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MASSIVE! VIRGIN! MILSIM!  What is making us go WHOA DOGGIE this weekend is the video released by ROOM SERVICE AIRSOFT that shows DRONE CAMERAS SHOTS of the Tarheel Missile Plant site in Burlington, NC…home for the first-ever OP: BROKEN ARROW event put on by TOG MILSIM and AIRSOFT R’ US TACTICAL!

22-acres of a former manufacturing facility with more than a MILLION SQUARE FEET of space indoors and underground. And at least 3/4’s of it will be in-play (safety considerations may cut that some, but still…) on the weekend of March 18, 19 and 20, 2016!   GREAT WORK BY ROOM SERVICE to show you just a sample of the AO for this event!

CLICK THAT PIC to go to TOG MILSIM’s Event Page on Facebook for the latest information as the site prep continues, and get signed up NOW for a path-finder/plank-holder event that will only continue to grow!

Why does COLOR have to be an issue between friends? Think about THAT on the field EVERY time someone gets hit and pulls a dead rag.  You’ll ‘get it’….

The Videos here say it better than we can in the time remaining, but MASSACHUSETTS House Bill 3476 faces an unexpected…almost SURPRISE….VOTE ON WEDNESDAY, January 27!

The following ‘softers lay out the story…but THIS LINK is the one all of you in or near Massachusetts need to see first…STORM THE STATEHOUSE is being hastily organized…and the details on WHERE TO GO, WHAT TO SAY and HOW TO BEHAVE are all here….THEN, listen to these well-thought and presented videos from SISU, JAVIER and ROB from FUBAR AIRSOFT to get fired up!   WE ALL NEED YOU TO TAKE THE FIGHT UP TOMORROW, as you state’s MINUTEMEN did in The Revolution!

CLICK THE PICS BELOW TO WATCH…and just as important, LIFT YOUR LAZY FINGERS AND SHARE THE HELL OUT OF THESE NOW! MINUTES MATTER!

SHOT Show 2016 gets underway today in Vegas….actually out in the desert at Industry Day at the Range just east of the city, where airsoft/real-steel’s own MUEL will be a range safety officer! Huge back-pat for that one!

Thumpy is NOT in Vegas this year, however…we will be pushing out all the headlines and coverage from the airsoft and gun media you guys love, plus taking y’all down memory lane for some huge moments from the SHOT Shows ‘past.

And, there’s no better place to start than pretty much at the beginning of Airsoft at SHOT with our own buddy Tim “No Airsoft for Old Men” Ellwood’s story from his blog…way WAY back in 1987, Mr. Peabody!:

To read the full and sordid, sorry, sucky, AIR STUPID details…hit those links or just CLICK THE PICS!

A brand new look and new way to navigate to the LION CLAWS website, plus a streamlined SAFETY VIDEO ONLINE!  Man, lots of changes for the L.C. faithful this new year…CLICK on that map above to see the new website and watch the videos below, too!

Wow! Holiday clutter hid this gem in the YT Subs feed…but EVERYONE might want to go over this video from THE DesertFox, who takes the hesitation and hurt out of being prepared and SAFE when you head out to your first game.  And, for younger ‘operators’…SIT DOWN WITH YOUR PARENTS and show them this one before you jump in the car!

There are not many “new findings” from this abstract of a study from Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, Texas….involving injuries from improper use of what they term “nonpowder guns”…airsoft, BB, pellet and paintball guns & projectiles…Key Points presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics annual conference on October 25:

WEAR EYE PROTECTION AT ALL TIMES…

PARENTS NEED TO SUPERVISE USE BY MINORS…

AND, yet again, because many see these as “toys” and not “guns” (regardless of the supposition that airsoft and paintball guns are “powerful weapons causing increasingly severe and sometimes life-threatening injuries in pediatric patients….” yet another call to, you guessed it…legislate ‘guns.’

To wit we say…You can’t legislate away all risk, and you can’t legislate common sense. Period.

SUPER interview by BOB the AXE MAN that lays out the dynamics of a family that plays SAFELY and HAS FUN!  Well-Done and Two THUMPS UP to ASGI for putting this one up on their chan.’  A good one to share with other parents/dads and moms if your children have an interest in the game!

