Soldier of Fortune Magazine goes HIGH TECH with OPSGEAR, for NOOK & KINDLE, the WEB, FACEBOOK and…THUMPY..???

Just got this in over at the SCOOP.IT site’s SUPER-SCOOPER…and thought we needed to add a lot more to the back story, for all of you to enjoy!

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http://blog.predatorbdu.com/2012/03/soldier-of-fortune-mag-now-on-kindle.html

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OK, so for the record, I have not always been a blogger…heck, we didn’t even have “A/Uh” computer at my school…even for the front office folks…until the year AFTER I graduated; when my now-computer-savvy Army Civilian support little brother and his friends started to learn BASIC programming on a TRS-80.  Yea, I am THAT old.  Not as old as dirt, but old enough to know that “exciting electrons” only happened once-upon-a-time in an analog world, and “blogging” was done with a pencil and paper, or a typewriter you could not plug into a wall socket.

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This was EXACTLY like my first typewriter at the radio station where I learned my trade. I still type with 2 fingers and my thumb on my right hand…so I can throw the carriage!

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But, one thing that fueled my teenage imagination…along with my monthly copy of “DIRT BIKE” magazine…and that was riding my bicycle down to the local bookstore to pick up an ANALOG copy of SOLDIER OF FORTUNE Magazine!  Ah yes, the fuel of many-a backyard war with plastic army men and home-made guns….long before there was AIRSOFT or even the “P-WORD” in the USA…SOF and hard-chargin’ editor/publisher Robert K. Brown were “spanning the globe, bringing us the constant variety of war.”

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I gravitated to the Radioman…and it is NOT the WORST ARMYMAN of ALL TIME! (Click PICTURE for LINK)

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It didn’t hurt my desire to gobble up “all things SOF Magazine”, that Brown was a “prior acquaintance” of a good friend of mine who ran our best local hobby shop, fueling another love…building plastic armor and figure models and wargaming…and the stories of a “mercenary” lifestyle were the stuff of pirate legends to seaport boys of the 18th and 19th centuries.  In every issue of SOF, you were there, with RKB and “his boys” ADVENTURE JOURNALISTS, on ambush in Rhodesia, re-fighting the fights over Vietnam and “our” POW/MIA’s…and long before the right-wing mainstream “Conservative Movement, ” there was Bob Brown, schooling a lot of willing ears…and some tender, teen ears, too…to the looming threat of communism, cronyism, capitulation, corruption and criminal acts that needed someone to step into their path and ‘call a spade a spade.’

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I am sure reading those pages (and I still have MOST of my original copies in storage) somehow fueled my passion to become a journalist.  And, through a round-about way and tons of luck, I became a Radio and TV reporter who tended to gravitate to stories on the military.  ’Hard to toot my own horn…and I won’t right now…but apparently I was good enough to make a living doing that for over 20 years.  And, in my travels, I’d occasionally meet and interview folks who’d crossed paths with the mythical “RKB;”  another great friend and “source” who was, like Brown, a Vietnam vet Green Beret and passionate activist about the POW/MIA issue; others who might have a colorful tale from times gone by, even a state-side leader of the “Contra” effort in Nicaragua…which also was on RKB’s “radar”…but I never met “the man.“

Until January, 2012.  Dateline: Las Vegas

Sitting in the working media room at the SHOT Show 2012 with one of the worst colds/viruses of my entire life, imagine THUMPY’s surprise to look up from my lap-top and see ROBERT K. BROWN in the chair RIGHT NEXT TO ME!  It’s probably divine intervention…’has to be…at least as far as me not squealing like a high-school cheerleader, but I managed to gather myself in a split-second and said, “How ya’ doin, Colonel?”

An inspirational and very-wide ranging conversation of some-animation took place over the next half hour, in which we swapped stories about:

-being in Saudi Arabia for “DESERT STORM” at the same time, in mostly the same places (short of Kuwait City, for a little local-TV reporter hangin’ with Camp Lejeune’s finest, that didn’t happen…while “Lion-of-Arabia Brown” was ‘flipping the bird’ to the enforced media pools and flat-hatting across the desert wasteland into enemy-occupied Kuwait with Arab troops…what a story!!)

