conger Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 MagnumBB, I'm coming to this thread late and really impressed with your efforts ..... hoping they work out. I'm interested in 0.4g and within reason, I don't care what the cost is. I don't fire enough ammo to need to worry about prices. Quality costs and if you are able to deliver, I'll provide some custom. As for colour, I would take light and dark colours ... if I can get a quality BB that I can develop some confidence in .... I'll no longer need to see it in flight ... Good Hunting Link to post Share on other sites
L4byr1nth Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 I'm still waiting for these. I'm nearly out of Digicon BB's. Half of me wants to scream at MBB and tell him to hurry the heck up, I don't care if they're neon pink, we need 'em now... But the other half knows that if it was me, I wouldn't want to put anything out into the public domain if I personally wasn't 110% happy about it. Keep on truckin' man. Ben. Link to post Share on other sites
greg Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Airsoft Armory are gonna try to get the MB's asap,,,,,,,,,,,,,who knows when. Greg. Link to post Share on other sites
PwnedByBrandon Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Do you have an ETA on your BBs Magnum? I only have about $30 left to my name, and I've been debating on whether to buy some SMGs or wait for your .36s. So far I've held out for your BBs, but I don't know how much longer I can wait ~Brandon Link to post Share on other sites
MagnumBB Posted December 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Ok, guys, here is the deal... I can have black bb's out, they are consistent and have few internal bubbles and no visible seems / injection spruces. after crunching numbers, these will probably retail for 21.99 I am very tempted to go ahead with this production, but I really want my vision of white bb's to come to the market. After seeing that the MB bb's are dark green (.36's) and tan (.40's) I think the community deserves a bb done right with something they can see. The 2nd company I am working with, just gave me an estimate, and after running the numbers, they might come out to be 24.99. These are quoted to white bb's with a blue tint. ( for visibility) Basically, what I am saying is this, I am going to shell out for a small sample of the compression molded ones and see if this is a viable alternative. I know this has taken awhile, 6-7 months, to get these to near production phase, but like I said before, If these bb's are going to bear my name, I want them done right. This looks like a 1 month situation, its going to take them 21 days to create a mold, research the materials and then produce a measly sample of 200 bb's. Again, all of this is out of my pocket, so bear with me guys, I am only one man. Link to post Share on other sites
Zmarre Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Why not sell the two sorts? In Belgium some sites *require* dark BBs... Link to post Share on other sites
L4byr1nth Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Do you have any pictures of the black ones? Also, white with a blue tint sounds really awesome, actually. What's the difference between compression moulded, and normal? Ben. Link to post Share on other sites
RSM Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 With the exchange rate as it is (and assuming cheapest possible shipping is around the 5USD mark) I would at a guess figure the cost of importing these into the UK to be the same as the USD price all things considered. That said, if they can be made to SGM quality (I'm beginning to see why they are popular now simply chronoing them in my finally sorted semi auto sniper +/- 2.5fps compared to the +/-7 running Xtreme .3s) then I'll definitely be ordering some. White with a slight blue tint sounds groovy too. Link to post Share on other sites
Trasher Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 MagnumBB, visible (light coloured) BBs only, please. I ordered the Madbull .36 and .40 BBs, I'll report back as soon as I have them. Link to post Share on other sites
Christafuarion Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 MagnumBB, visible (light coloured) BBs only, please. I ordered the Madbull .36 and .40 BBs, I'll report back as soon as I have them. Where are they available? Thanks, Chris Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 MagnumBB, visible (light coloured) BBs only, please. I ordered the Madbull .36 and .40 BBs, I'll report back as soon as I have them. What shipping did they offer and how much did it cost? I got 27EUR 1-2kg shipping fee. Bjorn Link to post Share on other sites
Trasher Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 My the total was 38 eur. Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Ok, maybe I am going to wait for your first peak before spending some EUR-s. B. Link to post Share on other sites
Oggie505 Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Just bought two bottles of the .40's. It sux that you have to spend over a certain amount. I hope they are a good replacement for digicon's .43's. If these are goo then I am sure the .43 that madbull will eventually make will be excellent. (crosses fingers) Link to post Share on other sites
Billy210 Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 It seems to me that there's a demand for both your black BBs and the white ones you're working on getting produced. As you have a market for both, why not start selling the black BBs while you wait on the production of the white ones? Link to post Share on other sites
MagnumBB Posted January 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Simple business economics. If I were to shell out for the black bb's now, My available capital to dwindle to nothing. From there, I would be gambling on whether or not people would be able to buy my the minimum stock needed to recoup my initial investment. Obviously there would be a break even point, but fit takes me 3 months to hit that point with the minimum order needed from my manufacture, it just means that it'll take 3 months for the white bb's debut. Because Capital for a small business like myself is basically non-existent, almost 90% of my endeavors so far have been paid by Cash. This has required some pretty distinct lifestyle changes for myself and dedicating so much on a gamble is weary in my eyes. I'll be doing some more research in the coming days with my 2nd option and I'll give you guys a heads up. I really want to hold out for a universal light colored BB you guys can use. If white cannot be achieved, what color besides black would you guys use? Light blue? Neon Green? Neon Pink? I am trying to think of what colors are the easiest to see mid-flight for the human eye. Link to post Share on other sites
Oggie505 Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 I think a light blue would be the next best thing. To be fair I would love to see a heavy weight .43 be any bright color Link to post Share on other sites
Nihil_75 Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Neon pink! for sure! also, I totally agree with your choice to wait for brighter BBs. Since like you said, you dont have a capital to gamble with, I'd go with bright BBS as they are sure to sell better then black ones, who only a small niche of snipers like. Also, If I recall correctly (and please do correct me if I'm wrong) , you said the black bbs are not perfect and contain air bubbles. As the bbs are ment for sniper who demand supreme accuracy, I wouldn't risk my reputation just to get a product out there if I were you.. As they say: "you can only make a first impression once.." Link to post Share on other sites
Royal-Air-Force Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Neon pink, for the visibility and teh lulz. Link to post Share on other sites
Naveronski Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Perhaps I missed it, but what quantaties are these going to be available in? I ask because my Asahi uses heavy weight BB's to counter the LRB it has. Link to post Share on other sites
Christafuarion Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Please not pink.. Maybe orange or yellow, blue, red. Red is the contrasting color of green, the 'standard' color of environment snipers play in. Link to post Share on other sites
scar527 Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 I would highly appreciate Light/lightish-darkish blue, or red(NOT NEON!). THe reason for this being that I have had my position given away by back tracking my bb's in flight(he was moving from cover to cover) after the 2nd shot. After I realized that he was provoking my fire, i moved out to another position. A light blue color or red color would be harder for the person on the recieving end to notice, and dodge, as they are darker color than whight, and there-for do not attract as much attention. Link to post Share on other sites
Billy210 Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Yeah, I'd agree that a colour somewhere between black and white would be better than either. White is too easy for the enemy to spot, but black is too difficult (read: impossible) to see when you're firing. Link to post Share on other sites
L4byr1nth Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 I don't mind them being highly visible - I only fire a few shots before changing position usually anyway, and airsoft skirmishes are pretty fast paced. On my last bag of .36's now. Might have to look at getting some of the MadBull BB's in if the MagnumBB's don't come out in time. Anyone know what these are like yet? Ben. Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 MagnumBB, visible (light coloured) BBs only, please. I ordered the Madbull .36 and .40 BBs, I'll report back as soon as I have them. How far is the order? Any hope of receiving the bb-s in a few days? Shouldnt take that long considering the distance. B. Link to post Share on other sites
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