So true…you only get one pair, and we’ve seen and reported on the damage even ONE BB can cause….play safe, play AIR SMART like the guys at XTREME AIRSOFT!

Some of you guys in more northerly lattitudes might disagree…but one thing we can vouch for after 3 decades south of the Mason-Dixon line…Southernerz’ do not do cold well!  SO, to see Chris and the gang at BALLAHACK going all ‘baller twice so far this winter, including this weekend’s extreme cold snap, is pretty dang-nabb’ed impressive!

CLICK THAT BRRRRRR-CHILLY PIC to get to all of Ballahack’s videos on the YT Chan!

There is one important date today that I can not make.  But I will be there in spirit and ready to help where I can as backup-from-the-cybernet’.  GO GET ‘EM MASSACHUSSETTS! STORM THE STATEHOUSE and Crush H-3476 TODAY!

BOY CULTURE: An Encyclopedia: E-Book and excerpts – LINK HERE

You know your little hobby has made the ‘big time’ when the academics and scholars start to inform, dissect, categorize, reflect on, title and “study” what’s happening with the participant-humans.  Specifically, when it “involves the children.”

Take, for example…BOY CULTURE: An Encyclopedia, which places “GUNS” and a few paragraphs in CHAPTER 6: “BAD” Boys.

Certainly a scholarly tome, posted in e-book format for accessibility and ease-of-editing as new information becomes available, this one is edited by…well…as diverse a group of individuals as you might imagine.  But the WHO is not as important as the WHY...."

That’s right…An Airsoft video you WILL BE TALKING ABOUT for days over on World Star Hip Hop.com….

Did this man do the right thing? The wrong thing?  What would YOU have done in this situation? Should Police have been called?  How about these kids’ parents/guardians? Could getting law enforcement involved have been a bad idea?  Was SHOOTING VIDEO of the encounter and his actions a good idea?

CLICK THE PIC, Watch the video and then LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS on Thumpy’s Socials….Seriously…we want to know

MATT does a solid job of explaining how EVIKE is going to be handling customers purchases inside California…AND to those who are buying guns shipped FROM California, with special notice of the New York State-specific marking requirements.

Just another New Year’s Day, or a ‘date which will live in infamy?’  We guess that depends on what you THINK will happen when California’s long-fought and long-dreaded SB 199 takes effect.  And, what legal-beagles in the Golden State might start doing to enforce that law.

Quick Recap for those following along and new-to-the-fight...THUMPY SEARCH LINK

So, some of the forward leaning folks in America's Airsoft Industry...SoCal being the heart of most of the USA's import HQ for guns, gear and goodies across the Pacific...have been pro-actively prepping for January One.

First up, from a shop perspective, you won't find a better spokesperson than our buddy Jerry "BEAST" Ross from Gorilla Airsoft...who was interviewed by a TV local reporter Wednesday...CLICK TO WATCH!...

Bluetooth and Airsoft Electronics are the next “thing” and this combo coming soon from PROTECH AIRSOFT will let events and field owners know who’s a “problem child” (we HATE the word “cheater” as we all are not supposed to be doing it or calling out others as airsofters anyway…srsly) so they can be dealt with appropriately.  Do you think it is a “solution?”  CLICK THE PIC to visit Protech on Facebook, and LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS over at the AMPED AIRSOFT video…or here in the comments!

PMOG Armory on FACEBOOK captures the (screenshot) moment that a mini Neft Howler takes out AMPED AIRSOFT’s HMMWV…for real!  Broken windshield is teased in the latest ASK AMPED Episode….but a long technical discussion HERE raises some interesting safety concerns that PMOG has been spearheading for some time….

...THEN, THE AMPED BOYZ have the latest input on HPA’s, AEG’s, Lots of Tech Talk Q&A from vid viewers…AND, opening the crack on the Blacksheep/MilSim West situation that will be coming up in ASK AMPED #40….SUBSCRIBE NOW to get it when it pops!

What a story!  Lots of lessons in this one, so we hope you’ll take the time to READ and SHARE with guys in your area! WELL DONE on the response…but, SAFETY FIRST EVERYONE!  Know where you play, and take the time to note and mark off hazards.