Anyone want to buy a slightly-loved proton pack? A fellow buster is selling his first one and the starting bid is pretty cheap! http://www.ebay.com/itm/191669041504
This is an auction for my hand made ghostbuster proton pack. This was my first replica pack which I sculpted out of cardboard, glue, paper mache, PVC, and laquer. A good, lightweight pack!
Several pieces are missing, including wires, tubes, hardware, lights, and shoulder straps. A good jumping off point for anyone looking for a small DIY project. The wand is complete with all tubing and hardware. Pack includes the ALICE frame and kidney belt.
This makes a GREAT starter pack for a new ghostbuster! I'm a member of several GB costuming groups and this was my baby for many years!!! she needs a new life in a new home!!
$150 starting is cheap?
I may very well be priced out of this...
EDIT: $150 for a starter made of cardboard (at least in part) seems excessive.
$300 including shipping for fairly good model that can last as long as I care for it to, on the other hand, that's another story.
Gotta track me down some patches and a nomex suit!
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Well something very exciting happened to me last week. I got fucking shit-canned from the Georgia Ghostbusters for reasons that were never fully explained but my running theory would make me and the folks that were ejected with me sound like complete narcissists.
I felt kind of ill and stunned by it at first, not sure if it was some sort of dark joke but Chace Ambrose, leader of the GAGB was 100% serious and so my friends in the franchise who organized the big Krispy Kreme/Vasculitis fundraising event last year, and the attendees that were major parts of both that and my theater event last month got pink slips from the fan club and all we can do to discern why is pooling our information and making some educated guesses.
Which we did. In person. At a pub in midtown Atlanta.
We compared notes, talked about how much we loved being Ghostbusters and about how we never really got to do the fund-raising or charity stuff we'd intended due to the complications of working within such a massive fan-group. We turned to look at our current situation. Clearly we couldn't just stop, could we? Of course not! For whatever reasons. Call it fate. Call it luck. Call it karma. I believe that everything happens for a reason. I believe that we were destined to get thrown out of that dump.
For what purpose?
To go into business for ourselves!
More news as it develops. For now I leave you with this:
Well something very exciting happened to me last week. I got fucking shit-canned from the Georgia Ghostbusters for reasons that were never fully explained but my running theory would make me and the folks that were ejected with me sound like complete narcissists.
I felt kind of ill and stunned by it at first, not sure if it was some sort of dark joke but Chace Ambrose, leader of the GAGB was 100% serious and so my friends in the franchise who organized the big Krispy Kreme/Vasculitis fundraising event last year, and the attendees that were major parts of both that and my theater event last month got pink slips from the fan club and all we can do to discern why is pooling our information and making some educated guesses.
Which we did. In person. At a pub in midtown Atlanta.
We compared notes, talked about how much we loved being Ghostbusters and about how we never really got to do the fund-raising or charity stuff we'd intended due to the complications of working within such a massive fan-group. We turned to look at our current situation. Clearly we couldn't just stop, could we? Of course not! For whatever reasons. Call it fate. Call it luck. Call it karma. I believe that everything happens for a reason. I believe that we were destined to get thrown out of that dump.
For what purpose?
To go into business for ourselves!
More news as it develops. For now I leave you with this:
The New Atlanta Ghostbusters are composed of a professional filmmaker, a graphic designer, an Illustrator/sequential artist, a professional PR guy for a major nationwide grocery store and a fire safety inspector and a DJ who also works for the Cancer Society organizing fundraisers.
Oh and the social media manager for Tru-Spec flightsuits.
We don't need luck. We have the tools, we have the talent.
So it sounds like you guys are all going to be wearing Rothco suits...
Nah, Gibson & Barnes.
We got some high rollers over here!
So is the DragonCon parade going to be really awkward this year for you guys? Or did they somehow kick you out of that as well? Jerks.
We're still "invited" to the parade, meaning it's an open event for all Ghostbusters to attend. We're definitely going to show a united and strong front for the other franchises to recognize. We still have friends in the GAGB and those of them who have beef with us are definitely in the minority. They just happen to be the leadership. Several Atlanta-area busters have already reached-out to us to ask if we were going to found a new group because the Macon group has a pretty poor history of organizing events outside of their small area.
Due to a request by the GAGB leadership and for my own personal reasons as well, I pulled the patch off my uniform last night and replaced it with something more positively-charged:
So it sounds like you guys are all going to be wearing Rothco suits...
Nah, Gibson & Barnes.
We got some high rollers over here!
So is the DragonCon parade going to be really awkward this year for you guys? Or did they somehow kick you out of that as well? Jerks.
