THE CAGE NEW YEAR, NEW GEAR
THE CAGE:
NEW YEAR... NEW GEAR!
EVERYONE LOVES A NEW LOADOUT, OR AT THE VERY LEAST ADDING THE FINISHING TOUCHES OR ENHANCEMENTS TO AN EXISTING ONE! WE’RE OFF AND RUNNING AGAIN AND ALREADY PLANNING FOR GAMES AND EVENTS AHEAD THIS YEAR, SO IT’S TIME TO CHECK IN WITH THE AA LEGION AND SEE WHAT THEY HAVE PLANNED FOR 2022!
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’mon, who amongst us doesn’t like planning a new loadout? We all have that “dream kit” that we would love to own, and even if we already own it, new developments and new kit means that we can update what we have already! It may be that you’ve seen a new TV show or movie and liked the kit that you see there, or perhaps it’s a single image from the news that’s caught your attention. Bottom line is that suddenly you look at your existing kit and think “oh boy, what if I had THAT to add to it???” It might be a new game that fires you up, as BPRE (featured in our crossover article this month) has done for me, and made me hanker for a righteous “Team Scorch” loadout with NVGs and all (jeez, I already have most of it and a BCM MCMR!!!), or indeed the release of a new pattern like MAPA… whatever may fire your imagination IS doable for an airsoft loadout, so what’s stopping you? If you’re anything like me then it’s one thing that bars all my airsoft kit dreams, and that’s simply
money! Realistically all of us mere mortals are constrained by real life; we have mortgages and rent to pay, a car to keep running, and food to put on the table. We may have other hobbies that eat into our budgets too… I mean, who doesn’t need just one more snowboard? We have families to look out for, and even for you singletons there are still many, many demands to be met when the monthly paycheck comes in. So, what to do? If you’re really into your airsoft then loadouts can be long-drawn-out affairs, and there’s nothing wrong with that. If you want something to be realistic then you’re going to need to invest in the right, and here I mean real, kit where it’s legally available to you, so it’s worth saving up for. Some of us have loadouts that even after many years are not “complete”, and I wonder in some cases if they ever will be! If, after nearly twenty-eight years (this coming November!) of being involved with this wonderful
“IF, AFTER NEARLY TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS (THIS COMING NOVEMBER!) OF BEING INVOLVED WITH THIS WONDERFUL THING KNOWN AS AIRSOFT THERE IS ONE PIECE OF ADVICE I CAN GIVE YOU IT’S THIS… TAKE YOUR TIME, GET IT RIGHT…”
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