When I started out sometime in the late 80's, airsoft wasn't so big. In the early/mid-90s there was a short ban. Then in the late 90's and early 2000's it began to grow more popular. About 3 years ago, there was a sudden Boom when the China Guns came out. Last year, the Philippine National Police issued the PNP Circular No. 8, thus somewhat allowing adults to own airsoft guns, but with a few restrictions as to fps and transport, etc. Now, it is one of the fastest growing past-times/sports in the Philippines.