- to talking about some of those guys I knew that Brown recalled from earlier exploits…

-to talking AIRSOFT and MilSim, which the Colonel was well-versed in and supportive of as a Real-Steel training and tactics tool…(SWEET!)…

-to meeting his very nice”lady friend,” and showing off the technological wonder that is a MacBook equipped one-man-SHOT Show covering machine…

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“So, what kind of gear is THIS?” Apparently RKB’s “lady” gave his MacBook away…he kept breaking it! Steve Job’s finest apparently met its match in a hard-typing journo-’merc and conservative SHOOTER!

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After our “photo op,” I got an offer to contact RKB after the SHOT Show for a possible real shot at doing a story or two for SOF..still workin’ on that, so no details yet, but STAY TUNED…and, got his contact info on an NRA Board of Director’s Business Card (‘gonna be bronzed some day, to go in the THUMPY Museum of Military History) and we shook hands and parted company.

SO, it came as a shock a couple of weeks later, as we built the SCOOP.IT Channels, that SOF High Tech news started to fly in over the transom here at the 3-D House of Scoopage…

First, we got a FB scoop from 2011 Heroes of Thumpy @ SHOT Show 2011, “Jager” and Brandy from OPSGEAR.COM, that they were long-time associates and getting RKB’s online sites into a higher-state of tech awareness…

http://www.scoop.it/t/thumpy-s-3d-house-of-airsoft-scoop-it/p/1054261678/opsgear-on-soldier-of-fortune-magazine

https://www.facebook.com/OPSGEAR/posts/282470131807293

Now comes word that Soldier of Fortune will be DOWNLOADABLE on NOOK and KINDLE, Visible on their own SOF website and FB pages, AND…in all likelihood, spreading the death-defying and dealing stories of RKB’s memoires…now being written, we are told…onto that most-leftwing of tech devices…the iPAD!

As they say on TV….”STAY TUNED.”  We’ll be hearing a lot more from Soldier of Fortune Magazine and the intrepid and gracious (he’ll hate me for that one; I’ve probably just blown the ‘gig!) Robert K. Brown!

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SOF’s Website link HERE: http://www.sofmag.com/

“SOLDIER OF FORTUNE focuses on news and adventure based on firsthand reports from all over the world. Our commitment to presenting the facts in their entirety sets us apart from mainstream news sources. Our editorial policy is pro-military, pro-strong U.S. defense, pro-police, and pro-veteran. We strongly support the right of the individual to keep and bear arms. By opposing tyranny of all kinds, we support the basic freedom of mankind.”

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Amazon.com Kindle Link HERE : http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006BDWP58

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NOOK Link RIGHT HERE: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/soldier-of-fortune%2c-inc

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And, ‘hell…”LIKE”  RKB and the SOF gang on FACEBOOK, RIGHT HERE….https://www.facebook.com/SOFMAG

SHOT Show and Airsoft…Looking Back and LOOKING AHEAD to 2012

A look back at LAST year’s SHOT Show..for you guys who don’t know what its all about…lots of THUMPY’s videos from 2011 in VEGAS!  This should get you SHOT Noobs ready for the FLOOD of goodness headed your way all next week!

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For an HISTORICAL perspective, who better to go to than Thumpy’s Go-To running partner at SHOT Show, Tim Ellwood of the “No Airsoft for Old Men” blog, getting ready for his 26th SHOT Show…from last year’s show on the rise of Airsoft at THE SHOT Show:

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Next up, some of the folks Thumpy covered LAST YEAR, and we’ll be seeing again in 2012!

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AND, One MYSTERY we’ll be following up on at THIS YEAR’S SHOT Show….where is REAL SWORD this year?  And, will Thumpy get to interview the mysterious Helen Li in 2012?

KRISS Prototype? “This is Just a TEST….”

OK, KRISS FANS….

Just like the MEGA FAIL Emergency Alert System Nationwide Test this week…the purported “KRISS PROTOTYPE VIDEO” from Evike is also a big FAIL!

If you haven’t seen it…check this and follow the back-story below the video:

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We reached out to KWA USA’s “ALLIZARD” as soon as we saw it…and, along with our buddy “CARP” from Airsoft CQB Radio, we pushed this to Arnie’s and Popular Airsoft, knowing it was likely a FAKE

…and the only “releasable” part of AL’s response goes like this: “we decided not to make any personal comment except an official reply “This is NOT a KWA KRISS Vector GBB prototype”.

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Pushing toward the target..and, co-witness before you start "selling" these, ok?

