips right over the molded spirit knob
the file is on thingiverse. I printed one for my kid's spirit pack.

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: July 12th, 2021, 9:14 am
by kahuna900
DarkSpectre wrote: July 12th, 2021, 7:30 amthe file is on thingiverse. I printed one for my kid's spirit pack.
This is the one I had printed.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4642295

I think it looks awesome on the pack!

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Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: July 13th, 2021, 8:45 am
by DarkSpectre
Spirit packs can be pretty decent if you're willing to put in the effort. I just wish they were full scale.

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: July 13th, 2021, 10:24 pm
by ecto88mph
I'd they can mass produce the spirit packs, they could easily make a slightly larger true scale pack.

I'm looking at you hasbro.

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: July 13th, 2021, 11:22 pm
by deadderek
ecto88mph wrote: July 13th, 2021, 10:24 pm I'd they can mass produce the spirit packs, they could easily make a slightly larger true scale pack.

I'm looking at you hasbro.
I can't recall where I read it, but I remember someone said they're scaled down because (at the time) Anovos held the rights to produce 1:1 packs so they were scaled down by Spirit to be sold as Halloween accessories instead of a full on replica.

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: July 14th, 2021, 12:45 pm
by ecto88mph
deadderek wrote: July 13th, 2021, 11:22 pm
ecto88mph wrote: July 13th, 2021, 10:24 pm I'd they can mass produce the spirit packs, they could easily make a slightly larger true scale pack.

I'm looking at you hasbro.
I can't recall where I read it, but I remember someone said they're scaled down because (at the time) Anovos held the rights to produce 1:1 packs so they were scaled down by Spirit to be sold as Halloween accessories instead of a full on replica.
Urggg, Spirit would make much better full-sized packs than Anovos in that they would actually exist and not just run off with your money.

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: July 14th, 2021, 1:12 pm
by DarkSpectre
Even if they just took the mold as it's laid out and just scaled it up 20% it would be a huge seller.

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: July 14th, 2021, 6:30 pm
by CosmoBubba
As much as we diehards (myself included) would love to see Spirit sell a full-sized pack, I don't think the general public really worries or will even notice one way or the other. I wore one of my modified Spirit packs to a horror convention in 2018, and ran into an actor from one of the Hellraiser movies in the hotel lobby who seemed to think I'd built the bulk of it from scratch when all I'd done was put Spongeface's lights and some of his cosmetic upgrades in it.

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: July 14th, 2021, 9:39 pm
by ccv66
Your guys's spirit packs really start looking sharp after parts, lights and Alice frame. Not sure about them making a larger more expensive one though. At a certain point , if you start getting over $300 in the spirit pack , you should to start looking at building a full size vacuum shell, but that could be a slippery slope too.

I guess if you build a full size wand and Alice frame you can always move that to the new pack.

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: July 15th, 2021, 4:41 pm
by jonogunn
I wish they made smaller Alice frames. I wanted to get a spirit pack for my gf maybe if she is willing to dress up with me but the Alice frame being too big for the spirit pack really turns me off aesthetically.

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: July 15th, 2021, 4:49 pm
by kahuna900
jonogunn wrote: July 15th, 2021, 4:41 pm I wish they made smaller Alice frames. I wanted to get a spirit pack for my gf maybe if she is willing to dress up with me but the Alice frame being too big for the spirit pack really turns me off aesthetically.

What? I think the ALICE frame fits the size of the Spirit/Rubies Pack perfectly. Even provides a nice stand if you use the SpongeFace mounts.

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Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: July 15th, 2021, 5:21 pm
by jonogunn
IMO it sticks out too much which is not surprising given it's used for a full scale pack and the spirit pack is 80%. I'm not a fan of it showing so much from the bottom and the sides. That's just me though.

Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: July 26th, 2021, 8:30 pm
by nevenkman
New official photo!
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Re: 2020 Proton Pack and Props - Clips from the trailers

Posted: July 26th, 2021, 8:32 pm
by ecto88mph
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Really crap photo but this is from the official app.


Confirms a lot of things seen on fan afterlife packs.