- August 27th, 2020, 11:35 am#4938628There are a lot of reasons why, but I still imagine pricing and demand are the biggest hurdles. Ghostbusters is huge to us in the community, and while it is still far from a cult franchise it doesn't have the kind of massive fanbase like say Star Wars. For a company to build a full sized pack, the tooling required to create such a product would be incredibly expensive. Adding to that a limited fanbase and an even smaller number of folks who actually have the scratch to buy it, I hazard a guess that it is alot for any company to take on. Even with Hasbro having the license now, the process of making a mass production pack would require lots and lots of compromise for the sake simplicity and mass production. At that point, when you start sacrificing the quality and accuracy of the prop, the demand is gonna drop.
I seem to recall a few years back when Master Replicas, before they folded, had the GB license for a short while. If i remember correctly, word got out to the fans that the proton pack they were planning to make was going to have no Alice frame and could not be worn without modification, something about the licensing for props and not "costume" pieces and given the packs is to be worn it becomes a strange grey area.
Shorter version: Fully built proton packs would cost a lot to make, cost even more to buy, and would more than likely still not live up to fan expectations. Not saying it will never happen, and I hope I'm wrong.