We're still "invited" to the parade, meaning it's an open event for all Ghostbusters to attend. We're definitely going to show a united and strong front for the other franchises to recognize. We still have friends in the GAGB and those of them who have beef with us are definitely in the minority. They just happen to be the leadership. Several Atlanta-area busters have already reached-out to us to ask if we were going to found a new group because the Macon group has a pretty poor history of organizing events outside of their small area.
Due to a request by the GAGB leadership and for my own personal reasons as well, I pulled the patch off my uniform last night and replaced it with something more positively-charged:
I also kinda want to put this on a t-shirt:
Not our final design but hilarious to me.
That logo could only be more Atlanta if it was on fire.
Before following any advice, opinions, or thoughts I may have expressed in the above post, be warned: I found Keven Costners "Waterworld" to be a very entertaining film.
Librarian's ghostLibrarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSporkRegistered Userregular
Also wait, the other group is in Macon? Isn't that super small compared to Atlanta? The patch was all of Georgia. You should make THEM take off the Georgia patch not that you've split. They should not be allowed to represent the whole state.
Also wait, the other group is in Macon? Isn't that super small compared to Atlanta? The patch was all of Georgia. You should make THEM take off the Georgia patch not that you've split. They should not be allowed to represent the whole state.
Until now they did rep the whole state. There were several smaller groups but they all merged into one sometime before I got to GA. They have members all over the state, only recently did we start making major waves up here in the ATL.
I'm seriously considering scheduling my trip to Boston next summer around GB2016 and seeing it at the Boston Common Loews Cinema. It's a literal block away from the Chinese restaurant that served as the headquarters for the new film and I bet the North East Ghostbusters Alliance (Taskforce Ecto) will be there, maybe the New Hampshire Ghostbusters as well!
I'm still waiting on video to be edited and did't feel like formatting a photo post but hey, check out my new franchise y'all! www.AtlantaGhostbusters.com
That BFA in Graphic Design was bound to come in handy sooner or later!
Preparing for the parade with my old Georgia Ghostbusters patch removed and replaced by something more cheery.
Oh and this is my bottle:
Drink at your own risk! It came in very handy at the convention. I highly recommend laser-etching cosplay-appropriate water bottles if you have the means.
Some of the Atlanta Ghostbusters crew about to bust some heads... in a spiritual sense of course.
Some of the Alabama team who came straight from a pretty big bust and did't have time for a shower.
Jonny Ruckus of the New Hampshire team brought his Hello Kitty pack and was promptly slimed by some ghost bros for being a giant dingus.
Father and daughter: Ghostbusters Generations!
That's Bob and Stella. Everyone loved her slime blower. Bob did a bang-up job!
Group pack-inspection! These are all the busters who brought their nuclear accelerators but neglected the licenses.
And Lara helps me inspect my pack with her granddad. You may remember her as the little girl with the full-on rap face at the Dublin parade awhile back.
She's a PR machine. That picture went mega-viral on Saturday at the convention.
Letting off a little smoke. It was a warm day out.
Overall I'd say it was a decent crowd. 80,000 people or so cheered us on.
"Lunchbox" and "dj BC" try to snare a slippery little spud as we crossed under some parking garages.
Abigail Gardner put on her best Kate McKinnon impression for the parade.
Ancient religions are no substitute for a positron collider at your back.
Ran into some old friends.
And old foes.
Inter-franchise photo!
Wait... there's more...
What's this?
Very strange...
Was I on stage then? Seems like a pretty big crowd! I guess you'll have to stay tuned to find out!
Wait... there's more...
What's this?
Very strange...
Was I on stage then? Seems like a pretty big crowd! I guess you'll have to stay tuned to find out!
"Still making headlines all across the country, the Atlanta Ghostbusters were at it again, this time at the fashionable dance club 'Bootie...'"
Man, Emerald City GB's gonna be at Rose City this weekend and I'm not gonna be able to make it. Oh well, least I'll be making money soon so I can start working on my jumpsuit.
"Go down, kick ass, and set yourselves up as gods, that's our Prime Directive!"
Man, Emerald City GB's gonna be at Rose City this weekend and I'm not gonna be able to make it. Oh well, least I'll be making money soon so I can start working on my jumpsuit.
Don't worry Matev, everybody has three mortgages these days. You get that flightsuit together! Let us know if you have any questions.
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I may very well be priced out of this...
EDIT: $150 for a starter made of cardboard (at least in part) seems excessive.
$300 including shipping for fairly good model that can last as long as I care for it to, on the other hand, that's another story.
Gotta track me down some patches and a nomex suit!
Lots of ladies working on the new flick are not having any of that misogynistic bullshit.
which is ridiculous because she didn't need no help with that, young Metzger Meister corroborates.
also, crystal skull vodka is the best because you can make the bottle into a rad bo-
uh...
water pipe. for tobacco use.
and nothing else.
