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Macks airsoft dreamers of the week thread

https://www.airsoft-hub.com/item/19722-rare-we-colt-m4-co2-rifle
 

£1230 for a WE CQBR with mags and a few accessories. That’s massively over priced I hear you say. Ah, but hold on. He’s ex-infantry who wants something more than just a normal airsoft gun. So this is a rare WE Colt M4 (yeah, there’s no Colt trademarked receiver, so it’s just a bog standard WE CQBR with a couple of internal upgrades), which is a fully upgraded milsim rifle. Now you see where the value lies ?. 
 

Honestly mate, you’ll be lucky to get half that price ?

 
Feel like this might belong here, you can get one brand spanking new off land warrior for 10 bob more




 
I was just coming here for that one, worst bit for me is you have to pay extra for the mags case and optic

 
"Extremely heavily upgraded"

Translation:- fucked about with and probably a rolling wreck. An overpriced one at that.

 
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Ebeneezer Goode said:
"Extremely heavily upgraded"

Translation:- fucked about with and probably a rolling wreck. An overpriced one at that.
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Well, if it is a Kingdom of Airsoft Longsword, then it might work.  That's one of their standard fUlLy UpGrAdEd packages, and they're still in business, so presumably they know what they're doing with it.

Not that I'd pay anywhere near that for what is, at the end of the day, a toy gun that will sling plastic much like any other. And the absolute most that you can pay for the fUlL uPgRaDe is £1345, plus the base gun (half of which then gets thrown away), so he's asking new or near new money for it.

Airsofters, bunch of wankers, innit.

 
hunter511 said:
I would argue if the juice was worth the squeeze on the upgrade the gun wouldnt be being sold........
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Seems like some very peculiar logic to selectively apply.

I agree it's overpriced from the objective stand point of what they cost new. I'm not too arsed about partaking in a conversation on the subjective elements.

 
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There's actually quite a few Amazon listing that could be a shoe-in for Mack's. Lots of horrifically over-priced helmets with dodgy eyepro made of the finest Chinese plastics. Examples:-

https://www.amazon.co.uk/OneTigris-Airsoft-Fast-Helmet-Protective/dp/B09Y84MBRW/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?crid=2CM13IHQKHQS1&keywords=airsoft+helmet&qid=1680680633&sprefix=airsoft+%2Caps%2C119&sr=8-5 

Yours for only £115... cost about a tenner to make!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/CZMYCBG-Multicam-Paintball-Protective-Adjustable/dp/B0BM8SXFHS/ref=mp_s_a_1_15?crid=2CM13IHQKHQS1&keywords=airsoft+helmet&qid=1680680633&sprefix=airsoft+%2Caps%2C119&sr=8-15https://www.amazon.co.uk/CZMYCBG-Multicam-Paintball-Protective-Adjustable/dp/B0BM8SXFHS/ref=mp_s_a_1_15?crid=2CM13IHQKHQS1&keywords=airsoft+helmet&qid=1680680633&sprefix=airsoft+%2Caps%2C119&sr=8-15 

Over 200 quid!!! Holy hell. Fools and their money etc...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Multifunctional-Tactical-Military-Communication-Replaceable/dp/B0BCP3PYXQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_26_sspa?crid=2CM13IHQKHQS1&keywords=airsoft+helmet&qid=1680680825&sprefix=airsoft+%2Caps%2C119&sr=8-26-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfbXRm&psc=1

Another pile of plastic that breaches the golden £200 mark. Mental...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Will-Outdoor-Protection-Application-Paintball/dp/B07L9WH5NW/ref=mp_s_a_1_15_sspa?crid=2CM13IHQKHQS1&keywords=airsoft+helmet&qid=1680680825&sprefix=airsoft+%2Caps%2C119&sr=8-15-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfYXRmX25leHQ&psc=1

Special mention for this one. Its listed under MOTORCYCLING ffs. You'd have as much protection wearing an IKEA shopping bag over your bonce as this. No ear pro either...

 
Ebeneezer Goode said:
Special mention for this one. Its listed under MOTORCYCLING ffs. You'd have as much protection wearing an IKEA shopping bag over your bonce as this. No ear pro either...
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And a review noting that it doesn't seal and provides a nice route for BBs to ricochet around inside it.

Well, you can't fault them for exploiting a market that will cheerfully spunk hundreds on crappy plastic and pot-metal toys that all perform much the same because "u get wut u pay 4 m8".

And to be fair, if you added up a decent combination of lid, lower face, Revisions, Peltors and a ExFog, you'd be up around £200.

Except that then you'd have Revisions, Peltors and an ExFog rather than whatever unknown bargain bin specials are being thrown into those systems.  When the electrics fail or the "polycarb" cracks after 31 days, you can whistle for support or your money back.

The part that really winds me up is that they're selling tat at premium prices but they can't even be bothered paying for coherent marketing copy for it: the OneTigris is for "Sooting Wagrgame" and you need to "inatall" things on it.

 
Skullchewer said:
Bolster armouries. Airsoft for rich idiots.
Kid had one last sunday, his first RIF. Looked okay but really not worth that much money.
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Agree with your summary. Regardless of the supposed uPgRaDeS or speshul feechures or whatever it is that fails to justify the horriffic price tag, it does the same job as a 100 quid CYMA.

I know about the pressures of business right now but PBs prices have really jumped recently, some definitely in Mack's territory now. £190 for a UAR? Takin the pish mate. I love my UAR but there's no chance in Heaven or Hell it's worth almost 200 quid. Don't get me started on their postage costs either.

 
£1300 is insanity for a GBB pistol. I'd much rather spend that on several "mid" guns that are different platforms. I like how PatrolBase classify it as a "skillful" players gun?

 
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