Hipstamatic’s Retropak Two is Available Early In-App
Christmas arrived a little early for new hipstas today. Retropak Two is now available as a Hipstamatic in-app purchase, a few days earlier than previously announced. This new/old pak is only available for a few days, so if you missed out on any of these the first time, grab them now. No word yet if this will be available through December 18 as advertised.
UPDATE 12.13.11 @15:00 CST: RetroPak One, featuring the awesome Melodie and Tejas lenses will also be re-released this weekend as well as part of Hipstamatic Retro Weekend.
UPDATE 12.13.11 @12:41 CST: Hipstamatic are currently tweeting that the launch of Retro Weekend is still three days away. This early release may be a server glitch.
As far as Hipstapaks go, it’s expansive and it’s expensive. Retropak Two features six lenses, two films, and a flash. It’s pricey, though, and is a $3.99 in-app purchase. Click past the jump for a look at what’s inside….
Retropak Two includes The Watts Lens and Big Up Film from the Bondi HipstaPak.
It also features the two very steampunk-styled lenses from the “Cowboys And Aliens” FreePak, the Matty ALN Lens and the Libatique 73 Lens.
RP2 includes the very magenta Susie Lens from the We Heart Boobies GoodPak. From the Wicker Park HipstaPak the Lucas AB2 Lens and Jolly Rainbo 2X Flash are included as well. And it includes the James M Lens and Rock BW-11 Film from the recently issued Nashville HipstaPak.
No other films, lenses or flashes have been rereleased in this Pak. None of the great cases are included, either.
Although the films and lenses or several previous paks are made available, at $3.99, this is the most expensive single Hipstamatic software purchase offered. It’s bound to hack off Hipstas who have most of these lenses and films, but are missing just one or two. If you’ve just recently purchased Hipstamatic or have a lot of catching up to do, the value of this pak goes way up. It’s only available for a few days.
If you are missing some of the now-unavailable limited edition Hipstapaks, Hipstamatic’s Retropaks are a good way to fill gaps in your collection.
If you’ve just gotten a new iPhone and don’t already have Hipstamatic, it’s $1.99 and comes nicely equipped with several “lenses”, films and flashes. There are several add-on HipstaPaks available for a buck or two as in-app purchases.
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Marty is a self-employed graphic designer in the Fort Worth/Dallas Metroplex. He is an avid Rangers baseball, Chicago Cubs, Packers and Highbury Arsenal fan. In addition to capturing random moments with whatever camera is close by (usually his iPhone), his other interests include coffee, film, music, and traveling in seats 5E and 5F with his fiancé.
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Super disappointing. Super expensive. This really only seems to cater to someone who bought Hipstamatic yesterday. I love this app, but unless you don't have all 6 of these lenses, this is a total scam job.
Being new to the iPhone (as of getting onboard with the 4S) and Hipstamatic, I am pumped to be able to get these items I had missed out on. Not too concerned that I already was able to buy some of them. $3.99 isn't so bad. I would have spent a buck more than that on a cup of coffee this morning had I stopped at Starbucks.
they'd have made more money and more friends by just offering each lens for $.99. you get the ones you want and none that you don't. this is just weird.
I agree with you Adam! Would have made more sense.
Marty, when are they doing their announcement today?
Hi, Adam,
I have no idea what Hipstamatic will announce later today. They haven't given me any clues other than what's in their invitation to the event. They've been pretty tight-lipped about this one.
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I'm waiting for thier announcement today as well.
Hmmm…. I have most of these already.
The only thing on the list that interests me is the Libatique lens–but for $3.99(!) I'll have to think long and hard. Nashville was released so recently; I would have thought it would make more sense to offer some of the older stuff. I was hoping for the Tejas and/or Melodie lenses and the Dali Goodpak.
You know, what I'd *really* like to see is Synthetic Corp. offer some sort of Customer Appreciation policy: e.g., the more you buy, the more of the older lenses/films that become available to you to purchase (perhaps with availability limited to certain brief time periods throughout the year). Any other heavy purchasers of Hipstamatic products out there who are feeling a little underappreciated these days??
I've had Hipstamatic since it first came out, but haven't updated it for a while now. So as a result, I missed all of these lenses and films when they first came out. For me, this pack will be perfect. I like that they continue to bring out new packs, as well as featuring the "best of" from older ones. Not everyone is lucky enough to keep their eyes peeled for every single update the Hipsta team put out.
My problem is I've already bought all of these packs, back when all I had was my iPod Touch 4G. Then I get my iPhone 4S and go to re-download all my previous purchases and all of them do, except the Cowboys & Aliens pack which doesn't show up on the list! What the Hay!?!? I can't figure out how to get this back and I'm not sure I want to pay $3.99 just to get a couple of lenses and film I've already paid $.99 for previously.
Go to the support page on the hipstamatic site. Report your issue. They are pretty good about fixing that sort of issue.
http://getsatisfaction.com/synthetic
Thanks! I'll give that a try!!
Couldn't prove their support by me.
I would prefer they fix the MAJOR ISSUES they have with app crashes and incompatibilities with older hardware and iOS versions. what the point having all those nice films & lenses when your hipstamatic keeps crashing ???
This is encouraging from the Hipstamatic Facebook page
You're right, everybody will be happy when they see what Hipstaclause has in his giant sack of goodness!
That's a lot of $$ for a lot of mediocre lenses and only one great one – Libatique.
I have all of these already, so this will be the first Hipstapak I don't download. But I do appreciate they do this for the folks that missed out when they were first available. I bought the first Retropak because I had missed everything that was in that collection. I only wish they'd include the cases when they do these.
they bringing retro pack 1 out also.
Not seeing the retro pak 2 avaialable for in app purchase. If it has been released early, don't know why I'm not getting the update.
I'm not seeing it either… Thinking about getting it. Never been much for Hipstamatic or buying additional paks.
They juz do not need to create more apps. Keep producing another lens+films pack every quarterly and make $ out of it who has already been loyal to them. I had bought everything when I first bought a year ago, then, follow up with a couple of new additions. One free pak. After that I stopped buying. It is not a must-have item anymore. They are making $ out of fans. I do not like their strategy anymore. I still love the product, Hipstamatic tho.
I used to love this company and their products. Now I only like the products anymore.
I can't loose the feeling that they are ripping off all of us …