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Back on the Soaker Topic, what are you wanting to see in next year's line of soakers? I think everyone will agree that this year is not exactly the best year for water guns, and it's quite apparent that the general community is grossly dissatisfied with their quality (Especially the SoakerTag line).
What I think we should really do (iSc sorta "inspired" me) is to name everything that we want to see in the upcoming years which can be improved upon. Don't just say stuff like "make them better" or "make Carbon-Dioxide guns." Come up with stuff that will actually be useful in waterfights, like maybe reintroducing the SC line with Max-D tech, or something like that.
Really brainstorm! As iSc said, saying stuff like "th1s bla5tar t0ta1y SUXX0RRzz2!!!1111six" won't do anything but add to the frustration.
Right now, we can only hope that Buzz Bee's operator (AKA Big Bee) will find his way here out of the rubble of WWn, so let's just act like he'll see this, or even if he doesn't, we can pass this information on... Let's pick up where we left off.
Veteran:
Big Bee said that we were in for a surprise color-wise next year, we may be looking at camo. The Armor Dillo is partially camoflaged, so thats already a start.
Iceman:
I doubt we would be looking at camo, but you never know. Im thinking he will give us some darker colors, but now that BuzzBee toys is competing with Hasbro, we don't know what to expect.
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Hopefully Hasbro will have to make better guns to compete with Water Warriors. Bad for Big Bee, good for uss.
Soakologist:
Whatever it is, I'm REALLY excited to see Buzz Bee's line for next year. I doubt that his "surprise" would be white or pink water guns, I'm also inclined to think that there will be black, navy, forest, even some burgundy in next year's line, but not camouflage. I really hope that what's in store for 2005's WW line includes some nozzles that are 4-5x and up equivalents. Buzz Bee's guns were already awesome, all they're missing now is some serious output. Nozzle 3 is hardly "drenching," if you know what I mean.
What I think we should really do (iSc sorta "inspired" me) is to name everything that we want to see in the upcoming years which can be improved upon. Don't just say stuff like "make them better" or "make Carbon-Dioxide guns." Come up with stuff that will actually be useful in waterfights, like maybe reintroducing the SC line with Max-D tech, or something like that.
Really brainstorm! As iSc said, saying stuff like "th1s bla5tar t0ta1y SUXX0RRzz2!!!1111six" won't do anything but add to the frustration.
Right now, we can only hope that Buzz Bee's operator (AKA Big Bee) will find his way here out of the rubble of WWn, so let's just act like he'll see this, or even if he doesn't, we can pass this information on... Let's pick up where we left off.
Veteran:
Big Bee said that we were in for a surprise color-wise next year, we may be looking at camo. The Armor Dillo is partially camoflaged, so thats already a start.
Iceman:
I doubt we would be looking at camo, but you never know. Im thinking he will give us some darker colors, but now that BuzzBee toys is competing with Hasbro, we don't know what to expect.
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Hopefully Hasbro will have to make better guns to compete with Water Warriors. Bad for Big Bee, good for uss.
Soakologist:
Whatever it is, I'm REALLY excited to see Buzz Bee's line for next year. I doubt that his "surprise" would be white or pink water guns, I'm also inclined to think that there will be black, navy, forest, even some burgundy in next year's line, but not camouflage. I really hope that what's in store for 2005's WW line includes some nozzles that are 4-5x and up equivalents. Buzz Bee's guns were already awesome, all they're missing now is some serious output. Nozzle 3 is hardly "drenching," if you know what I mean.
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I would like to see Hasbro re-release some SC Chargers/CPS Hybrids again, they didn't go very far with the Monster Series. But that doesn't mean im not interested in the new Diaphram Tech either, I can't wait to see the new improvements on the system for next year. Lets hope Big Bee finds us here.
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If Big Bee finds us here before week's end, I will personally celebrate. Like isoaker, Big Bee has been a great source of infromation and inspiration. Unfourtenately for Buzz Bee Toys, they don't get a lot of recognition on TV or advertisement booklets.
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Other than that you spelled it incorrectly, beige many think is a bland color.
I would like to see guns that are primed with a single motion. That could be made similar to Nerf spring guns. It would be possible to make it so that water is drawn to the PC from the reservoir if the piston's end has a good enough seal. I'm not too sure about the power of such a gun, but that would be really cool at least for a pistol. It also would be fairly moddable because you could add bungie cords, rubber bands and springs to improve the power.
I would like to see guns that are primed with a single motion. That could be made similar to Nerf spring guns. It would be possible to make it so that water is drawn to the PC from the reservoir if the piston's end has a good enough seal. I'm not too sure about the power of such a gun, but that would be really cool at least for a pistol. It also would be fairly moddable because you could add bungie cords, rubber bands and springs to improve the power.
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Using your suggestion I'm thinking of a soaker with a pump shaft that has the volumne of a large piston bazooka such as a Stream Machine. Therefore, the one gigantic pump requires a lot of strength, but after that its trigger time. Does anyone know how the frame of a soaker can accomodate the pump shaft and the PC? Also, does my idea seem feasible or not?Doom wrote:I would like to see guns that are primed with a single motion. That could be made similar to Nerf spring guns. It would be possible to make it so that water is drawn to the PC from the reservoir if the piston's end has a good enough seal. I'm not too sure about the power of such a gun, but that would be really cool at least for a pistol. It also would be fairly moddable because you could add bungie cords, rubber bands and springs to improve the power.
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I remember making a concept for iSc Rogues... the CPS 8200 with "turbine" technology (this was before the E.E.S. Line even came out). The idea was, instead of having a pump, you simply push three buttons on the side of the gun many times to pressurize it. I thought that it was a good idea at the time, but now I think that my fingers would get awfully tired. :laugh:
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It would also be interesting to see if Hasbro can create mini soakers that utilize the novelty streams featured on the original soaker (ex: Helix's spinning blast).Soakologist wrote:That would be neat to have a mini Helix or Hydroblade. That would be radical.
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