Full Size Spirit Halloween Proton Pack VS Haslab Proton Pack - Ghostbusters
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- čas přidán 23. 04. 2023
- A video showing the newly released full size Spirit Halloween Ghostbusters Proton Pack vs the recently released Hasbro Proton Pack. I do some brief comparisons and share my thoughts. I hope you enjoy!
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Obviously it's not everyone but there's something I love about all these affordable packs that have come out since Spirits first plastic one with lights is that most of the GB fandom and just prop guys in general love them. Happy to mod them. Happy for fans who are now able to own their own since they were too expensive before. Instead of elitism it's just a lot of folks enjoying something cool that used to be gated out by cost or skill. Over the years the money I put into two spirit packs, the Haslab, and now this new Spirit pack, I probably could have bought an ok replica online. Instead I get a small collection of packs and had some fun modifying a couple. They may not be 100% screen accurate, but they're my packs. Whereas years ago I never thought I'd even have one. Enjoy your packs everyone and never stop bustin.
I totally agree. One of the most important/relatable aspects of "The Ghostbusters" is the fact that the "every man" can be a buster. I understand that the technology was designed and devised by scientists but anyone can pick up the gear and entrap ghosts. That was one of the reasons for Ernie Hudson's character "Winston Zeddamore". He was the guy hired off the street to do a job.
The simple fact that anyone can afford to dress up as a realistic "Ghostbuster" is a dream come true. This is the most important part of the new pack to me. Within $500 you can be an almost screen accurate Ghostbuster (Between pack, costume and trap) This makes the costume more relatable and obtainable.
"I was born to wear this stuff." - Louis Tully (GB2)
Edit- grammerical errors.
Most definitely sir. It's an amazing time to be in the hobby and everyone interested can now get a pack at an affordable price and have more then one.
@@ChrisBoshProps Hello, do you mod them for people at all?
I can honestly say that if I missed out on the Hasbro pack, I'd still be ecstatic to have this one. Even with light modifications, it's a winner
I’ve built my own scratch pack, invested in the haslab, and very impressed what spirit has done here. A good thing for those that lack the building know how, and those that missed the haslab. Phenomenal for fans and franchise growth!
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Awesome video. Already have the Hasbro pack but couldn't pass up Spirit's great deal. FYI I'm a fire fighter as well. The whole reason I chose this career was.... Ghostbusters. Who else gets to slide down a pole, suit up and put on a pack... ride lights and sirens and gets to shoot a stream!
I agree...the idea that today's Ghostbusters fan can get a full-sized, well-detailed proton pack with lights and sounds off-the-shelf for $250 is pretty amazing! Sure, it isn't as sturdy, accurate or sport all the various features of a HasLab or custom-built pack...but we're talking apples and oranges here. As you said, people will be lucky to get a Hasbro pack + wand today for less than $1,000 and custom packs will run you a lot more than even that. For somebody who wants a great-looking prop to impress on Halloween or at a costume party, or even just something to make you feel 10 years old again, the Spirit pack is a heck of a deal. If I wasn't already so deeply invested in my HasLab pack and all the mods I've done to it, I would probably pick one of these up.
And just wait until the modding community really gets their hands on this. There is going to be dozens upon dozens of videos, tutorials and pictures of people making this thing out to be even better. What a great time to be a Ghostbuster!
I think Spirit Halloween really did something great by making a full scale proton pack. Judging by the April release, I think they planned for it to release around the time the HasLab pack was originally projected to ship. Capturing any fans that missed out on Hasbro's release for whatever reason. In my mind, having more options available for GB fans and cosplayers is a good thing. I'm sure the modding community will come through with great upgrades too.
For sure the mods are going to be abundant soon enough. I'm amazed how many options there are these days.
The video I've been waiting for!
I thought you were inside your house up until the end lol. Noticing the garage door railing and the birds chirping finally gave it away. I'm just really impressed with your garage. I've never seen kitchen style cabinetry in a garage, but boy do I like it.
