Brian Holt of Team Blacksheep writes about how the airsoft industry has gone full circle as the latest in airsoft tech is back to where airsoft started --- the use of HPA... "Airsoft has been getting more involved in some aspects and other parts have been seeming to go towards the world of paintball or to the days of 'Old Airsoft' which did not work at all. Check this out, this is the old video called 'Tokyo Marui Man' Showing a player using the Tokyo Marui series of AEG’s or Airsoft Electric Gun to battle against the older style of Airsoft rifles which are obsolete and this video shows it perfectly. Behold 1991 video magic from Japan:

Green gas tanks and the expansion tank to prevent “cool down” for a some what effective rifle and Airsoft gaming but the AEG was so much better and this proved it and it has been history ever since. The old Airsoft guns with the tanks were “classics” and collector items and never used again, when was the last time you saw one? Not an HPA Polar Star rifle by the way… The Polar Star route is going towards the PaintBall scene and has been hyped up so much to make it cool and it finaly caught on. Sponsored Players hired to preach made that happen.

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