Valley Thunder robbed and vandalized

[Rope a Dope]

I know there are a few Nor-Cal AO'ers on here so I thought I'd post a heads up here. Please contact the local police if you have ANY information about this. Thank you... www.valleythunder.com

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Preliminary details from SacPaintball.com:

Here is a list that is an estimate of what was taken (these #'s are VERY FLUID as they are ALL estimates until we get more information):
40 GT2000's Fieldmaster guns
15-20 SystemX G7's guns
40-50 12 oz Co2 tanks
^^^^^^^All rental equipment and should have some identifying marks such as yellow spray paint or Valley Thunder scratched into them.

Several 12v revis
3 32 degrees Icon markers blue/silver & black
1 32 degrees Silver Bullet
Some random size tanks
^^^^^All new equipment

Also the register was taken. More information will follow as soon as the owners are allowed to evaluate the damage.

The place got trashed, all the food was thrown everywhere etc. the pieces of crap cut through the gate, and drove their vehicle down to the box and did their damage. The new compressor was not taken or damaged, keep and eye out, these people will try to offload 40+ rental guns somehow.

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[LittlePaintballBoy]

Awwwwwww that sucks, do you have any idea who might have done it?

[tyrion2323]

Awful - Extend my regret to the owners.

[Steelrat]

That sucks. Im sure as heck going to be on the lookout for that stuff. Im especially upset that they took the time to vandalize the place after stealing the stuff.

[03vert]

that pisses me off!:mad:

[ZAust]

man.. thats a real shame. the one time i was up there, you guys had a real good operation going. ill keep a lookout for that stuff.. it will be tough to unload all that equipment.

[Mag Master 04]

dang that looked like a pritty sweet rec field from the vid i seen, i think im thinking of the right field, well good luck in catching dem bastards

[Carbon]

Could it of been an inside job? To snake possibly 100+ guns and would seem to require some forethought or a good casing of the place. Once again paintball takes a hit. Good luck in yer search for these creeps. Word.

[Rope a Dope]

Thanks for the support guys.

Valley Thunder will be open next weekend. This doesn't shut VT down, just gives it a kick in the nuts...

BTW Tony, the manager and builder of Valley Thunder is a mag shooter and still has a classic Mag purchased MANY years ago as his main gun. :)

[ZAust]

yeah.. i remember tony giving the ao army some vocal support at the tourney we played there.

[sps16]

Originally posted by ZAust
yeah.. i remember tony giving the ao army some vocal support at the tourney we played there.
Yes mam, i too remember that

[1_big_guy]

yea i ref out there and thay realy did a job on the place

[Rope a Dope]

Tony really wants an AO day held at Valley Thunder, he said he will even bring his trusty mag and jump in for a few games (he hardly plays anymore, busy running the field).

Just tell him what ya want for the AO day and he'll do his best to set it up. We now have a 25 piece Airball field and a 4500psi compressor :)

[Steelrat]

I think the only thing that is going to hold that up is the fact that we have the big AO CAL coming up in January, so everyone is conserving their energies for that. I will go to VT next weekend, IF it doesnt rain. To bad the X-mag was only with me for about 2 weeks, no one will get to see it :(

[xXHavokXx]

Ill keep my eyes out at our store in dixon, they might think that is a safe enough distance from the field to try to offload them

[Rope a Dope]

Thanks xXHavokXx, on the back of the guns they have a jewel that says GT, should have yellow paint in the creases where they couldn't get to with paint thiner.

[paintball boy 20]

that sucks. i can't believe how low some people can go. :(

[xXHavokXx]

No prob man. We know how it is, we got busted into 6 months ago and lost ir3s, strange vision, lasoya and some other stuff so i'm always looking for stolen gear.

[Branchvillian]

I would have to say it seems like it was robbed by non-Pballers. Any player would have gone right for the compressor, as it's worth ALOT. Just a little help :D

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

i can't offer much but i'll make sure they get caught if they go to the badlandz in illinois this sunday