From unlicensed ones, to the imaginary licensed airsoft Glock, to the French Airsoft Glock from Cybergun, the journey of the airsoft Glock is a long one. Now, a truly fully licensed airsoft Glock will be made available worldwide for airsoft players to purchase through Umarex. Through the years, airsoft players have been clamoring for a fully licensed airsoft Glock and the company has been slow or perhaps adamant on not licensing their pistols for airsoft use. But finally, the company relented and agreed to a worldwide licence to Umarex to produce Glock airsoft pistols.

There is already a licensed airsoft Glock to Cybergun. We thought that it is an exclusive one until we got the Umarex news. The Cybergun licence is limited to France, French administered territories and French territories outside of Europe. This is a big win for Umarex as it gets a worldwide licence (minus the Cybergun coverage).

But who is the real winner here? Some say it is VFC as VFC is said to be the OEM of the Inokatsu Airsoft Glock being sold by Cybergun on a limited basis. At the same time Umarex already has established relationship with VFC, with the latter being the OEM for the Heckler & Koch airsoft guns the licence of these are from Umarex. No need for Umarex to look elsewhere to find a partner to make the airsoft Glock pistols as VFC already has the tools to make these for them. It's a win-win for the Taiwanese airsoft company.

We do not know what will be the first to be released and most probably will be the Glock 17 and Glock 19 pistols as these are popular amongst airsoft players. But if you want more choices of Glock pistols, you may have to look at the unlicensed ones made by Tokyo Marui.

We await for further details or plans of Umarex (and their Elite Force brand in the U.S.) with their Glock licence. For now, here are the reactions from the airsoft YouTube Celebrities.