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The EVIKE media stunt also reportedly wrinkled the feathers of not only THOUSANDS of KRISS fans awaiting KWA’s launch of this game-changing mega-gun, but also tweaked the nose of a major Evike competitor and YouTube video “star” who wondered if he and his SoCal Airsoft MegaStore also got scooped.

But, through the wonders of MAC and Apple+Shift+#4 screen-capture technology…yea, we know you PC guys won’t get the humor, too bad…we’ve screen-capped the “demo” and noticed a couple interesting “tells” in addition to the cheesy last-line.

Fail 1 – You can’t see the muzzle/barrel diameter-In fact, check the extra pixels on his finger, covering what is probably the .45 cal muzzle of the REAL KRISS civilian carbine…not even a full-auto version…

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You'll need some Windex to get the extra pixels off your finger!

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Fail 2- Never showed “the trades”…mentioned, but never shown closeup

Sportin' the uber-gat...VOGUE!

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Doubt you get many SUBS after this stunt...

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Fail 3- Fake “airsoft” magazine…never locks into the mag well.  Yea, the real-steel KRISS DOES use G-Gun mags, as will the KWA version…we asked at the SHOT Show unveil last year in Vegas…But, watch as the support hand never really goes to where you’ll see it if you shoot a KRISS.

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G-mag with lips=Good No lock=FAIL FAIL FAIL

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Fail 4- We thought EVIKE would only pull fast stunts on THOUSANDS of customers in the “Box of “less-than” Awesomeness promotions…or on April Fools Day.  Not on the Marine Corps Birthday or Veterans Day.   Nice.

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Gimme some of THIS Mac-lovin' ASAP!!!

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Nice how they work the EGA into EVERYTHING on the Marines Birthday...Have a Good 'Un

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Stay Classy, KRISS Fans…your REAL gun is OTW soon!

THUMPY…OVER

Redwolf Airsoft hits the Cybergun Watch in Germany, man!

Here’s an OLD POST that somehow did NOT GET its day in the Sun, our appologies to ARCLIGHT, as he scoped out the  ”even-bigger-than-SHOT Show 2011″ Cyber-Cubicles at the IWA 2011 Show in Germany, and guess what?  They actually didn’t do any interviews with him, either.

OK, well, Cybergun’s “hired gun” and IPSC World Champion Eric Grauffel did…so, sue me.  He talked to me, along with “Mr. Inokatsu” and a bunch of Cybergun and Softair USA (Hi John!) higher-ups in Vegas back in January… they were just really, really camera shy around Thumpy. Wonder why?

Mr. Inokatsu and a "close friend" at CyberGun/Softair USA's Massive Booth

I proved I’m a lovable little fuzzy bunch of BB Slingin’ warmth and personality. Even “they” admitted it.  I just hate that I’m so far behind schedule that I don’t have Cyber-G’s SHOT Show video cut yet…and I have, like, 15 more to send you from the NAA Airsoft Expo…and they WILL GET DONE!

OK, just get crackin’, T-Man!   Thanks again to Arc and  the gang…check out all THEIR videos over HERE at the REDWOLF YouTube Channel, and at the REDWOLF CYBER-STORE!

THUMPY…OVER

Pyramyd Air has an APP for Airsoft

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Nice looking…hope to check the functionality soon…but you can TODAY, over at the APP STORE…and check out Pyramyd Air  RIGHT HERE!

FULL STORY AT AMMOLAND.COM is LINKED HERE  

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And, while you are at Pyramyd’s great website, or CLICK THE LINK HERE…and check out an EXCELLENT COMMENTARY PIECE by our “SHOT Show buddy” TOM at the Airsoft Blog, on the latest machinations with Paintballers SUPPORTING SB 798′s Passage…yea, there’s a “DUMB APP” for that apparently, too!

Crosman’s Open Letter on Senate Bill 798

Our Good Friend Laura Evans, Marketing Coordinator for Crosman has posted an open letter to airsofters in California and across the USA on their corporate opposition to Senate Bill 798.  Crosman and other airsoft companies have been attempting to defeat similar measures for several years in Cali…even though a major portion of their business is clear-plastic guns:  they can see the dangers in failing to defeat this, for the safety of all citizens.  The letter follows a bit of background info that puts SB 798 in a different light:

Although Crosman is home-based in New York State, one wonders what impact this proposed sham will have on all businesses that tie into airguns and airsoft…and what spin off effects on the economy far from California.  Thumpy talked with Crosman’s Jim Masseth at the 2011 SHOT Show back in January, where a “Made in America” company explains some of their thoughts on the industry:

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So, will SB 798 help or hurt business for Crosman?  Doesn’t seem from Laura’s letter below that “BUSINESS” is on their mind at all…as everyone, including the California Legislature, should put the focus squarely on SAFETY:

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Good morning,

Some of you may already be aware, but the State of California is prepared to vote on a new law that will affect the future of the airgun and airsoft industries. It could also jeopardize the safety of the public and especially, police officers.