Yeah when I bought the house several years ago it came with all the cabinetry, they are perfect for builds and storage. I appreciate the comment.
I picked one of these up to have as a pack I can invest minimal time and cost to upgrade to use as a stunt pack so I can leave my increasingly-expensive-to-replace HasLab pack at home on display.
Let's see the mods people can do with this
🤤 thank u for showcasing them, love me some ghostbusters proton packs
Thank you for watching!
Great video! And great background music “kickboxer” style 🥳🤓 I was half expecting JCVD to start busting up pots in slow motion 😂
Oh with ending credits of bloodsport 🎉🎉🎉
JCVD was my childhood hero. Love those movie's.
@@ChrisBoshProps Same! I even broke my wrist imitating his famous jumping spin kick when I was a kid lol
I have the Hasbro pack, both wands, matty pke, goggles, trap and Hasbro upcoming trap and pke. But they are so rare and valuable I hate wearing them out. The spirit pke/goggles/trap and pack is great for Halloween and cosplay. You don’t have to worry about damaging them. Also the spirit pack is an 84 pack vs afterlife, having both on display is just awesome.
I don’t need it, I don’t need it… 😂
Upgraded my old spirit pack, I’m happy with it. But it could be worth picking one up for the future. Maybe at Halloween time.
And this is the OG pack design unlike the Hasbro one.
I keep saying the same thing after i went all out on my 80% (complete ghostlab electronics and all! ) but this one is the right size sooooo guess I'll be at it again!
I regretfully passed on the Haslab. When I saw this one I had to get it! Spirit even let me use a 20% off code, so it only cost me $200. The pack arrived a few days ago, and i was surprised by how light is is. Not that it's really a bad thing. I'm glad I'm not the only one who has issues trying to grab the wand. It looks like you already made a slight mod to it, by brining the clip to more of a forward angle? I'd love to see a template to mount the Alice Frame as well. But for the price. this will more than meet my needs. PS, also a call force firefighter, for Waterboro, Maine.
Great video. I just purchased the hasbro pack off eBay. Seen the spirit one but decided for a little more screen accuracy. But might buy the spirit one for my daughter.
Thank u ❤ i need this information
I bought a Spirit pack when I started (the 80% one) Modded it, then went scratch built, and a better scratch built afterlife with the Spengler wand and now I'm 3D printing. My 3D printed pack has cost me between $200 and $300 and that is with an ALICE frame. It was a lot of work though but this Spirit pack is a great deal. Oh, and thanks for the video!
10 months later, still loving it. I've been modding mine, not anything close to movie accurate, I'm making it my own.
I just got the '84 wand to swap out with, have the parts to do the Tacobelli cyclotron/bumper swap, adding forward facing flash lights over each shoulder, added the black and yellow saftey door and striping, an actual EMF detector, blue tooth speaker, repositioned the wand so I can reach the damn thing, then added bracket to hold a small handheld folding mirror so I can rehook the wand myself, put a Michael Myers "the Boogeyman" sticker on the pack (a nod to TRG cartoon) plus, I love the Halloween franchise.
Speaking of other franchises, I added a lightsaber to mine. Yes, a lightsaber. That way, when Gozer goes all Emporer Palpatine and throws lighting at me, I got something to take it. Just like Masters Windu and Kenobe showed us. 😊
Let the modding begin! 🎉
The 20% off coupons are the game changer. $200 for the Spirit pack is a no brainer. And they are in stock now and ready to ship! (Just looked)
That Pack is SOLD OUT.... I ordered mine the day of the release. Just need to adjust the V Hook... put some updated stickers. But to the average person on the street.... no one would even care to notice the difference
As much as a accuracy nut I am I have to agree. Only those who are into the hobby could tell the difference.
For $250 it's near-impossible to beat the spirit pack. I 3D printed my own pack (1984/ Afterlife hybrid), and the electronics alone cost more than that. For the casual/ beginner ghostbuster, spirit is the way to go.
