2007 soakers revealed!
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Hmm? Why do you consider that a down-side?
The Flash-Flood was an excellent soaker for its small size, so if this is a big brother version of it with more power, then I'd call that a pretty good thing.
Not the best thing, but still another step up and away from those terrible guns a few years back.
The Flash-Flood was an excellent soaker for its small size, so if this is a big brother version of it with more power, then I'd call that a pretty good thing.
Not the best thing, but still another step up and away from those terrible guns a few years back.
The Maple-Mountain-Marines.
Terrifying, but oddly refreshing.
-B.D.
Terrifying, but oddly refreshing.
-B.D.
Falcon wrote:Interesting. The Hydro Blitz will be the first Super Soaker to feature a shoulder strap in years. It would be nice to see a 5x or bigger nozzle and a CPS chamber, I won't get my hopes up though.
Apearance whise it seems like a bulked up Devastator(PC chamber part) or bulked up Flash Flood(that large nozzle and small nozzle under it.) So CPS seems almost more than likely.
However it better be performing far superior than an oversized Devastator/FF for a price of $50 US. McDonalds charges only a few cents more for their supersizes. Paying 100%-110% more for a soaker that is slightly bigger(tank, nozzle,PC) than the earlier "flag ship" is just outragous and has August mark down sale written all over it. One has to ask oneself, do you realy want to pay $25-$30 US more for a "step in the right direction"? Even $15+ should be more a "leap" than a "step". (... While $30 more should be a bus ride.) One still has to wait before coming to conclusions, but the price versus size suggests its not a bargain CPS: $50 for something half the size of a MXL. Then again, it might have a 10X+ nozzle that shoots longer than 2 seconds and the PC size is around 600ml. Then the price is more understandeble.
But at this time my expectations are very much in the grey zone for it.
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I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
But speculation is one of the fun things about seeing the newly released guns each year.
@Zuccoz:
Ya, I'd agree with you about the price range issue. This had better be one heck of a gun to command that $$$-tag.
But speculation is one of the fun things about seeing the newly released guns each year.
@Zuccoz:
Ya, I'd agree with you about the price range issue. This had better be one heck of a gun to command that $$$-tag.
The Maple-Mountain-Marines.
Terrifying, but oddly refreshing.
-B.D.
Terrifying, but oddly refreshing.
-B.D.
You really think so?
Think about the ratio between the size of the FFs PC and its nozzles, and the FFs nozzles were very well powered.
The size difference between the nozzles and the PC on this gun is even larger, so the Hydro-Blitz should (hopefully) have more oomph behind its shots.
Think about the ratio between the size of the FFs PC and its nozzles, and the FFs nozzles were very well powered.
The size difference between the nozzles and the PC on this gun is even larger, so the Hydro-Blitz should (hopefully) have more oomph behind its shots.
The Maple-Mountain-Marines.
Terrifying, but oddly refreshing.
-B.D.
Terrifying, but oddly refreshing.
-B.D.
The link you gave had it at $49.99, so technicaly $50. Since I live in Canada it probably will hit over $60 including taxes.scorpion wrote:Its not fifty dollars its forty. As for a PC i think it is behind(i hope) the large nozzle because a pc located under the nozzles wouldn't be able to support a nozzle that size.
But speculation is one of the fun things about seeing the newly released guns each year.
Absolutly. Its all we have left of retail soakers before we slam them by comparing what ebay sells. Plus very often the speculated soakers in our head were much better than the end product. Anyone remember when some of us thought the Tripple Agressor was CPS and a bulked up Monster when we first saw it January 2004? They sure showed us how off we were. :p
I doubt it has a lot more oomph...looks even less battle-practical than the MXL, because you're holding a huge tub of water in a position that limits leg movement.
Weight distribution whise it doesn't scream practical at all. The handle is at the very back end, which means that without the strap the wrist will carry all the weight. Which I assume is why Super Soaker brought back the strap for this one. It probably wasn't a matter of size.
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I think I have a new speculation for the handle: it looks like a piston pump. It says something about "dual modes" and "multi-blastin' bursts," so I'd say that's a fair guess.
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I think I have a new speculation for the handle: it looks like a piston pump. It says something about "dual modes" and "multi-blastin' bursts," so I'd say that's a fair guess.
