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People against the Haslab business model being brushed off as poor is getting really tiresome. I bought FIVE Haslab Proton Packs. Not to resell, for me. I opened one and was instantly disappointed when it failed to fully power on, because Hasbro didn't properly account for the voltage their previously released Neutrona Wand needed to draw from it. This is a widespread issue which can only be fixed via modding the pack with 3rd party electronics.
Then I learned that even if you keep the wand off and only power on the pack, it auto shuts down in 3 minutes. These are supposed to be cosplay pieces that people expect to run for hours at a time, and unless you're Mister Fantastic, there's no way to turn the pack back on while wearing it without help. If you DO activate wand (which only sporadically works without the aforementioned mods), that 3 minute auto shutdown is cut down to a 30 seconds. If you're not pushing a button on the wand every 30 seconds the entire pack will shut down. If it shuts down, and you don't power it back on within 5 minutes, you lose the ability to power it back on via the wand. None of this was addressed during the campaign. The only way to bypass the pack's auto shutdown is with a 3rd party electronics mod.
The Haslab business model prevented people from being aware of the pack's significant problems before purchasing. I had to put extra time and money into modding the Haslab pack just to make it function as it should, and I don't even want the others I bought anymore because the pack was a spectacular failure in my book, but I've been unable to get rid of them. I do not trust Hasbro after that clusterfuck to deliver acceptable goods based on a prototype/conceptualized idea. A retail release can be reviewed and one can choose to buy based on the final product while being fully informed of it's shortcomings. The Haslab model is simply bad for consumers, and anyone who thinks otherwise is a turbocuck.