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See below for a link to the SB 798 proposed legislation.

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http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0751-0800/sb_798_cfa_20110427_154959_sen_comm.html

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California is planning to make it law that all airsoft guns and all BB guns must be brightly colored, so police can distinguish these guns from actual firearms. As most of you know, all airsoft guns sold in the USA already have a bright orange tip and many are clear.

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Early on it was recognized the underlying issue is created by consumers who allow potentially dangerous situations to develop. A prime example is the December 2010 incident that apparently prompted SB 798. As reported in the Los Angeles Times, police wounded a teenager when he failed to comply with police commands to “surrender.” Instead, the young man produced an airsoft gun. Expectedly, a police officer feared for his and his partner’s safety. He fired his gun and wounded the young man. Noteworthy is that the young man’s two companions, who complied with the officers’ commands to drop their guns, were not injured.

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SB 798 obviously presumes that a “bright pink” airsoft gun, for example, would distinguish it from a firearm, thus providing a police officer with an immediate sense of security that he was not being threatened with a firearm. That assumption, however, might prove deadly to the officers or innocent bystanders. There are firearms sold that are, indeed, bright pink and other bright colors. Coloring an airsoft gun bright pink, therefore, would not distinguish it from firearms. A law enforcement officer should and would never assume a pink or other colored gun is harmless. On the other hand, an orange muzzle on an airsoft gun does distinguish it from firearms.

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This bill would require the appearance of airsoft guns to change, but this change would not clear up the confusion issue. To the contrary, it would likely have the opposite effect. The change in appearance would render it more similar in appearance to some firearms. It is the simple and effective placement of orange at the muzzle that distinguishes an airsoft gun from firearm. Furthermore, federal law preempts SB798, because the bill would ban the sale of traditional airguns.

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Please click on the link below for more information. If you agree that this law is unnecessary, please fill out the form and join the petition today, before it’s too late.

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http://www.pyramydair.com/SB798.shtml

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Regards,

Laura Evans

Marketing Coordinator

Crosman, Inc

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Again…’latest info from our buddy Mark “Dr. Airsoft” Vaughn is that action on the bill has been delayed until June 28th, (INFO LINK HERE) so there is plenty of time for you to pick up a phone, log in to your e-mail, Tweet, Facebook and IM your friends and foes on the House Floor and in California as a whole…. and share Crosman’s message along with your own.

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Thumpy….OVER

Airsoftology’s NEW Weekly News on YouTube!

Yea, Jonathan does video…We suggest CBS take a close look at Airsoftology as a replacement for Katie Couric when she leaves!  ’Bet the ratings TRIPLE!

Catch all the Weekly News highlights…and some pretty funny stuff, too OVER HERE at the Airsoftology YouTube Chan….and also get the latest and greatest podcast/vodcast at Airsoftology’s home-slice RIGHT HERE.

THUMPY…..OVER

More video from NAA Expo 2011

Thumpy has MORE VIDEO from the 2011 NAA Expo, as players get HANDS ON with KWA USA’s Electric and Gas Blowback AK’s and M4′s

Cool to look at, as we did at the SHOT Show 2011 in Las Vegas back in January, but WAY BETTER to “Pull a trigger” on these, even if it was just dry-firing!

You get to SEE them in action at the 2011 North Atlantic Airsoft Expo, in High Point, NC. Players handles and dry-fired the Electric and Gas Blowback AK and M4 prototypes on the way from KWA USA!  Crisp blowback, hefty and rugged construction and lots of feedback from more than 7-hundred players will help KWA get these sorted out before they ship’em out later this year.

See ALL of Thumpy’s videos from this year’s NAA Expo and SHOT Show 2011 in Las Vegas, sponsored by Big Boy Toys Airsoft in Greensboro, NC…OVER HERE at Thumpy’s YouTube Channel!