Such an amazing time to be a GB fan, especially those want to dress up 😀 Spirit really did a fantastic job on their life size pack. Just like the smaller Spirit pack, this is ripe for modding opportunities. While I already had the Hasbro pack, which I love, I had to get this as well because for the price you get a great looking starter pack - my plan is to make it my ‘84 style Proton Pack and keep my Hasbro in Afterlife mode.
Good stuff as usual, Chris! Happy cosplaying 👍🏼
Waiting for the arrival tomorrow!!
I bet your pumped!
@@ChrisBoshProps
I was the kid in 1989 who had a duffel bag stuffed with shirts or whatever around my shoulder with an umbrella as my wand trying to hang out with the kids who had the “official” toys….
Well now I’m almost 42 and finally am getting one 🤣🤓
I could have swore that Ghostcorps outsourced their packs from the Gb community since we have some of the best parts
I found a way around the wand's lack of a bargraph lights. I found a small, rechargeable sound activated equalizer bar at FiveBelow. It fits on the side of the wand w/velcro. Maybe not "screen accurate " but it lights up when the wand is fired
Update :
Because the equalizer is made for clipping to a cars AC vent , it clips to the heat sink(sync ?) on the wand. Though velcro would make a stronger bond
I, personally, love what they did with the Haslab pack and decided to do a bit of research into the origins of the shell. From what I've found, the Haslab pack is based off of the workbench pack from Egon's underground lab. I saw your comparison video with the shell you showed and the Haslab pack, and after a bit of looking at some stills from the entire scene, I'm almost 100% certain that it's where the Haslab pack is is from. Other than the evidence I mentioned in the first vid that I commented on, in one frame in particular from the lab scene, there is a reflection on the Ion arm that shows no bolts at all. It's also important to note that in today's world of film making that as long as what you're shooting is in dark lighting, you can fudge anything you want as long as it 'looks' like the hero prop. The one thing that I noticed was the difference between the compression sleeve on the packs. The workbench pack still had a bright yellow one, but it didn't have it didn't have any black threads in it while the Haslab only had the light yellow sleeve.
I wanted a Hasbro, but upon further thought I decided not to. Not only was it out of my price range there was the concern I'd loose a lot of parts. Fast forward to Spirit Halloween's release of the full size pack and I jumped on the opportunity to buy one. Does it have all the bells and whistles of The Haslab? No. But does it do what I want? Yes.
"I'm Chris Bosh...and I'm photogenic!" ❤️
Haha good catch! Thanks for the commenr.
A budget friendly pack, it will work for most, but there are only so many that will go for a full build. Before it was the old RGB kids pack that got us all into it.....then the kits, then Haslab, now this. I still want to build my own even having a haslab pack. What a time to be a fan.
This is Spirit's best pack yet. I remember when they came out with them initially. I ended getting one in 2018 and it was cool but there were things I wish it had. For one there's no idle mode so the cyclotron and blue lights don't light up unless you're shooting and even then it's just flashing. There's no start up sound just firing. I would very much like to get my hands on one of these.
I have an MDF pack that I made in about 2011, and it weighs 20+ lbs. Although my pack is already much more accurate. This is awesome and I'm really considering picking one up for the weight savings alone.
Dude it literally weighs nothing I know I said that in the video but I can't express that enough. It's the lightest full size pack of all time and I've had a lot of packs in my day. Even adding an alice frame it would feel like it weighs nothing. You could wear this pack for hours and probably wouldn't notice it.
Where was this spirit one 20 years ago? I would have paid that back then. I bought the haslab then I bought this to see how it was. Just haven't had a chance to side by side yet. Spirit is awesome for price. Thanks. Good video.
I honestly don't think the HasLab people got a Hero to scan. I think they got the Workbench pack. Which would make sense, since they wanted to include the inner cyclotron, as well. It would also explain why the fake resistor on the exterior ion arm is a Pacific style, not a Dale resistor. The Hero pack has a Dale, the Workbench pack has a Pacific.
Also, the n-filter partially overlaps the bottom right cyclotron ring on the workbench pack.
@@oidoglr Good catch. Another solid indication.
yeah!!!!!
