Macks airsoft dreamers of the week thread

Adolf Hamster said:
active brake mosfet on a support gun, for all the good that's gonna do.....

only thing i can see bumping the price up is the elcan, but it's not specified if it's real or not.
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unlikely and the airsoft ones are like 80/90 new. so new M249 with rails £350 to £450. Scope Mosfet and mag sub £200 so maybe 650 brand new for everything 

 
Jaylordofwaargh said:
So with a touch more google fu I managed to find this gun with bi-pod and scope for £165 (again bbg4l) so really this is a massive saving of £15 off retail....

https://bbguns4less.co.uk/products/well-mb4405-custom-vsr10-airsoft-sniper-rifle-in-green.html
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Except you can knock 4% / £6.60 off that if you leave it in your basket for 24 hours so it's £158.40, delivered.  But his comes with 6,000 rounds of "Bad Ass"... aaaahahahah, 0.2g BBs.

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I'd hope for the sake of my sanity that the postage cost has an extra digit in it.  I'm not sure I'd pay £60 for the whole thing delivered.

 
Just a touch hopeful, but if I did have a spare grand to drop into the hobby it wouldnt be like this.

I dont understand how people can gather a collection like this in such a short time without 1. Playing a game 2. Really being able to afford it.

Maybe it is the budgetsoft nature of my hobby, but then I have played games....

 
I think it's a problem born by folks feeling they can't turn up looking like they're new to the hobby (there is certainly a weird stigma around rentals), and feel it's much better to show up 'all gear, no idea'. The cost can ramp up so quickly, especially if you start to go outside of the things you actually need. I think we're all aware that the return on our investments won't tend to be great, two tone only exaggerates that further. It's an easy to hobby to get carried away with and end up some real financial problems from if you're not careful, listings like that one are a pretty painful reminder.

If Mr Horus happens to read this, I suspect you'd be lucky to get half of what you paid for everything back... but your best bet of being able to clear the lot would be individual listings. At the very least separating out the RIF and the gear.

 
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alxndrhll said:
I think it's a problem born by folks feeling they can't turn up looking like they're new to the hobby (there is certainly a weird stigma around rentals), and feel it's much better to show up 'all gear, no idea'. 
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Ironically the longer i've been playing the less complicated my loadouts have got.

You make a very good point about the stigma though.

 
Adolf Hamster said:
Ironically the longer i've been playing the less complicated my loadouts have got.
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I'm much the same, I've been through the 'trying to replicate actual military personel' thing carrying a whole heap of extra weight and had a great time while doing so... but as I've got older the less I'm carrying on me the better. Going back to basics, so to speak, while having enough playing experience to know what I do and don't want to be lugging around all day has definitely made me enjoy the game more. Not to say there is a right way to do it, but that's the right way for me.

 
Druid799 said:
someone’s being a bit hopeful ? 
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Deffo. Hoping that you're on only going to lose £250 and sell it as a job lot (especially when it was originally two tone and some stuff is broken/marked) is the very definition of this thread title. Sadly they'd be fortunate to get £500 as a package.

 
alxndrhll said:
I'm much the same, I've been through the 'trying to replicate actual military personel' thing carrying a whole heap of extra weight and had a great time while doing so... but as I've got older the less I'm carrying on me the better. Going back to basics, so to speak, while having enough playing experience to know what I do and don't want to be lugging around all day has definitely made me enjoy the game more. Not to say there is a right way to do it, but that's the right way for me.
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Its a mix, i still tend to carry a fair amount (refusing to use hicaps ever will do that for you) but its things like not putting that flashlight on the gun unless you need it, not carrying things like bayonets, speedloaders and spare bags of ammo if you can last the round with the mags you have.

Even camo, sure i still wear it but the focus is more on comfort and freedom of movement than being a walking hedge.

Of course the downside is ending up with boxes full of bits and bobs that are perfectly fine but you dont use/dont fit your style and arent worth the hassle of selling :P

 
All the noob points are the reason I didn’t rip in to him feel sorry for him , I wish potential new players would do some decent research before diving in to what can be either a reasonably affordable hobby OR a money pit from hell of a hobby ! Just see it time and time again “first game coming up , what shall I buy ?” , Us ‘the been there done that’ mob “don’t buy anything just rent your first few games look at everyone’s kit then decided “ noob “but I must buy EVERYTHING To fit in !” Us “no you don’t , anyone gives you grief for being a noob with no kit tell them F-off as there’s plenty of others who’ll be more than welcoming “ 

several mths late this very advert pops up from said noob . Say’la’vie ! ?

 
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Adolf Hamster said:
Of course the downside is ending up with boxes full of bits and bobs that are perfectly fine but you dont use/dont fit your style and arent worth the hassle of selling :P
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Hahaha, preeeeeach! I’ve found the best way of clearing out those bits and bobs (outside of offering them up during a game day) is slinging them in as freebies to folks that purchase something similar/related from me.

Bought some mag pouches? Take a free ‘cheapo’ utility pouch. Bought some mags? Take a free speedloader. So on and so forth, I’d much rather things get used than sit gathering dust until they go thrown out and end up in a land fill.

 
Druid799 said:
All the noob points are the reason I didn’t rip in to him , I wish potential new players would do some decent research before diving in to what can be either a reasonably affordable hobby OR a money pit from hell of a hobby ! Just see it time and time again “first game coming up , what shall I buy ?” , Us ‘the been there done that’ mob “don’t buy anything just rent your first few games look at everyone’s kit then decided “ noob “but I must buy EVERYTHING To fit in !” Us “no you don’t , anyone gives you grief for being a noob with no kit tell them F-off as there’s plenty of others who’ll be more than welcoming “ 

several mths late this very advert pops up from said noob . Say’la’vie ! ?
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agreed, if there's one thing i dislike in this hobby it's the ones who won't cut the new guys some slack. i remember having to explain to a kid that his cyma ak was a perfectly good gat and he didn't need to go dropping loads of money on another gun just because it was 2 tone.

lets face it as long as you play honestly and fairly does it matter how long you've been at it or how shiny your toys are?

alxndrhll said:
Hahaha, preeeeeach! I’ve found the best way of clearing out those bits and bobs (outside of offering them up during a game day) is slinging them in as freebies to folks that purchase something similar/related from me.

Bought some mag pouches? Take a free ‘cheapo’ utility pouch. Bought some mags? Take a free speedloader. So on and so forth, I’d much rather things get used than sit gathering dust until they go thrown out and end up in a land fill.
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now that's not a bad idea.

i did donate some kit to a mate who's just starting out, figured it'd get him over that hill of thinking he needs to buy more stuff to be effective.

 
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