that is the bomb. love it

Thanks. Coming from you that is uber-high compliments, and I appreciate it.

I just finished 13 of these bad boys too.

holy smokes! 13 ?! that rules.

fantastic work, there are no better Proton packs! do you build these for anyone or just personal friends? what do one of these (w/out light setup) go for?

Normally 80% accurate proton packs go for about $950.00usd. i didn't make that much bank on these 13 though.

are you serious? why so much? do you produce the shells and sell those?

The high cost of a finished proton pack is not so much the 163+ parts that make up the pack, but more like the 20 man-hours it takes to assemble one of these things. I'm not a 3rd world country resident where wages are low, my 1st world country standard-of-living keeps hourly wages hgh, so that ups the price.


And this is an 80% accurate pack, I would think a 100% accurate pack is about 40 man hours, to do it right.

I am not trying to come off sounding like a dillweed, but rather giving a little info about the economics of Finished Costumes.

dont get me wrong, you do a stellar job - I just cant believe some people are able to drop that much on a prop - hell, you can get a movie-quality stormtrooper kit for about $600...

could you break down the cost & percentage? for instance, whats the difference in cost/parts/manhours between 80% accurate and 100% accurate? im really curious

I have not fully researched or budgetted a 100% accurate pack, but I do know they go for $1200-$1500 on ebay. The most i've gotten for my 80% accurate packs is $950.00. I guess that's a sliding scale there.