This isn’t your usual commercial post, but rather one that I could not ignore, given the content. Rob from team Darkangel has been in touch with a plea that concerns everyone:
My 7 year old Niece is fairly ill at the moment.
She has been diagnosed with a condition that can be best described as “pre - leukaemic”… her bone marrow…is destroying her good blood. She is ok in herself but is now on a waiting list trying to find a match as the blood relatives aren’t a match for her. She’s now under GOSH for ongoing treatment, this includes regular blood transfusions to keep her going and then hopefully the transplant and then Chemo that will see her hospitalised in a sterile bubble for 6-8 weeks with no direct contact from anyone other than medical staff.
Hopefully this will happen before the condition becomes full blown.
Fortunately thanks to a team member of mine Ben (Bennyboy) who works for Great Ormond Street hospital we have been able to help by arranging some transport stuff for her to and from GOSH etc.
My team (Darkangel) regularly holds a charity event that sends the funds to GOSH and thanks to everyone that took part in the charity stuff…
Rob, (Team Darkangel)
Rob goes onto plead for that everyone in the airsofting to consider joining the ‘Anthony Nolan’ national register, as a simple blood test could save or at least vastly improve the lives of many like Rob’s niece.
Thanks. 
Just to give you the latest on the Police enforcement of the VCRA:
Dorset Police have launched an amnesty on imitation firearms. Chief Inspector Wesley Trickey is quoted as saying ‘We will not be seeking to prosecute anyone handing one in, should the possession of it have been an offence’.
Dorset Police are now actively visiting retailers selling RIFs to ensure they are complying with the Violent Crime Reduction Act (VCRA), and have carried out test purchases at retail premises suspected of selling RIFs to people without exemption status.
It goes without saying that retailers are already aware of this, but this seemed an important point to raise.
West Midlands police have actually been taking action against retailers, with a store in Coventry, who they found to be selling cheap springers, having its stock seized after it was found they were selling them without purchase. In this case the store appears to have been a general sports shop which they were visiting to remind of the law in relation to the sales of knives, rather than an specialist airsoft shop.
I know that our members are committed to behaving in a lawful manner, and that all of us planning on purchasing airsoft replicas have evidence of our exemption status in place (be it UKARA membership if buying from a UKARA-registered shop, or site membership / a skirmish diary if buying from a non UKARA-retailer / importing from overseas), but it’s worth being aware that the police force do not consider the VCRA to be an ‘empty threat’ as some had feared.
Cheers.
Published on 19:41 February 18, 2008 .
Hopefully you all enjoy using Arnies, and find it a fun / informative place to visit on the web, but that doesn’t mean we can’t try and improve the experience for everyone.
One of the areas which I feel we could probably develop the website is in regards to its news section. At present a small team of dedicated volunteers work hard to bring you whatever relevant news we can get our hands on. I can’t help but feeling, however, that we could improve it…
…That’s where you fine people come in. Is there anything we can do here to improve the news section for you? Is it fine? Click here to visit the forum and view the news suggestion poll. You can choose as many answers as you wish, and if you wish, make any comments or suggestions. We’ll seriously consider all views - as long as they’re not too bizarre or abusive!
Once again, here’s the link to the poll:
http://www.arniesairsoft.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=136407
Thanks for your continued patronage!
Published on 22:11 October 16, 2007 .
I thought I’d post a few updates from the forums:
- International sales open - EU/international and USA areas of the sales forums are now open to all users. Previously all were restricted to users with more than 100 posts, however this was not applicable to international sales. We think the new adjustment strikes a bit of a balance between safety, security and usability.
- New contributors wanted - We’re looking for as many news editors as possible. If you think you can bring something new to the site and your own identity and contributions to the readership then please do let us know.
- Upgrade roadplan - The forums have been upgraded, there’s more to do, but there’s lots of new features. It should be faster and it’s a whole heap easier to use. Check out the forums and see what you think. The new look isn’t complete and there’s more to do, however the back end is mostly complete.
ICS has sent us some exclusive images of the soon to be released ICS AK74-M and AK74-S which we covered on the news section back in March 2007. It looks like these will be available to customers either at the end of August to Mid-September. Right now we don’t have any pricing or other features of the gun, but as the saying goes ” A picture is worth a thousand words!”
For more pictures of the ICS AK74-M and AK74-S head on in to the forums to see more images of these excellent replicas here!
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Another Arnie’s exclusive!
This time we bring you a review on a new company designing and making extremely high quality replica hand guns. The Colt’s Combat Commander is probably one of the most remarkable pieces of craftsmanship that I have seen in the Airsoft industry and actually incorperates some real steel parts!
So go check out the full review here!
Get it first on Arnies! The first English review of the much-anticipated CYMA Thompson is here!
Here’s a peek at what lies in wait:
… upon picking up the gun, the weight and length of the thing become apparent. It’s a heavy bugger of a gun – but it’s solid as hell, and that is pleasing to me, as I usually find that I have troubles with weedy guns that are too small for my man-hands *cough P90 cough*, and the Thompson is suited more to the larger amongst us. Although the Thompson is as long as an AK, the stock is a lot longer…
Click for the win!