I’m curious if you know anyone but is there somewhere I could ship my proton pack to get mod work done?
Am I crazy....or does the Spirit pack particle throwing sound effects sound better than the Hasbro wands?
The clear tube looks better for sure!
@Funky k I love the clear tube
The look and sound of the Hasbro wand has grown on me. At first I didn't really like it (and I still don't think it's perfect) but especially with the bonus of the different video game firing modes, I think the total package is honestly great.
Its a huge pack for fans like me who missed out on the haslabs pack.
I'd say just gotta move the straps up, because they were too far down, and then reattach the (what you call it?) the part that connects the wand to the pack.
Because I'm sure you know in Ghostbusters 2, they rotated it so it was alot easier to grab the wand.
That's what i would do personally 👌
Yeah, straighten up the v-hook on the wand, and that's a great setup. Their smaller pack just had a peg that was...useless. 😆
Nice 👍
Thanks.
Though I don't have the new Spirit pack in hand, I've heard that it's a just BIT smaller than the HasLab. But I also wonder if that difference might be the fact that the Spirit pack (just like their smaller pack) doesn't have that little bumper on the bottom. If one were to add a bumper, they might be right around the exact same size. Some of the proportions are still a little wonky, but absolutely not in a way that any Karen would notice. 😆 Aside from the cyclotron. But Etsy abounds with cyclotron mods.
2006. The dark ages. I remember wanting and if something gb was made getting any little thing gb with the logo etc. Lol and I knew nothing about forums, didn't have the internet. Had no friends who cared about gb. Was in my own void lol and I'm still not on the forums. But do like looking at old post and seeing how it was back then. Hate all this happened after I got gray hair even though im not 40 yet lol. Had gray hair since 23. And is the loom still ridged plastic? That would have to be swapped out too. But I'd prob keep it as is. They should do rgb pack.
i have a hasbro one, but to be honest. The spirit one is beautiful for it's price. I would love to own one as a stunt version on parties/halloween stuff, but it's almost impossible to get it in Europe.
What is the diferents price?
They didn't scan it from thw original packaging. Want to know why I think that? If you all remember Adam savage video. He had to correct them on some things like the ladder part being incorrect to the point they literally said we went back and fixed it. If they casted it from the original they wouldn't of needed to be told what was incorrect in his video. Me not being on forums etc just hold that kinda info to myself. Lol I post things on my channel, but no one watches really lol.
So i wonder if hasbro will be making any more proton packs .
Since the recent movie had a somewhat decent box office Im hoping they'll do a 1984 pack. I think them releasing the 1984 wand was a hint they're testing the waters on sales to see if its worth it.
I wish Hasbro would just do an original 1984 Proton pack in its entirety, neutrona wand, proton pack, everything as it was in Ghostbusters 1984. That's what 10 year old me is still waiting for man. Do it for us old farts who are now in our 50's and not getting any younger.😂
That's why I didn't get the haslab pack - didn't want the goofy Afterlife stuff, slapped on top. I 3d printed my own '84 pack, but with a cyclotron that opens to reveal the internals. It's an idealized 84 pack
@@gigatron2000 Very cool.👍 Yeah I have no interest in the Afterlife junk either.
It may not even take $200 in mods for the spirit pack to be more screen accurate in all honesty.
Yeah man it won't take much.
Im thinking of getting a gbfans wand light kit for 69 bucks And a new ribbon cable. And i think that pack will be off the charts. Get a double circuit single throw switch to activate them both in the wand. Only drawback would be different batteries but who cares. The pack will be next level.
Hey Chris could U tell me please where i can get a proton pack from Spirit halloween, on the Mainside of homepage its not possible and there was written sold out , i cant get or choose other artikles, e.g Ghost trap and buy it... what is this shit?? i hope U can help an collectors colleg from germany thx ;)
It looks like it's sold out for now but don't worry keep checking and I'm sure Spirit will restock soon or in the future sometime.
