A few days ago I posted the start of my newest endeavor: the assembling together a Ghostbusters uniform and gear, as close to screen accurate as possible. I said then that this is going to take some time and I'm not in any particular rush to get it done, but I think that's for the best. In the end, this getup is going to kick serious paranormal boo-tay!
The jumpsuit upon which to sew my new patches is coming. That's still going to be the first element that gets some attention. In the meantime I put some Amazon gift cards received for Christmas to good use. Check out this bad boy that arrived this afternoon:
The officially licensed Spirit brand Ghostbusters Deluxe Replica Proton Pack. Easily the most accurate reproduction of the Ghostbusters' signature piece of equipment available in mass production. And we are going to upgrade this out the wazoo. Painting, adding new lights, replacing some wires and cabling, mounting it on a military-grade backpack frame... this is the basic model and by the time we're done it's going to be the fully-loaded GT. The only really glaring inaccuracy is that it's about 20% smaller than the packs used in the Ghostbusters movies. But I figure that as technology improved over time it meant that the tools were able to reduce in size. That's how I'm figuring it, until one day when I break down and spend about $900 to go all the way. Until then, the Spirit proton pack is the way to go.
Next up: the jumpsuit.
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