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It seems in my absence that, despite 7 months with no entries, I still seem to reign supreme in Arnies blogland. According to all the numbers, anyway, which can hardly be denied. And anyway what happened to GR and Hardcore Mitsuko (is this a sensitive topic...?) as I coudln't even see their blog up here. I know it's not all that important, but is the large amount of traffic on my blog (Versive) taken directly from Arnies - I would hope not. Yet still I seem to be on top - by a huge margin, despite the fact that Snowie, just for example, has better things to write about and the rest of
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Seeing as I wrote it I may as well share - here is my first editorial for the new website! Wooo!!- All things considered, there is a reason why Tokyo Marui is the best-known airsoft manufacturer in the world, and it isn’t just their size or pedigree or long-term presence in the marketplace: it is because their guns simply work. As soon as you buy them. And you can make them better very easily. They have long held the unofficial title of `most reliable manufacturer` among airsofters and although there are a few (a very few indeed) pieces that make it out of the factory in non-function
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Okay I jumped the gun on the girl, major, major, major bummer. Things are totally up for debate when she gets back and unfortunately this makes me a sad hippy. *fruitcage* dreadful behaviour on my part assuming things were all sweetness and light even after a six-month break, so..... things they are a-changing, namely: I'm selling my entire collection and going off to see a bit of the world on the proceeds myself. Avoiding India completely So how the hell do I sell over a hundred airsoft guns? Well I guess the first thing to do would be to start by listing what it is I've actually got, so
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Oooooh yeah - that place rocks! Hooah!! Spec-Ops on Portland Rock in Dorset. Damn, what a site; what a day! Awesomeness abound and fun all round, and the best skirmish I've been to since the first one I ever went to - although things did get off to a shakier-than-usual start after my M14 managed, by dint of absolutely no effort, to achieve a range of, ooh, at least 40 feet, if you include droppage The A.I.C.S. didn't actually do any better, and the pair of them need serious looking at and fixing. I really cannot be bothered to do either I'm afraid, which says a lot about how I feel ab
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Loose end..... .....so what do I want to be doing with my time at this point in my life? (Uh-oh, its gonna be one of those kinds of posts is it..? ) Well I probably don't want to be spending much of my time indoors, or generally on my own, or doing the same-old, same-old - whatever that happens to be. I want a great many things out of life but today, thanks to the effects of near-terminal complacency and some herbage of a dubious nature, I'm disinclined to to exert myself physically or mentally. I'm disinclined to remain bloody conscious, if I'm being totally honest. I find myself
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I can't really be arsed with the blog right now, so I'll probably leave it for a while. Oh, and I'm buying a house and therefore getting a massive (and mildly terrifying) mortgage, organising my holidays for the next year, looking into a new job, and sorting my whole life's-worth of possesions out (mostly finished that actually) and various other endeavours. That, and I realise that the more time one spends on an obsessive hobby, the less time one is interacting with people in real terms i.e. face-to-face in a socially interactive hickdoobery-type eventuality. This doesn't lead to so many
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I am becoming more concerned with the gear I wear lately; and to think, I used to be so proud of my £3.50 NBC suit from eBay The way I see it now, however (and I speak from the experience of wearing those NBC suits!) is that gear that makes your life easy in a game is worth spending more money on, although I draw the line at anything that doesn't significantly improve your chances, or ability to perform quickly in an actual game. ...and I say that as I sit here looking at my brand new BLACKHAWK Industries Carbon Fibre 1911 CQC holster Tee hee hee Well I wont use this in a game un
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Or, to quote the title in full; The Special Relative Philosophy of Airsofting Incompetence. Another Monday, another set of aching pins, and another day of skirmishing that would in the eyes of bean-counters, excitable children (of all ages ) and uber-competitive players everywhere be labelled as `Unsuccesful`- in the same way a disappointing experiment in one's Diabolical Monster Lair might have produced yet another 8-armed octo-monkey that disintegrated upon first contact with bananas - and then placed in a far distant & dusty filing cabinet of memory, lost in mental corridors that
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Mk23 NBB Vs. P99 NBB . Broadly speaking, because the differences in quality and noise volume are slight, there is one simple thing to work this out for yourself: Get the P99 if you want a small-sized handgun, get the Mk23 if you want a very large-framed handgun. This is the most important difference and the one that will influence your appreciation of whichever gun you go for. One thing worth adding to regarding the size or grip is that the P99 has a very ergonomic and pointable grip - the Mk23,m like the USPs, is a damn good texture and considering its squarishness it is very ser
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The thumbhole stocks are breeding.... after the sheer wonderfulness of the Tanaka A.I.C.S. I thought about how awesome that thumbhole actually felt, so I had to go and purr-chase meself one of the G36 sniper range - either an SL-8 (blue/grey, funky, civilianised) or the SL-9 (grey/black, sleeky, militarised). I plumped for the unique colour of the SL8, and that rail that extends unfeasibly far over the front of the gun. Thing is, to get an SL8, you really only have one choice: STAR Airsoft *DUN DUN DUUUNNNNNN* ! ! ! Aww c'mon, they ain't that bad are they? No, no they're not.