Managed to get myself a Spirit proton pack, will need to make some small modifications, but it will do me well for now as it was still kind of affordable (500 EUR) compared to the Haslabs one (2000 EUR), and it will be a good one to use till I can make my very own, unique to me, proton pack.
Good stuff thanks for sharing.
Wow, yeah I'd go for the Spirit Halloween proton pack.
But that's mostly due to because the other is the Afterlife version.
Afterlife is the Ghostbusters version of The Force Awakens in my opinion.
It looks way better than their last, because their last one was pretty small and i think it was like £85 or something.
I'm very tempted, thank you for the comparison 👌
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I've got my HasLab pack modded down to an 84 style, and I'm pretty thrilled with it. But the life-size Spirit pack does look fairly great...a huge upgrade from their 85-ish% pack (with the 65-ish% wand). And I loved modding their smaller pack. I just love proton packs. 😆 But yeah, I'm very impressed Spirit's new pack.
With some work, the Hasbro/Haslab proton pack can be converted into an '84 version like I did with mine. And it's worth every $$$ I invested in it. The Spirit pack is great for those who want a decent pack without shelling out the big bucks.
It's a great pack for the price and can be easily modded to look even better. You'd have no regrets.
Informative, but if you are serious about video content, you may want to consider a remote mic and more camera stability when shooting.
from my oppinion the hasbro pack is a bit more detailed but for fans i mean both are super, if one has not so much money the cheper edition is not bad, and both are working with lights , sounds , so only the haslab can chance the want, and get out the cyclotron..... must it seen in real hand by hand ;)
The Haslab is a better pack no doubt but for the price the Spirit pack can't be beat. Atleast for now.
@@ChrisBoshProps thx for your answer i hope it so , here in Germany didn´t came out so wonderful things or so late and very expensive.. it is a really shame and sry shit
I'm actually happy with my Halloween spirit because it's cheaper than hasbro. However, I will modify the back of the proton to add Alice Pack Frame and my life will be completed.
Sounds like you'll be set man!
@@ChrisBoshProps yes, sir! Busting makes me feel good!
Great video, but I was hoping it would be less of a "great for this price" and more of a pack to pack comparison regardless of the price.
I just couldn't help myself coming off that way man because it's just an inevitable conclusion to come to when talking about it, especially because I've been in the GB prop community for quite some time and have seen what's come and gone. It really is just that...great for the price and hard not to express that. Maybe I'll do a more detailed video comparison in the future. Thanks for the comment.
@@ChrisBoshProps I understand and thank you for your thoughtful response. Like I said, it just turned into a "Spirit pack is great for the price" video. If you wanted to use price as a factor, I would love to learn your opinion on the differences between the packs and if they justify the price difference.
I think to the average person, the spirit pack is mostly indistinguishable from the Hasbro packs without close scrutiny. Proton packs impress people, it doesn't actually take a lot. I took my replica pack out back in 2009, I'd say it was about 75 percent done: no weathering, no sound or working lights, missing some parts entirely. People went nuts for it. Everyone loved it. No one cared that it wasn't complete, to them it was a proton pack.
The Hasbro pack is definitely much nicer than the Spirit pack, there's no doubt. Is it worth three times the price of the Spirit pack (factoring in the need to buy a neutrona wand for the hasbro pack)? That's harder to say. It really depends on how much accuracy is worth to you. To me personally, I'd say no. Not to mention that Hasbro is literally the biggest toy manufacturer in the world. They should not have any trouble competing with Spirit Halloween on this.
I finished modding my Haslab into an 84’, video is on my channel if you are interested, full repaint, swapped all the legris, clippard elbows, clippards, ribbon cable, ion arm, bellows, tubing, macks labels.. really shows what can be achieved with it.
Thanks for the comment and I'll have to check it out. The Haslab has lots of potential but I can't bring myself to do any mods to it that require cutting into it or removing existing parts just because I want to keep as much of the collectible value and what they originally intended. With that said I wish I would have bought a second to mod hahah!
