svman Posted November 4, 2020 Report Share Posted November 4, 2020 https://www.facebook.com/ShowGunsCustom/videos/663374510877629/ Now that is a must have in my book. Any uk retailers reading this please get me one ASAP Link to post Share on other sites
judgeman Posted November 4, 2020 Report Share Posted November 4, 2020 Oh Jesus I've wanted one of these since Desperado came out in the nineties. Link to post Share on other sites
svman Posted November 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2020 I've already got 60 plus of the madbull ss6 shells to run in too. I need one of these Link to post Share on other sites
CatgutViolin Posted November 4, 2020 Report Share Posted November 4, 2020 I did a brief look and didn't see any storefront or other means to purchase, but if it's available for sale I am all over that. 3 minutes ago, svman said: I've already got 60 plus of the madbull ss6 shells to run in too. I need one of these Can those be had for cheaper than ~£10 apiece anywhere, or is that about the going price? Link to post Share on other sites
svman Posted November 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2020 Thats about what they cost now but I bought all of mine many years ago and they were quite a bit cheaper. Thats inflation for you Link to post Share on other sites
blobface Posted November 4, 2020 Report Share Posted November 4, 2020 When / if you get one please look into APS feasibility..! Link to post Share on other sites
svman Posted November 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 I'll look into it once I get my grubby mitts on one. There are some UK retailers that stock showguns products so hopefully should be able to get hold of one eventualy once they hit the market. Indexing would need to be pretty spot on to work with the APS shells I think. Any slight misalignment and you would have bbs and wadding jamming up the the drum. Link to post Share on other sites
svman Posted November 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 Interesting development, these may be originally marketed as gel blasters and then showguns have just sort of painted them black https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=928424560984871&_rdr Link to post Share on other sites
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svman Posted November 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 Anybody good with Chinese? If someone can find out who is selling these as gel blasters in China we may be able to get some on the cheap. Gel blasters are usually quite competitively priced Link to post Share on other sites
judgeman Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 4 hours ago, svman said: Anybody good with Chinese? If someone can find out who is selling these as gel blasters in China we may be able to get some on the cheap. Gel blasters are usually quite competitively priced Did a little digging and I keep seeing references to them being sold by https://www.coolhobbys.com Apparently in the comments they say that it can be converted to use gas airsoft shells because of the similar dimensions of gel shells and airsoft. I also keep seeing references to these being available in China for a while now, but can't find any for sale anywhere. Link to post Share on other sites
johnmat Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 nice stuff guys! Link to post Share on other sites
Gunnman Posted November 8, 2020 Report Share Posted November 8, 2020 I wonder if my girlfriend will yell at me for buying for buying 6 or 7 of these? Link to post Share on other sites
Gunmane Posted November 8, 2020 Report Share Posted November 8, 2020 "Honey its a business expense" I'm just having flashbacks to the cheatcode version from Mercenaries that fired essentially artillery shells. Link to post Share on other sites
judgeman Posted November 9, 2020 Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 Got a reply from Cool Hobby, apparently it's sold out. Still hunting but not a lot of luck. Link to post Share on other sites
svman Posted November 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2020 On 11/9/2020 at 6:05 PM, judgeman said: Got a reply from Cool Hobby, apparently it's sold out. Still hunting but not a lot of luck. Did they say when or if more would be coming in? Why are the truly great toys always so hard to get hold of. This product should be filing the warehouses of every airsoft retailer. Please, I only need one!!!😫 Link to post Share on other sites
svman Posted December 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2020 Found a website that says they are coming in soon and claiming free shipping world wide. No idea if its a legit company or not. https://www.eagleairsoftnhobby.com/products/armsel-striker Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 Having a blank About, T&Cs and return policy page doesn't exactly inspire confidence. Link to post Share on other sites
PureSilver Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 Trying to decide between grabbing an orange one and dying it black, and waiting for a potentially forthcoming black one... Link to post Share on other sites
svman Posted December 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 I'll happily take any version I can get hold of. Link to post Share on other sites
svman Posted December 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 Possible lead on redit Link to post Share on other sites
cai16 Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 welp, this is the friend of the manufacturers. Bad news is that the studio that makes this product is no longer in production due to the stricter laws in China. The orange version that most of you have seen was a "safe" version that the company produced just to test the water, and they were planning on releasing a full back version if the orange ones were tolerated by the Chinese government. However, that was not the case, not only was this striker gel blaster completely banned, in fact, the entire industry and hobby was banned in China since September 2020. In the past three months. Gel blasters manufacturers were raided, owners were arrested, gel blaster players/collectors were summoned to the police station after the police tracked down "sales record" from the retailers, and the police confiscated all their replicas. One of the collectors was arrested for owning several upgraded gel blasters, and now he is on probation for the next 4 years. Pre-order has been closed from my end, I asked several wholesalers, but no one was willing to take the risk. Sorry, it is a great product, but it was born in the wrong country at the wrong time. Link to post Share on other sites
cai16 Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 here Link to post Share on other sites
svman Posted January 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 Bugger, that rely is a shame. Maybe they could sell the injection mold tooling to a company outside china one day? Link to post Share on other sites
cai16 Posted January 7, 2021 Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 1 hour ago, svman said: Bugger, that rely is a shame. Maybe they could sell the injection mold tooling to a company outside china one day? the Chinese police now pretend to be potential buyers and sellers to phish out remaining gel blaster collectors and manufacturers in China. I doubt you can get in touch with the real developer of the replica as people are not taking the risks..... Link to post Share on other sites
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