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Jesus tapdancing Christ I spent a lot last week. Now not included within this is my new skirmish rifle: I have a new AEG in the STAR SL-8, and man, I love it. Its taken the pride of place that the AICS up until recently had occupied, although being totally differenty systems I can still find places in my battered, shadowy heart for them both But as to the spendyness, well since Friday last I have purchased (all online): MARPAT trousers, & shirt, & bandana Guarder pistol lanyard .50 cal ammo box for storage stuff gas & ammo -
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VCRB Exemption - Implications & Pontifications!
Guest posted a blog entry in EvilHippy's Blog of Joy
Whew - well the VCRB-related news is good, just have a few queries and a few good points to mention fom the main thread in the VCRB forum. Firstly (in response to Pablo mentioning the closure of the entire VCRB forum) I think the forum SHOULDN'T in essence be closed when the details of our exemption are finalised, but just renamed or amalgamated into a new forum relating to fact that the law will have changed regarding RIFs, and therefore we will still be directly affected!! Whether this becomes a forum regarding the licensing or registration or membership or whatever, or just a sticky t -
So that little VCR Bill-thing doesn't matter then?
Guest posted a blog entry in EvilHippy's Blog of Joy
Big news of the day (well, year) is, of course, that we have an exception from the Violent Crime Reduction Bill - that is, subject to conditions as yet undisclosed we will retain the right to own our airsoft guns, protected by law, safe and secure. How pleased are we? WOOHOOOOO!!!! I'm leaving the debate to brew and boil regarding the details and the almost inevitable conditions that will be forced upon us, and I need to go out and celebrate my newfound freedoms alongside (and indeed, with) my oldfound drinkishness, so in the meantime I'll see what people have to say about it all -
Having bought the Tanaka AICS very recently and also having a fondness for anything in the hue of Tan (mmmmm, Tan ) I am a little p***ed off that Tanaka have now released a bloody Tan coloured bloody AICS just 2 weeks after I bought mine. So whaddya gonna do? I'm tempted to get that one too (I was almost considering getting another OD AICS - they're that good - so maybe it'll actually prove to be an extremely fortuitous release!) but before I get too slap-happy with the cash-caddy a couple of other things that have happened recently in the realm of airsoft editions & releases are starti
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For varying reasons I am both happy and sad that I'll be getting a Marui M3 shorty in a day or two. If I'd said `another marui M3 shorty` you might guess one reason why I'm not so happy about it, and a further irritation is the fact that I bought it only so that I could bosh a Smokeys rear grip to it and have an actual nice-looking Shorty M3 So after trying to fit it onto my full-size M3 I can see its gonna need some bloody awkward drilling, but hey-ho; this is merely an inconvenience of technicality - the real aggrievance is one of immorality. So after all this time (about 18 months)
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Good things come to those who wait, and I've waited long enough. I figured a good thing or two was on the cards and my prayers have been answered (thanks, Satan) and the M700 AICS was finally re-released by Tanaka. Thank *fruitcage*. Now I don't have to buy an APS2 Type96 bloody spring rifle and throw another £250 at it just to make it almost as good as this Incidentally, I'm actually writing most of this up from an internet cafe for which I am paying by the hour just to bring you the wonderful news. I may've had to find something to do in the 2 hours after work between my driving lesson
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Woah - Arnies bloggers seem to be breeding or something (an idea I take umbrage with seeing as I ain't getting any action from it ) as bo0mer (what? Changed his name? Oh, right ) Sorry, Belladonna has joined the bloglist, as has the Mighty Moderating Powerhungry Ranger that is R22Master. Welcome, gentlemen, welcome indeed Hmm. Less than 24 hours until I have a Tanaka M700 AICS in my inevitably sweaty fisties. MMMMmmm-MMmmm yessirey, thats gonna make me into one big-*albartroth* real-life smiley: one happy muddyfunster indeed Versa-pod & Marui proscope ready to roll too, I should h