AND, More video from the NAA Expo and our Buddies, JEFF & NICK!

The Pyramyd Air Blog, and our new buddies Jeff Lower and Nick Miller turned “the un-blinking glass eye” on Pyramyd Air‘s Top Tech, Bak, our buddy Allen “Allizard” Lau from KWA USA, and MORE…Including NAA Expo Co-Founder Tony “Too Long” Letourneau, Andy Schill from Pantac USA, took a trip inside the INDOOR Shooting Course sponsored by Pantac and Z-Shot/Ares USA and Systema….and this is just PART ONE of their coverage from the 2011 Expo!

And, MORE VIDEO COMING SOON !!

Thumpy—OVER

CYBERGUN WATCH…Did “THEY” just buy Gene Simmons?

NOW, TODAY FOR THE BIG NEWS….CYBERGUN ANNOUNCES THE TERMS OF A PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF I2G, INTERACTIVE GAMES GROUP….

CYBERGUN WATCH is back… with HUGE NEWS that Cyber-G is setting terms for their next major expansion, moving into the world of VIDEO GAMES, themed and tied to their portfolio of Airsoft Guns, gear and accessories.

At a press conference with business media members in Paris on 28 February 2011, (reported HERE and HERE) CYBERGUN announced terms of an on-going negotiation to purchase I2G, Interactive Games Group, described as an “executive” company headed by former Atari Interactive Chief Exective Officer Frederic Chesnais, and formed around a corporate strategy, much as CYBER-G was, of leverage of intellectual property rights in the convergence of real property (ie: CYBERGUN’s Product physical airsoft and other “lines”) and the digital world (Video games and entertainment products) “coordinated” by I2G….according to I2G’s Website, partners in game production include Atari (LINK), Interplay (LINK) producers of the “Fallout” games, Southpeak Games (LINK), 3-G Studios (LINK), Collision Studios (LINK), and others….

A DEAL VALUED AT 16.8 MILLION EUROS!

So, in today’s economy, What does 16.8 Million Euros get you?

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Well, apparently I2g has already negotiated rights with Gene “KISS” my “FAMILY JEWELS” Simmons (WEBSITE HERE) for video game-related projects….

AND, Add Jillian Michaels Athletics to the proposed CYBER-G Stable, too. (WEBSITE HERE)  (And, while you are at it, insert your own “BIGGEST LOSER” punchline here, if you must….we’ll wait till you finish….OK.)  And, you could even add on to the “Double D’s” jokes from Jillian’s “other” new partner, Go Daddy…which means she may even be tempted to wear a 6 “M-M” BB or two in future commercial endorsements, perhaps along with former MTV-babe Daisy Fuentes (LINK HERE, to her SEGA game title), also developing exercise/fitness related video products via I2G.

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THUMPY’S BACKGROUND:  This was not an un-predicted move by Cybergun, as we heard directly from Cybergun representatives, up to and including CEO Jerome Marsac, who revealed at the SHOT Show 2011 that they would be producing/distributing a new line of BLACKWATER USA-trademarked Airsoft guns and gear, as seen in Thumpy’s photos from the Cybergun/Palco/Softair USA display hub.

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We will have expanded details, and further announcements on our query to CYBERGUN  HQ for their direct input on this breaking story….as it develops!

For those new to the old CYBER -G Watch, let’s do a brief recap:

HERE’S a look  at the MAJOR HEADLINES that Thumpy’s 3-D House of Airsoft has covered since CYBERGUN WATCH BEGAN:

LINKS HERE and DROPDOWN MENUS that will take you to our CYBER-G WATCH information section:

AND, Thumpy’s joint journo-piece with our buddies at POPULAR AIRSOFT, with the first major Airsoft interview with CYBERGUN, is RIGHT HERE:

For background on I2G: Click THIS LINK

Thumpy’s WEBSITE UPDATE…and some NEWS..ABOUT TIME!

How bout we get back into the AIRSOFT NEWS and INNOVATION Business, with another quick update on what’s happening?  GOOD!

Thumpy’s next Web Adventure is ON THE WAY…You can stay tuned here for some teasers coming this week…and we hope to have the grand unveil at the North Atlantic Airsoft Expo in High Point, NC….which leads us into…

UPDATE on the EXPO!

Here’s  the link to all things AIRSOFT in MARCH!   YEE and HAH……http://www.naaexpo.com/

BEAT DOWN BOOGIE Cast and Crew Members coming to the EXPO!

