Paper Shooters: The Return! Launches January 30th!

Paper Shooters Launches Website January 30! (Paper shooting blasters)
Vas The Stampede

Paper Shooters is back, and this time, with funding. After a couple attempts at crowdsourcing, the product is ready to roll out and take orders! Featuring a familiar “paper ammo” (a la Max Force, if anyone remembers), these blasters are different for a few reasons:

+ A trigger!
+ Instead of buying more ammo, the product is supposed to include a mold that people can make their own out of normal paper (which then gets loaded into a shell, that loads in to the magazine, that loads into the blasters.)
+ A trigger!
+ Customization is something encouraged with these blasters as well. Make your ammo, build your own blaster (it starts out as a construction kit, from what I understand), and the game is yours.
+Nerf designers are part of the team working on this line.

Some things about this release that make me a bit nervous –

– The cost. Between $35 & $49.
– The Clan App gets used on a wristmounted smartphone? Hrm.
– Accuracy of the paper wads
– Using paper wads! They got messy before, and I can see loading each individually into a separate shell being time consuming.
– Shells/magazines sold separately, I assume. And when I first learned of this blaster, PvP wasn’t a big part of the conception, as I understood it. A Clan App to track stats changes that. But until I try it all out, I can’t say strongly either way if this is a good option for even casual or office wars.
Given the past history with other brands and their mobile apps, I’m a little reserved about that until I see it. 

Do I have reservations? Sure. But without the blaster in front of me, I’m at least willing to try it out. New blasters, new companies, new innovations can only help the hobby!

Previous articles:


Paper Shooters 1
Paper Shooters 2 
 
Countdown to Paper Shooters at their website, here.

Tek Recon: Final Stand Contest

Saw this teaser on Facebook for Tek Recon

5 PM!  I think EST (their HQ in Toronto, Canada, after all) so plan accordingly!

They’re at 41k now, so the kickstarter campaign with 10 days to go is ALMOST THERE!  Here’s hoping this contests puts it over the top.

EDIT:

THE RULES  

“Tek Recon Troops, we’ve raised over $42K which means we’re 82% funded on Kickstarter (http://kck.st/ZLhk9x). If we reach $50K by Sunday night (11:59PM). We’re going to GIVEAWAY 2 FREE Limited Edition Black Chrome Havoks! These are worth $250 each!

All you have to do to enter is:
1) Share this post on your wall and encourage your friends to check us out and buy a blaster. Tag a friend you think would like our page!
2) Tell Kickstarter on Facebook or email (press@kickstarter.com) what you love most about Tek Recon (be sure to tag us).

Monday morning we’ll announce the 2 random winners so make sure we know you’ve entered and done the above!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av4m1fKSd0M

So head on over there and get entered! Don’t forget to tag Tek Recon!

New York Toy Fair – stuff – more albums! Vapor Delta 500, Marshmallow shooters, Spy Gear, Prime Time Toys

Some links to galleries of toys at Toy Fair 2012.

Razor’s Vapor line (Atlas and Delta so far)

http://www.vaporblaster.com/

https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf

Marshmallow shooters – 

Marshmallowville.com!

 http://www.marshmallowville.com/

https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf


 Wild Planet – i.e. Spy Gear, and some shots of their new “Test Tube Aliens” line!  (Loved their Night Vision binocular setup last year)
 

Take me home!  I can guard your sandwiches!

Spy Gear on Facebook!

https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf

 Prime Time Toys

https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf








CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER SHIELD TOY AVAILABLE

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HMV29154

First spotted at Toy Fair in February, I found a listing on Entertainment Earth that has the price and availability date! We’re looking at $25.99, and comes with five discs.

Once again Captain America disc shooting shields, available in March 2011!

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HMV29154

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HMV29154

THE BIG SHOW – Welcome to Toy Fair 2011

Wow. So, I went to Toy Fair. My story is a blog entry in and of itself, but you’re probably not here for pages of witty observation. The saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words… so let me tell by show.

Some initial pictures!

https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf

https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf

Now for the bread and butter of this site: Foam shooters and other fun projectile toys!

The Hasbro/Nerf Showroom: New NERF DART TAG, a teaser for the NERF VORTEX line, and Nerf apparel were in the Nerf portion, while I saw everything from RC to BEYBLADES, GI JOE, TRANSFORMERS, STAR WARS and more!)

https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf

Prime Time Toys: (POWERSTRIKE 48, QUICKFIRE 12)

https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf

Marshmallow Fun Company (MAZOOKA EXECUTIVE MARSHMALLOW SHOOTER)

https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf

and an honorable mention to TOOBERS AND ZOTS, while not a foam dart shooter/projectile brand, definitely have a product worth looking into if you have a lot of roleplaying/cosplay elements in your games. They’re a construction set of foam pieces that interlock and wrap around together to make fun shapes like hats and swords and in one case, even wings 🙂

https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf

Also, some interesting roleplay/game type stuff at BACKYARD SAFARI/ZILLIONS I took a look there and have some ideas 🙂

https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf

RAZOR SCOOTERS (@RAZORUSA) – c’mon, they’re action sport toys. I had a lot of fun with their stuff!

https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf

Someone new to me, MOBO CRUISERS. Basically I saw this and went, “OMG OMG A BIG WHEEL FOR ADULTS”

https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf

MOAR TOYS/ACTION FIGURES AND ASSORTED GEEKERY! MOAR MOAR MOAR!

LEGO (PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN HARRY POTTER PHARAOH’S QUEST HERO FACTORY NINJAGO):

https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf

BANDAI (OMG BEN 10 POWER RANGERS AND THUNDERCATS)

https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf

DC COMICS (Figures! BATMAN SUPERMAN WONDER WOMAN GREEN LANTERN OMGOMGOMG)
https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf

SHOCKER TOYS (TICK ANIME ONE PIECE AWESOMESAUCE)

https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf

I have a soft spot in my heart for seeing “The Maxx”

NECA TOYS (GREMLINS FRIDAY THE 13TH NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET FREDDY IGGY POP PREDATOR)

https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf

GAMEHEADS (LEFT 4 DEAD PORTAL HALFLIFE(?) TEAM FORTRESS)

https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf

PANACHE PLACE (CRYSIS 2)

https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf

TECHNO SOURCE (TETRIS LINK, 20 Q)

https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf

GUND (soft plushie toys, awesome watch for their GRIDIRON FANATIC)

https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf

OHIO ART (AIR PICKS – seriously these things are pretty cool)

https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf