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CLICK THE PIC for the direct link to the French-language release…or THIS LINK to the Google Translate version via Zonebourse.com

We got this tip via an interesting source, and had to take a bit to time to digest it.  Along with a kidney stone Thumpy is still passing…yikes!  SO, lets get right to the news you don’t get anywhere else.

What is their deal with THIS move?  Recap for the new-to-Big G-news folks; Cybergun has a new management team with new ideas.  But what do you gain by snapping up Shorty USA which has been closed/hold-mode since last year…and the EU site, too?  Why not just go new-school and build a new storefront?  And DIRECT sales….that’s gonna make some of you biz-guys pretty unhappy.

Whad’da Ya Say, airsoft?  We know the new guys are watching, and perhaps they’ll jump in here and explain, as they seem to be pretty open to communications with players and setting a new tone…

Not sure when we first heard about the MODIFY VISE, but probably during a .HK or .TW website-scan party, looking through all the drool-worthy unobtanium online parts postings.  NOW, we can all see for ourselves how it works, and how it compares to the ordinary shop vise or gunsmith-specific bench clamps or stands.

Is it “the best?” Hey, YOU DECIDE….then CLICK THAT PIC to get a link to MODIFY.TW for more products that will bring out the gun-plumber in you!

When you “saw” the title, tell me you just KNEW the boyz were gonna do the old “A-Gunner loses his hearing permanently” tacticool shooting position with the old ’42?  THERE IS THAT…and a whole lot more from this overview by GUNFIRE.PL of Mr. Liao’s pride-and-joy!

CLICK THAT PIC for a look at all of G&G’s guns from the IWA show…and cut to 4:28 to see JOHN with the MG 42!

GREAT FEATURE STORY by our buddy OptiPrime over at POP AIR...he's really been on-top of the GBLS DAS M4A1's development, and gets lots of juicy inside info...including VIDEOS like the one here!  To see them all and get the SCOOP...you know what to do....CLICK THAT PIC!

NOW WE'RE TALKING! JB Airsoft interviewed Eric Gautier, the founder of BO MANUFACTURE back in February, and the always-helpful French ThumpKeteers who turned us on to this vid just minutes after the post below (and, a dose of High School French plus GOOGLE TRANSLATE/YT Auto-Translate!!) will help us all know a little bit more about the enigma that is the MTO Phantom magnetic system gun!

Might be good to know who you'll be working for...if you don't already know! Handy piece of information, 'right there. Indeed.

http://www.indeed.com/viewjob?t=Account+Manager&c=ZShot&l=Columbus,+OH&jk=68248838d27426b5

There is A LOT more going on behind-the-scenes in the European Union than this simple press release might suggest.  We'd also point you to the great posts coming from the UK Airsoft Players Union (UKAPU Website HERE & FACEBOOK Link HERE) and guys like Matt Furey-King to get a more well-rounded perspective.  None-the-less, STAY FROSTY and HEAD ON A SWIVEL EU Players!  The fight is far from over, the battle not-yet won!

JOSH has been having the time of his (airsoft) life in Europe…first, a trip to the massive BORDER WAR 8 – The Warchief event.  Now a trip to meet and talk with the guys from GUNFIRE.PL!  SCHWEET!  See the interview then CLICK THAT VID ABOVE to hit up Josh’s Valken-guy channel on Instagram and get caught up with The Most Interesting Man in Airsoft!

Turn on those SUBTITLES if you are not a Francophone…and check out the interview posted by CYBER-G on their YouTube Channel.  And if the QUOTE ABOVE doesn’t sum up the potential for a ‘new start’ with Cybergun, we do NOT know what will!

Excited to see this…WATCH THE CYBER- G Version – WHOLE INTERVIEW BELOW BYAIRSOFT JUNIOR!

CYBERGUN has announced a reorganization of its USA based businesses among other topics covered with a release/presentation from France this morning…NEWS LINK HERE, turn on your native translation…and a second News Link HERE

As this announcement comes directly after the IWA Show in Germany, there seems to be some major hurdles still ahead for the re-grouping effort for airsoft’s biggest public company.  Also included in the announcements were issues with their plans to bring .22cal real steel training guns online…and the loss of a large customer (WalMart, perhaps?) that accounted for more than 30% of their USA business…but at the same time an apparent announcement of new sales to TARGET stores starting soon…

Also posted via the Cybergun FB fan page were some sightings inside the IWA display…

WATCH AND COMMENT over at the Wolverine Airsoft YT CHANNEL…or CLICK HERE for the link to the Facebook Plant!

As the late-great PAUL HARVEY used to say….STAND BY FOR NEWS!

Lots and LOTS of airsoft and military-related companies are building stands and booths today, and plenty of AIRSOFT and REAL-MIL MEDIA folks are on hand for the big reveals and of course, the IWA AIRSOFT MEETUP co-hosted by our buddies at NL AIRSOFT.COM and POPULAR AIRSOFT.

Wait, what?…CLONES…OR DRONES?  THIS Monday’s episode has BOTH!  Check out Double Big Jay’s as he reaches back to last week’s episode for a little more clarification, then launches sky-ward with a Q&A about the topics of the day!

CLICK THIS PIC ABOVE to get TWICE what you though you might get from the AIRSOFTOLOGY “double-secret probation link!”

We have been working hard to bring you this news!  A whole 4 PLUS years of grinding and searching every week to get to the magic! ONE MILLION VIEWS!

Since January 2, 2012, as we made the transition to SCOOP.IT from our former WP.COM based news and information site (Still out there, BTW, for you ‘cats who want to see how we did it in the ‘old days…and want a deeper dive into near-history!)

The growth slowed somewhat with changes in how SCOOP.IT works behind-the-curtain, and also with our push to transition to the place most of you go for news every day, Thumpy’s newer WordPress website. All the links to our social channels go back there every day, but still the view-counts on the 3D News at SCOOP.IT help us get out the word in the way YOU ALL want to receive it.  It seems like we should have already hit a million. And in truth, if you put all our views and links together, we are well into SEVERAL Million across all socials, like Instagram, Facebook and the FB Fan Page, Twitter, YouTube,Tumblr…  But hitting this goal has been a grind and way tougher than doing it in other places.  But, we are THERE!

Just think of THUMPY’S as that old signpost tacked to the tree out in the country.  We’ll be here, pointing folks in the right direction and getting people to look at everything YOU GUYS do in the industry, with shops and fields, for manufacturers.  And for teams and players doing AIR SMART things every day.  It’s what we do.

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THUMPY….OVER!