It may have been a letdown for those who are keenly following developments at Tokyo Marui when at the 56th All Japan Model & Hobby Show, the company did not announce any new product that will excite airsoft players as tradition dictates. It is more of them showing products that have been previously announced during the Shizuoka Hobby Show that took place last May.

But worry no more, we can be in for a big surprise in November or perhaps be excited about the products that they will release before the next Shizuoka Hobby Show.

The 3rd Tokyo Marui Festival has been moved from Summer to the Autumn Season. This festival is a sole showcase show for the company where they put open displays of their products and invite the Japanese public try them, especially for those who have not yet tried their hands on airsoft. For this Festival it will be held at the same place, Belle Salle Akihabara, in the area that is considered to be the centre of the Otaku world. It is apt to hold it in the autumn season as Akihabara is a shortened version of the Japanese word “Akibagahara” which means “"autumn leaf field".

We will be expecting that latest product release such as the KSG Gas Shotgun, the Glock 22, the Samurai Edge Variation Color Edition,  and the M4A1 CQB-R Block 1 MWS GBB will be on full display together with other products that will just be released before the end of the year: the M40A5 Bolt Action Rifle and HK45 Tactical Gas Blowback Pistol.

One of the main reasons that the Tokyo Marui Festival was moved to the November was to make product announcements properly spaced. The interval between the Shizuoka Hobby Show and the All Japan Model & Hobby Show is just four months and with decision to make the second product announcements in November with the Tokyo Marui Festival, they now have an interval of 6 months.

What will the company announce come November? We don’t know as the company has always been tight-lipped when it comes to revealing their plans. They do sometimes make some teasers, but it will just be a few days before the big reveal. But what thing for sure, they always surprise the airsoft community with their product announcements, especially in the recent years and actually made the shotgun segment of the airsoft market exciting.

If you want to be at the 3rd Tokyo Marui Festival, it will be on the 26th to the 27th of November 2016 at on the 1st Floor Belle Salle Akihabara, just a few minutes’ walk from the Akihabara Station. We shall be reporting about the event a week after it has taken place.