If they put the speaker somewhere else, ANYWHERE ELSE, this would arguably look better than the Afterlife-specific Haslab. Luckily there's already a cyclotron cover on etsy I'll be playing with.
My fullsize ghostbusters proton pack is getting a major upgrade starting next year 👍🏻👍🏻 and not everyone going to pay over $ 800 for a proton pack without the wand its stupid and pathetic to not sell the wand with the pack thats like buying a brand new car without the tires " makes no sense " at some point to make my protonpack more like the hasbro pack im going to replace the bumper and" cycolotron-? "Hope i said that right 🤣🤣🤣 with a modded version from " ETSY"👍🏻👍🏻 those spirit halloween proton pack are very high on ebay from $300 and up im glad I got it when I saw it the first time 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻I was very skeptical at first as I walked around the holloween shop thinking about it " should I get it is it worth $250 " if I don't get it " now" then later people will want "more" for it so far I've repainted the pack replaced that cheap wand with the "afterlife " wand has over 26 lights on pack alone maybe 27 😆
I agree but for 400 when the Hasbro came out originally was a steal. I like the Hasbro much better then the Spirit but the Spirit pack really does the job for anyone new who wants a cheap full size pack.
How do I get one ?
You'll have to wait until Spirit Halloween restock. Keep checking back on the website.
The Halloween Costumes people must be shaking their fists with impotent rage, cursing Spirit Halloween, who took advantage of their endless delays, swooped in unannounced, and destroyed most of the demand for their product.
I think it's pretty likely that the Halloween Costumes / Fun proton pack was likely delayed because it'll use this shell as it's base since the fan reaction to the prototype render they showed last year.
Most definitely. They saw how many backers the Haslab pack had and said were going to put this pack out before anyone else at a cheaper price and corner the market.
And Halloween Costumes/ Fun is charging $500 for what looks like the exact same pack
I believe that they use the same manufacturer as Spirit
@@ChrisBoshProps
From what I've seen, the Halloween Costumes Pack is definitely NOT worth the $500 asking price, the only lights it has is the cyclotron, none on the wand and the power cell is just a sticker.
The Spirit pack has lights &sounds for only 1/2 the price
@@ChrisBoshPropsi think spirit already had this in the works and were waiting for the right time to release it..... it takes years to go from prototyping to tooling to manufacturing.... they were out way too fast. But im glad they did. They should have done this in the first place.
Magiclly....it seems like the more these companies charge, the better the product gets.
How about charging a little more and doing a lot better.
From the factory...
- Always on
- Ability to easily change/upgrade a rechargeable battery pack.
- Aux cord/Bluetooth ability for external speakers.
- louder better quality internal dual or more speakers.
- Metal shell.
- More accurate lights.
- Smoke function built-in.
- Optional included Alice frame.
What is that......an extra 300 on a mass produced item. I think a collector would be willing to pay that if done right.
If you think about it, this new Spirit pack is more accurate to the 84 movie packs than the Haslab pack 😏 the Haslab pack is from Afterlife.
Es because of your muscles you cannot reach it on , but for skinnier people isn't.
I gotta say I really love the Spirit proton pack for its accuracy and price, but I gotta say ... it's built very cheaply. Don't drop the wand or any other part of it. The wiring is so poorly done and delicate in this thing that it will stop working if you just look at it wrong. It's cool, but it's cheaply made so buyer beware.
If you look behind the foam you’ll find a motherboard.
That doesn't really count as a motherboard. I'm talking about a motherboard that would be strong enough to attach an alice frame to help make the pack more accurate to its movie counterpart.
Spirit is already sold out of these
That's what I was going to say lol
They will restock soon. Just bookmark the page and check back often.
Too much camera motion
Thanks for watching!
Moders could be bale to make the spirit pack look closer to screen use by adding wired and bits and weathering
If you wait till the day after Halloween everything at spirit Halloween is 50% off I picked up my pack for $125
And Sold Out at the moment...
Nope the Spirit proton pack is in stock.
Two hot wheel Tracks ans somw plastic card.
The spirit pack has less wires and less detail on the wires..