THE CAGE: MERRY CHRISTMAS

THE CAGE: SO HERE IT IS, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

AS WE GET EVER CLOSER TO THE SEASON OF GOOD CHEER THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS ARE GOING UP AGAIN AT AA HQ, AND WE’LL BE HANGING UP OUR STOCKINGS HOPING FOR SOME AIRSOFT GOODNESS TO ARRIVE FROM “TACTICAL SANTA! THIS MONTH IN THE CAGE WE THOUGHT WE’D AGAIN HAVE A LITTLE FUN, SO BILL GOT TOGETHER WITH THE LEGION AS USUAL TO ASK THEM WHAT WAS ON THEIR LETTER TO THE BIG BEARDY BLOKE!

2022 has been the start of things for all of us again, hasn’t it? We’ve at last come through the pandemic that dimmed our ability to play airsoft, although perhaps not our enthusiasm for our beloved game; there are still restrictions in place around the globe, but games of all shapes and sizes are most well and truly back as a fixture on all our calendars, and for that we should all be truly grateful!

Due to me taking over fully at the “editorial helm” of Airsoft Action, 2022 has been a bit of a “head down” year, and sadly that has meant I haven’t got out to all the games and events as much as I would truly wish to. It’s vitally important to me that all of us at Airsoft Action are active players, so I am really looking forward to getting to some games both at home and abroad in 2023! As I’ve said many times before I am lucky in that I have some private woodland where I test new AEGs and GBBs each and every month, and there that I can sling BBs to my heart’s content, but ultimately there is nothing like getting out with my friends and getting in some proper skirmishing, is there?

But things have moved on, and Airsoft Action has moved on too, and will continue to do so! The team as a whole has put in a massive amount of effort to improve what we do every single month, and with new members of The Legion coming on board our global coverage will continue to grow. Our daily online news presence also continues to enlarge in scope, and there are plans for the coming year to increase the tempo of our coverage into some new formats… just like in-game, if you stay still, you’re dead, so we keep forging forwards! We hope to further extend our regular online coverage, but again, that’s a story for another time… suffice to say that I want to cement Airsoft Action at the top of the heap in the New Year.

Everyone in the airsoft industry and player community worldwide has been massively supportive, and once again I hope that the work we’ve done in 2022 has proved that Airsoft Action is now set to push on even further in 2023! With MOA, SHOT, and IWA all ahead of us (at the time I write this) there will again be new AEGs and GBBs to be shot, old ones to reflect back on, new tech to be evaluated, gear to be tested, events to attend, games to be played, and we will be reporting on as much of it as we possibly can!

My thanks go out to every single one of the tens of thousands of you that read Airsoft Action every month, and follow us online… without you we wouldn’t be pushing on again, and we hope that without us you’d be missing a very valuable airsoft resource that’s insightful, entertaining and above all, honest.

But let’s get to it! What do the members of the AA Legion really, really want for Christmas apart from surviving WHAMAGEDDON? I know there’s a couple of bits I would dearly love to see wrapped under the tree, but after many moons playing and building my airsoft armoury my needs are few! For me the best pressie has already arrived in the shape of something new from VORSK which I already love to bits and will be talking about in January, along with the VFC M110 which is utterly wonderful! I’m STILL hoping for a nice wood kit to really finish off my A&K PKM (still!), and some more VORSK gas would be nice as I seem to be spending more and more time using gas platforms!

Ultimately though I am looking forward to seeing as many of The Legion and Red Cell as possible in person this year as we can gather freely again, catching up with old friends, and spending some real quality time with my wife and dog… no doubt I will be putting in my usual, and now traditional, Boxing Day session at “the range in the woods”, and I will most certainly be looking forward to all the airsoft adventures that 2023 holds…

FESTIVE TEAM TALK!

So, at this happiest time of the year I gathered a festive table of good cheer from The members of The Legion, and asked them “What would you like to find Santa has left you for airsoft underneath your Christmas Tree? Is it a new AEG or GBB, some gucci tacticool gear, or simply a bag of BBs? Or are we all just wishing for World Peace like Gracie? Max $150 bucks…”

Boycie: I’d really like a ticket to a game day (where my mates are also attending) where it’s Santa’s v Elves game and strict costume rules apply. The Santa’s have to breach the North Pole toy store to fill their sleighs and the Elves have to prevent the toys getting to the sleighs!

Stewbacca: New boots, probably the top of my list! My venerable Lowas have become vulnerable Lowas given the lack of tread left on large swathes of their soles, now worn to a polished flat by their constant use. Trying to find footwear in UK13 sizes was difficult enough in the UK. Taiwan? Not. Likely. Everything has to be care-packaged over. Or carried during emigration or visits.

Ben: I’d probably like £50 worth of BB’s as the minigun likes to spit them out and I’d put any other monies towards a bigger airtank haha!

Björn: A shortdot scope would be nice. But not sure if the “Christmas Budget” covers the range of scopes I’m looking at…

Miguel: Nothing fancy, but a tactical wallet would be good! Since mine is old and coming apart now!

Bill W-R: All I want for Christmas this year is for all the needed paperwork to be signed so I can reveal what is happening!

Dan: Under a $150... hmm, I don’t think that will quite afford me an HPA fill station lol! I really am just looking forward to having a laid back Christmas spending it with the wife and kids. It will be my youngest son’s first Christmas, so he’s going to be losing his ever-loving mind at all the presents he’s about to destroy!

Jimmy: This year I am looking forward to Christmas in my own home as last Christmas we didn’t have one. There are lots of airsoft related items that I desire but I shall just be happy to spend Christmas day with my lovely wife as this year she doesn’t have to work… certain things money can’t buy.

So, in closing, from all of us at Airsoft Action to all of you out there we wish you a Happy and Peaceful Christmas, and we look forward to meeting even more of you in 2023! AA