Well something very exciting happened to me last week. I got fucking shit-canned from the Georgia Ghostbusters for reasons that were never fully explained but my running theory would make me and the folks that were ejected with me sound like complete narcissists.
I felt kind of ill and stunned by it at first, not sure if it was some sort of dark joke but Chace Ambrose, leader of the GAGB was 100% serious and so my friends in the franchise who organized the big Krispy Kreme/Vasculitis fundraising event last year, and the attendees that were major parts of both that and my theater event last month got pink slips from the fan club and all we can do to discern why is pooling our information and making some educated guesses.
Which we did. In person. At a pub in midtown Atlanta.
We compared notes, talked about how much we loved being Ghostbusters and about how we never really got to do the fund-raising or charity stuff we'd intended due to the complications of working within such a massive fan-group. We turned to look at our current situation. Clearly we couldn't just stop, could we? Of course not! For whatever reasons. Call it fate. Call it luck. Call it karma. I believe that everything happens for a reason. I believe that we were destined to get thrown out of that dump.
For what purpose?
To go into business for ourselves!
More news as it develops. For now I leave you with this:
Man, I love that movie something fierce.
It's an alright flick for sure.
I mean I wouldn't murder anyone over it. That's good news for someone this week.
You don't know what it's like out there! I've worked in the private sector. They expect results!
Oh and the social media manager for Tru-Spec flightsuits.
We don't need luck. We have the tools, we have the talent.
Nah, Gibson & Barnes.
Yeah, but I'm an XL-Tall.
We got some high rollers over here!
So is the DragonCon parade going to be really awkward this year for you guys? Or did they somehow kick you out of that as well? Jerks.
Or start showing up as these guys...
We're still "invited" to the parade, meaning it's an open event for all Ghostbusters to attend. We're definitely going to show a united and strong front for the other franchises to recognize. We still have friends in the GAGB and those of them who have beef with us are definitely in the minority. They just happen to be the leadership. Several Atlanta-area busters have already reached-out to us to ask if we were going to found a new group because the Macon group has a pretty poor history of organizing events outside of their small area.
Due to a request by the GAGB leadership and for my own personal reasons as well, I pulled the patch off my uniform last night and replaced it with something more positively-charged:
I also kinda want to put this on a t-shirt:
Not our final design but hilarious to me.
That logo could only be more Atlanta if it was on fire.
Until now they did rep the whole state. There were several smaller groups but they all merged into one sometime before I got to GA. They have members all over the state, only recently did we start making major waves up here in the ATL.
This has truly been enlightening.
movies at the troc own
jelly
I'm still waiting on video to be edited and did't feel like formatting a photo post but hey, check out my new franchise y'all!
www.AtlantaGhostbusters.com
That BFA in Graphic Design was bound to come in handy sooner or later!
Preparing for the parade with my old Georgia Ghostbusters patch removed and replaced by something more cheery.
Oh and this is my bottle:
Drink at your own risk! It came in very handy at the convention. I highly recommend laser-etching cosplay-appropriate water bottles if you have the means.
Some of the Atlanta Ghostbusters crew about to bust some heads... in a spiritual sense of course.
Some of the Alabama team who came straight from a pretty big bust and did't have time for a shower.
Jonny Ruckus of the New Hampshire team brought his Hello Kitty pack and was promptly slimed by some ghost bros for being a giant dingus.
Father and daughter: Ghostbusters Generations!
That's Bob and Stella. Everyone loved her slime blower. Bob did a bang-up job!
Group pack-inspection! These are all the busters who brought their nuclear accelerators but neglected the licenses.
And Lara helps me inspect my pack with her granddad. You may remember her as the little girl with the full-on rap face at the Dublin parade awhile back.
She's a PR machine. That picture went mega-viral on Saturday at the convention.
Letting off a little smoke. It was a warm day out.
Overall I'd say it was a decent crowd. 80,000 people or so cheered us on.
"Lunchbox" and "dj BC" try to snare a slippery little spud as we crossed under some parking garages.
Abigail Gardner put on her best Kate McKinnon impression for the parade.
Ancient religions are no substitute for a positron collider at your back.
Ran into some old friends.
And old foes.
Inter-franchise photo!
Wait... there's more...
What's this?
Very strange...
Was I on stage then? Seems like a pretty big crowd! I guess you'll have to stay tuned to find out!
"Still making headlines all across the country, the Atlanta Ghostbusters were at it again, this time at the fashionable dance club 'Bootie...'"
It was a pretty good weekend.
And @timspork's ghost, I will make you some cards. Message me and I can knock 'em out tomorrow night.
This is fucking wonderful.
Don't worry Matev, everybody has three mortgages these days. You get that flightsuit together! Let us know if you have any questions.