If you haven’t caught the Modern War Gear Solid parody series on YouTube…get your “view” on OVER HERE, get up to speed,  and then get ready to meet some of the cast and crew from North Carolina at THE Airsoft Expo of 2011…

ALSO…MORE PARTNER/VENDORS ARE ANNOUNCED…

DIAMOND SPONSORS!

GOLD SPONSORS!

AND, STAY TUNED AS THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES….MAKE YOUR PLANS TO JOIN US IN HIGH POINT!

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SHOUTOUTS TO THE SHOT SHOW MEDIA MAKERS!

LOTS OF SHOT Show 2011 coverage is still making its way to the Web’s of Airsoft Love….

Jonathan and Steve at AIRSOFTOLOGY give Thumpy a “Link” and a “Shoutout”…not a “pinch and a giggle”….Catch their latest FULL-ON Podcast over HERE!

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Dr. Airsoft, Mark Vaughn and “Rangemaster Larry” are discussing everything from Thumpy, to the Vegas Card Thumpers, to Gynecological Advertising….over at the BRAND NEW Airsoft Medicine Podcast…RIGHT HERE via FEEDBURNER!

 

OK, That’s it for now….more updates later…more VIDEOS on the way at the THUMPY YouTube Joint…..and STAY TUNED FOR TEASES AND UPDATES ON THE NEXT INNOVATION IN AIRSOFT NEWS….COMING SOON FROM THUMPY’S 3-D HOUSE OF AIRSOFT!

THUMPY UPDATE: Website work….

We haven’t posted up since the last SHOT Show update because Thumpy’s 2.0 move is UNDERWAY!  Working on a bigger, badder 3-D House of Airsoft experience….coming soon.  And we PROMISE, gettin’ through stacks and stacks of vintage wax from the SHOT Show 2011…more videos and surprised OTW this weekend!  THUMPY…OVER!

THUMPY SHOT SHOW ROUNDUP #17–REAL SWORD and REAL AIRSOFT

The most amazing guns I’ve ever held…just like real AK’s..and NOW they are going to get into the “Black Rilfe” market, doing M-4′s and M-16′s in GBB and AEG’s….SOLID!

A few more details from Helen Lin and the gang at the RS booth:

No, Real Sword is NOT Norinco.  For those of us who love real steel, and who also understand the International “politik”, the assumption was that a company manufacturing the most realistic Airsoft guns from their plant in CHINA (HK, but still…) MUST have some sort of real connection to THE military arms manufacturer. But, denied by Lin again and again, she says NO NO NO…RS has only Airsoft in its portfolio, after working several years to perfect their AK and Type 97 lines…the natural move was to do M-series Black Rifles.  Hmmm….only a partial sale so far for the T-Man.  We will probe the lines again.

Most of the guys who wandered into the RS booth…and you had to HUNT to find this place, at the back of one of the smaller Level 1 floors….THOUGHT they were holding a real AK, until someone in  the booth pointed to the fantastic cut-away guns you see in the videos.  WOW, they’d say…and I heard that more than once in the hour we spent talking with the RS staffers.  And, they also showed production blanks from their billet steel or aluminum “blanks” to rough and find-cut masters…you have to see and HOLD this stuff to see why they are so dang’ed indestructible!

RS major issue is finding a chain-of-supply into the US Airsoft Market…you just can’t find their guns anywhere.  But, the promise of a trademark deal for COLT-marked rifles via “a HUGE company we all know” might be in the works…stay tuned….

The Type 97 Sniper is AWESOME!  If it is possible, even MORE solid than the 97 or 56 already on the market, and will give a Dragunov from RS a run for it’s money!   The market demands you to make and release these ASAP…you will make even more believers.  I command You!

And, we spotted ONE major issue…the RS gang had the U.S. Flag flying upside down.  (Look close in the videos.) How this went unnoticed all the way through Days One and Two at THE red-blooded  American gun and gear expo was beyond Thumps to explain, but we discretely pointed it out, and suggested that they wait until MOST of their fellow booth-rats left for the day to flip it…flip it good!

MORE VIDEOS TO COME, We’re about half way through, gang!   THANKS AGAIN TO OUR EXCLUSIVE SHOT SHOW 2011 SPONSORS AT BIG BOY TOYS!

THUMPY…OVER