So. One work day Plus a visit from a fellow 405th who dropped off some shins/belt for me to use and one long night later... here we are.
First off wanna say thanks to spartan-847-david for his work on the shins and belt. I ran outta time and money and supplies and he came through in a pinch to get me a more 'full suit' to wear out to release night.
Sadly the belt didn't make it. First stop - some ass decides to smack the belt pouches as hard as he can and breaks 1 or 2 off. So I ended up takin it off and throwin it in the back of my truck.
At the final stop my ankles had had it (stop 4 in this case) with the shins too lol, no padding inside ( I forgot to bring scraps doh!) and they were chaffin something fierce, so they got tossed in the back as well.
Finally get my Retro Lancer and... put it together right in front of the line of people.... 'some assembly required" meant you had to slide the blade to the bayonette in place. Un fortunately we bought the wrong batteries so I didn't get to hear the sound effects until later... but I was stoked.
Until I got the batteries that is... the sound effect is horrid... it actually makes me want to sell the retro lancer right "now". (PM me if your interested btw) the sound isn't a 'gun firing' so much as it sounds like a little motor with a piece of thick plastice on the end, that slaps up against other plastic to make a "firing" noise. Rotating the gun and firing can produce slightly different sounds.
Anyway, I will have pictures later, but I wanted others to post their release nights and see all what happened.
I ended up with the GOW3 pre-order count down clock, large banner poster, Tritton 7.1 surround sound headset (GOW3 of course) the retro lancer and the GOW3 Console.
What a night.
Woot update:
Beat it. Amazing story.. anxious to play through again!
This time, COOP!
First off wanna say thanks to spartan-847-david for his work on the shins and belt. I ran outta time and money and supplies and he came through in a pinch to get me a more 'full suit' to wear out to release night.
Sadly the belt didn't make it. First stop - some ass decides to smack the belt pouches as hard as he can and breaks 1 or 2 off. So I ended up takin it off and throwin it in the back of my truck.
At the final stop my ankles had had it (stop 4 in this case) with the shins too lol, no padding inside ( I forgot to bring scraps doh!) and they were chaffin something fierce, so they got tossed in the back as well.
Finally get my Retro Lancer and... put it together right in front of the line of people.... 'some assembly required" meant you had to slide the blade to the bayonette in place. Un fortunately we bought the wrong batteries so I didn't get to hear the sound effects until later... but I was stoked.
Until I got the batteries that is... the sound effect is horrid... it actually makes me want to sell the retro lancer right "now". (PM me if your interested btw) the sound isn't a 'gun firing' so much as it sounds like a little motor with a piece of thick plastice on the end, that slaps up against other plastic to make a "firing" noise. Rotating the gun and firing can produce slightly different sounds.
Anyway, I will have pictures later, but I wanted others to post their release nights and see all what happened.
I ended up with the GOW3 pre-order count down clock, large banner poster, Tritton 7.1 surround sound headset (GOW3 of course) the retro lancer and the GOW3 Console.
What a night.
Woot update:
Beat it. Amazing story.. anxious to play through again!
This time, COOP!