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My Armoury: Storm 750, CPS 4100, Triple Aggressor, Blazer, SI Flash Flood (Nozzle Drilled), 100 oz. Aquapack, MONSTER X (2002), WW Argon, A.R.M. 4000 XL, MI Defender, MI Helix, Water Weapons Waveblast, CPS 2700
My "broken" Armoury: CPS 4100, XP 55
My "broken" Armoury: CPS 4100, XP 55
Well, the FF only advertised 35 feet, and it surpassed that. Besides, it will also have the aquapack for another 100 oz.
My Armoury: Storm 750, CPS 4100, Triple Aggressor, Blazer, SI Flash Flood (Nozzle Drilled), 100 oz. Aquapack, MONSTER X (2002), WW Argon, A.R.M. 4000 XL, MI Defender, MI Helix, Water Weapons Waveblast, CPS 2700
My "broken" Armoury: CPS 4100, XP 55
My "broken" Armoury: CPS 4100, XP 55
To bring this topic back to life:
After looking at the artic blast more closely, i didnt know if anyone said this yet, but they added a riot blast to the artic blast. its probobly why they got rid of the FF, why sell two soakers that do two diffrent things when they can combine them and sell more. also, what do people think of the new "aqua shock" line name?
After looking at the artic blast more closely, i didnt know if anyone said this yet, but they added a riot blast to the artic blast. its probobly why they got rid of the FF, why sell two soakers that do two diffrent things when they can combine them and sell more. also, what do people think of the new "aqua shock" line name?
The name itself? Not much...just their new name for the redesigned lineup. There's been XP, CPS, Monster, Max-D, STE, MI, and now AS...
The performance is more important. I'm disappointed with the Hydroblitz--it'll be the most battle-impractical soaker ever.
Oh, and the Flash Flood wasn't removed. Just go to the second page at the Super Soaker website.
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The performance is more important. I'm disappointed with the Hydroblitz--it'll be the most battle-impractical soaker ever.
Oh, and the Flash Flood wasn't removed. Just go to the second page at the Super Soaker website.
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Looks like everything is gonna have that Max D technology, o well, I'm still more excited about this line than any other since gosh I can't remember.
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Right now I have a CPS 3200 and CPS 1500 both in good condition but I am always afraid I am going to break them. So I need a new gun. The HydroBlitz looks like the bomb.
Actually I would like a modernized CPS 3200. Kind of a mix of Max Infusion and CPS 3000/3200
I liked the cloth pack on the CPS 3000 but the connection that the gun made to the backpack was crap and covered in stick grease. It was just too weak and would always try to unconnected and break off plus dirt would get stuck in the grease. The CPS 3200 was a bit better and had a quick fill nozzle as a connection still a bit weak if you ask me. Plus the CPS 3200 had that hard back breaking pack. So in conclusion I would want a.
CPS 3400
-Soft pack
-Max Infusion
-Maybe d-max triggers
-Quick fill caps on back pack
Still the HydroBlitz looks good for a non pack soaker 200 oz is like 1.5625 gallons or 5.92 liters. Not to bad really. I wonder if that’s a dual stage pump. At least is an over and under design and not that crap like the monster XL where you could not hit the side of a barn. I will only use guns with a super soaker brand and which are air or CPS I would never use other brands. They are not super soakers and thus are against the rules.
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Actually I would like a modernized CPS 3200. Kind of a mix of Max Infusion and CPS 3000/3200
I liked the cloth pack on the CPS 3000 but the connection that the gun made to the backpack was crap and covered in stick grease. It was just too weak and would always try to unconnected and break off plus dirt would get stuck in the grease. The CPS 3200 was a bit better and had a quick fill nozzle as a connection still a bit weak if you ask me. Plus the CPS 3200 had that hard back breaking pack. So in conclusion I would want a.
CPS 3400
-Soft pack
-Max Infusion
-Maybe d-max triggers
-Quick fill caps on back pack
Still the HydroBlitz looks good for a non pack soaker 200 oz is like 1.5625 gallons or 5.92 liters. Not to bad really. I wonder if that’s a dual stage pump. At least is an over and under design and not that crap like the monster XL where you could not hit the side of a barn. I will only use guns with a super soaker brand and which are air or CPS I would never use other brands. They are not super soakers and thus are against the rules.
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