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Did I say charming? Yeah, and I actually meant it as well, which may come as a surprise but I have come to the opinion of late that the old buggers at ParcelForce really aren't that bad - of all the horror stories I have heard I have never had any of the relevant problems myself, and to be honest I think a lot of it simply comes down to how you deal with them: I always get what I want by being polite and very pleasant, but obstinate enough to get what I want to happen, happen.. Last Thursday I called to find details of my latest parcel, and although I was on hold for 6 or 7 minutes at fi
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Wow, 'Hippy got some actual Airsoft stuff to talk about, huh?? Yeah I know its been lacking lately, despite the purchases I have actually been making (I did mention that WA Beretta Scoremaster I got, didn't I? Well its beautiful, so there ). So now I have some truly wonderful news; thanks to the mighty Snowman (No, not my local Coke-dealer ) I will finally have one of the guns I had forever written off as unattainable - the much-prized and highly sought-after Maruzen Skorpion, A.K.A. the VZ61... ...What's that comic-book-guy quote from The Simpsons? - "There is no emoticon for wha
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**[Quote of the day: "You can't polish a turd" - A saying often imparted in the circles in which I work, being as they revolve largely around the evaluation of fitness for re-use of various materials and artifacts.]** Note the use of the singular form in the title there, even though, technically, they have made several naff guns. Their problem in this area is a simple one of evolution; to get to a point of true greatness it is necessary to be, at various points in time before this, rather less than great, in today's terms at least. So you start off with a turd, and by varying and incr
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I typed about half of this as a reply in a PM to questions about the different available Marushin Derringers, but it seemed useful enough for everyone so here it is (adjusted and blogified to be more betterer, like ) I would have got back to the guy yesterday; I had the reply typed out, twice in fact, then had a power failure both times before I finished - damned parents using their dodgy old chainsaw and hedgetrimmer at the same time. Silly, silly 'rents... Right - The difference between the differently priced Derringers you see on retailer's websites is, I believe, that there ar
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I remember playing a Megadrive game called Dynamite headdy, and one of the levels (being based on toys and suchlike) went by the same name as this post. Memorabilia In Memoriam Memorandum (more emphasis on the random), eh? Ahhh... Anyway: I seem to have acheived another simple, short term goal in that I will soon have my grubby mitts on a Thompson M1A1, a Tanaka Browning Hi-Power (in a fetching shade of silver, no less), another Tanaka in the form of an SAA detachable cylinder in 4.75" flavour and, as if I hadn't enough of them already, yet another shotgun by way of a partner TW Sawn-Off f
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So I'm feeling slightly kind of guilty, in a way, that I haven't done much here but I haven't had time, simple as. I will say things like this will I'm here, though: That Barbecue I mentioned a while ago, whew boy, did that go down well!! It was a success to the point of excess, and everyone who was there had an exceptionally good time, they really did and I've had a few people hear about it who weren't there come and see me and mention how much the folks from whatever social group they know that did go are enthusing about it, it seems to be a bit of a `thing` now, and a return to for
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In the absence of anything interesting to write about, I'm gonna blog about my whingy personal life like all those pr**ks on myspace Well maybe just a bit. All I can say is that I hope Jason isn't reading this because I just bought (well, yesterday) his birthday present and that lucky ###### is gonna be receiving a Classic Army CQBR with a battery for the Crane stock as well Now the the saying goes that `discretion is the better part of valour`, but I never pretended to be valiant; just passably courageous and only just about respectably discreet; so I will unhesitatingly tell you al
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Another evening of beer, guns & sinful pizza ( *sigh * I’m never gonna lose this excess weight am I Happily enough however, for the time being it doesn’t matter, so until it does I can safely gorge myself and drink until I pass out every night ). Mmmm sinful pizza, `sacrelicious`….. http://evilpundit.com/archives/012021.html Incidentally, that article provoked a big debate over e-mail between my friends today, one of whom finished it with the rather excellent; “It's time we stopped giving these idiots a platform. It's time everyone accepted the 'you don't like it? then *
