Rogerborg

The cheek of it, needs to be ban- -ged.

Aaaaaaaaany day now.

Proper chortle. So, after posting my pic (above) to Facebook's Airsoft Heretics group (worth a join), this chap was inspired to make his own Astra Militarum gear in one 40-hour week constructing frenzy. Have I started something? After all this blows over, I'm half seriously wondering if it might be possible to put together a squad of the Emperor's faithful at some national event or milsim-lite. I mean, it is milsim, just from 38,000 years in the future.

Now, now, that's not a fair comparison. You've have to pay another £10 to get it in two tone first, then strip it off.

The issue isn't them generating one tracking number in a just-in-time fashion, it's repeated generation of them, no correction when the item didn't ship, and "the dog ate my jigs" story. One lie is happenstance, twice is co-incidence, third time is enemy action.

Repeated fictional tracking numbers? I call fraud by false representation on that. That reminds me, I never heard back from Trading Standards about SWAT Training devices, who to this day are still marketing VTGs as being available from stock.

Do iiiiiiiiit.

Wow, lovely stuff. Props, or with shootable internals? I guess I'll re-shill my Imperial Guard kit since @Musica bumped the Load Out page 30 seconds after I posted it there. The helmet is just a MICH that needs some work. The armour and gun shell (around a G36 with an M4 magwell and short VN style mag) are EVA foam which turns out to be great for LARP airsoft use. Cheap, easy to work with, light, and takes all the sting out of hits while still giving a distinctive noise and feel that has allayed my initial concerns about accidental God Mode. What's interesting is just how much of the initial pattern I had to remove in order to make it usable. Big sections around the arms and neck, and that large side gap isn't accidental, it's to give sufficient movement between the front and back to stop the thing riding up when I bend and twist and shout. You'll see cosplayers with more complete armour including solid side plates, but they're mostly just posing in it, not moving and aiming.

EFA. I mean, unless you're a liar.

Good spot. 530fps @ 0.2g is 2.6J, which means that's an air rifle, not an airsoft gun. Does it matter? Well, I could get 2 years in gaol for purchasing or owning that.

About to die for the Emperor (or be TK'd by @Musica) in 3... 2... (References: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Astra_Militarum )

For a few shots, maybe. Of course, that's your, uh, "warranty" voided right there. Dreamer confirmed.

Put it in your basket, wait 24 hours, for those not in the know. I don't know if the other BBgunz4u style sellers do similar, but it would be worth a try.

http://www.patrolbase.co.uk is the default suggestion for reasonable priced stuff with few junk options. If you know exactly what you're after, and why, and are prepared to be patient to get the secret discount codes, the "BB" retailers can be (just slightly) cheaper choices. But if any of those don't apply, avoid.

Off topic is the best topic. First, I didn't know that there was a "real" Odin when I got my knock off, I just heard about these magic "side winder" loaders, and ordered by cheapest on eBay. Brand recognition and marketing is Odin's to buy, or not. Second, well, yes, I am too cheap to pay £50 for an Odin loader. Really, no way, no how. Odin wasn't getting my money anyway. Likewise, TM didn't lose out because I bought a CYMA. If the cheapest toy gnus were £400, I'd never have got into this hobby in the first place.

I have a tan knock-off.

Asks that. Consider whether the "seller" really wants to shift it, or whether they're just doing it for form's sake. They're not magic, offer half the new price. Or just buy a CYMA and outrange them.

Sure, if you cheap out on TM plastic crap, what do you expect?

Yes, I "helpfully" linked to the retail items. It does come with an extra clipazine, I guess, and is only slightly scuffed.

422 words invented by Shakespeare: https://www.litcharts.com/blog/shakespeare/words-shakespeare-invented/ Including "pedant".

Shot with an HPA pistol. It's OK, it'll be "tourney locked".

We're ideally looking for something like this:

Aww, bless, has be been trying to flog that since last June? To be fair, the externals and shell might be Well, but all the BB cares about at the bits that he's changed. No TDC though, so not "fully" upgraded, I'd argue. And I imagine it'll still be up by this June unless he puts a 2 at the start of that asking price.

That's my recollection too. The original purchasers got absolutely rinsed. But that's no reason that someone in the market for one now should pay anywhere near current retail, unless you really reeeeeally have to have one right now. Looks like the next batch won't be shipped (from Austria) before May.