After a period of silence which had got everyone quite worried, I am pleased to announce that Xenobait and Sledge (Organisers of Arniegeddon 06 and 05 respectively) have announced the date and venue of AG07:
Where:
This year we are moving to arguably the best equipped airsoft site in the entire United Kingdom. Two Woodlands, 150 Buildings, Professional marshals, Catering and (GASP!) working toilets
I’m pleased to announce that South Yorkshire Airsoft’s PROTEUS CAMP are Kindly Hosting AG07, and throwing the facility and all their know-how behind it (so it’s not like we need Sledge to even come out of his tent).
Better yet, With 150 buildings, including a 5 building safezone complex, he won’t even need a tent….
Directions are on the site and it’s a little further north than before, but access is good from A1 and M1.
When:
24th, 25th and 26th of August. Arrive Friday Evening, leave Sunday Evening. It is a Military establishment, so access will be at set times. When booking indicate if you won’t be able to arrive in these windows (info to follow) and we’ll see what we can work out.
(Xenobait, AG07 Organising Team)
Having attended the first South Yorkshire Airsoft game at Camp Proteus, I can heartily recommend the site to all. The site is one of the largest FIBUA games in the north, with roughly 60 acres of Barrack Blocks, other MOD facilities and even woodand. The site is in the heart of Sherwood Forest and yet being on one of the main A roads is surprisingly easy to locate - using the postcode my sat nav took me off the road, down the drive way and right up to the safe zone block!
Whether you’re an Arnies regular or new to the website, all are welcome. This is an excellent opportunity for people with a variety of airsoft experience to meet up, catch up with online acquaintances and then shoot each lots with toy guns. There’s not even a need to pack a tent, thanks to the sleeping arrangement in the safezone buildings. Who could possibly want more?
For event information visit the Arniegeddon 07 event forum. Hope to see you there!
Keith from RSOV was kind enough to send us one of his samples to review before the official release. The Army Armament R85 is a Chinese made version of the L85A1, a direct copy of the G&G version that was released earlier this year.
So does the R85 meet the needs of the masses? Find out here.
Army™ Armament is new to the Airsoft Industry and the R85 (L85A1) is their second model released on to the market, the first being their AK 47.
What with companies like Jing Gong and A&K and CYMA already dominating the market with high quality, low cost replicas and the added pressure of the Airsoft community demanding a reliable and cost effect replica of either the L85A1 or A2 Army™ Armament has their work cut out for them.
So is the ARMY™ Armament R85 going to cut the mustard, or is it just a cheaper paper weight like the original?
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Exclusive review for Arnies Airsoft, the team over at ICS were kind enough to send us a review sample of their new range of M4 CQB’s. The review is available to read either in the review database or in the review section of the forums.
Now many of you are probably wondering why on earth would I be so excited over another brand of gun when I live in the home country of Tokyo Marui? The simple answer to this is “The Gear Box” and as you read on those not familiar with the ICS gear box will soon learn why.
I thought I should add a few words up here to keep people in the loop:
- Database fixes: Well so far so good, work went on last night on our hardware and the database, so far after the last batch of fixes and tweaks we’ve had no unexpected errors with the forums. Fingers crossed that is the problem fixed (source).
- Forum tweaks: As has been posted in a few places ASC announced that they intend to close in three months time which is a shame. Since then we’ve had a lot of requests for site space, team sections and some redesigns. With that in mind we’ve tweaked our sales area design (source). The sales and wanted areas are now branched out to better organise topics and help people find things.
Want your own forum section? If you want a section set up for your team, retail shop, or skirmish site we’ll set it up for you, but we’ll need some information:
- Name of subsection - your team name or retail entity
- Description - a sentence that briefly describes your shop/team etc
- Weblink - your homepage
- Moderator - the registered nickname you want to run the area
Email that over to arnie@arniesairsoft.co.uk and it’ll be added to the big old “to do” list and you’ll be mailed back when your area is complete.
I’ve been contacted by a new group of people who are seeking to produce a European Airsoft Directory. The site has only been up a short time, but already it’s starting to rapidly fill up (including a new entry for Arnies), so give it a look!
Dear all,
With pride do I announce our new website “The European Airsoft Directory”. We want to become the reference/starting point for all your airsoft related searches.
As we are new, or database is still cery empty. So, quickly surf to http://www.airsoft-directory.eu and start adding sites. All sites will be checked and added after validation.
If you are the owner of a website, please add a link back to our site. Banners and text links can be found on: http://www.airsoft-directory.eu/index.php?page=faq
Help us to become your source for airsoft searches and provide us with sites or link to us.
Thanks
The AD-team (European Airsoft Directory)
Just a quick message to wish all of you attending the event this weekend a safe journey. I look forward to seeing you all there.
Should anyone attending (or indeed anyone wanting to come at the last minute) want any more information about the event, getting there or the planned meeting at 6mil, etc, feel free to visit the MA2 sub-forum.
We’ve also had some last-minute requests for lifts home from the event. If anyone is going home via or near Manchester, Belladonna would appreciate a lift. Should anyone else require anything feel free to PM me and I shall add it to this article.
I have just received this press statement from the “Echo 1 Sports, In.” team over in the USA.
Some companies who are carrying JG’s products said that ECHO 1 USA is exactly the same as JG.This is totally incorrect.
ECHO1’s products have been carefully selected before we ship to US and even the internal parts are different!
Plus, we provided local service and warranty in USA.
These companies are using our brand name to promote their own products and it is violate the laws.
We already asked our lawyers to send letter to companies, including Airsplat.com
Continue reading ‘Echo 1 USA legal announcement’
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