Manike on PigTV about the MINI

[BigEvil]

http://www.warpig.com/paintball/technical/tradeshows/cup06_vid/mini.shtml

Hmmm.... two stage bolt,.... starts moving forwards slowly, then speeds up.... where have I heard that before? All of the internals are removable out the back with one screw... and isnt the trigger a Hall-Effect switch? WOW its Deja vue!!!

Pretty nice gun. Ive heard nothing but great things from the people who have seen it already.

[BD_Paintball]

sounds cool. and the price is good also

[Chronobreak]

simon did a much better job than whoever did the first one imo

but maybe that was just ebcause of his brit accent

[rkjunior303]

Simon's so much easier to understand when you haven't had 30 beers on St. Patrick's Day.

[Rudz]

lol

i still dont like the direct mounted asa...but maybe i will try one of these new mags..i mean minis..

[warbeak2099]

BUYING ONE. IMO it's just like having a CP direct mount. Everyone seems to love direct mount / rail mounted ASA's so why is there such a hooplah over it? Virtually no one uses drops anymore. Anyone Simon is my hero.

[DiRTyBuNNy]

the Mini is basically everything that the eMag v2.0 should have been...oh well...

--Mr. DB

[warbeak2099]

Rly tho, it isn't a mag. It's a poppit valve'er.

[DiRTyBuNNy]

Rly tho, it isn't a mag. It's a poppit valve'er.

Well, obviously...but it is a smaller and lighter and does have quite the X-Mag shape to it in a way...

--Mr. DB

[Chrishew09]

http://www.warpig.com/paintball/tech...vid/mini.shtml

Hmmm.... two stage bolt,.... starts moving forwards slowly, then speeds up.... where have I heard that before? All of the internals are removable out the back with one screw... and isnt the trigger a Hall-Effect switch? WOW its Deja vue!!!

Pretty nice gun. Ive heard nothing but great things from the people who have seen it already.

So you noticed that too, I just saw the video yesterday and it made me laugh.
AGD had the same technologies years ago, and the industy is just catching up, just goes to show how ahead of the times AGD was. From what I understand didn't TK have the option to use a type of Popet design rather then the spring return for the bolt but he wanted the spring??

Anyway this marker looks like a winner to me and cheap, wait one year when they are going to go for $250 used, and all the bugs are worked out.

[SR_matt]

i love how he said its nothbing like anyother marker, IMHO it is a lot like a mag/tag 8/ any other blow forward design, they just changed it slightly so it uses 2 stages to shoot as apposed to just one resivoir.

but it is rather sexy and i might have to break down and get an electro.

-matt

[PumpPlayer]

It has a trigger, a barrel and electronics and it shoots a paintball. In that way, it's the same as virtually every semi- produced right now. What does it take for something to be a bonafide "new" and not "just changed slightly?"

I don't care one way or the other what you want to call it but it seems to me that paintball players are at times excessively harsh critics.


Anyhow, Simon and his crew came up with a good design that, any way you cut it, claims to be lighter, smaller and more reliable than anything else out right now and does it at less than half the price of comparable gear (and less than a quarter the price of some "high-end" guns). I'll hold my opinion until I can use one in a game but at least from the design goals and marketing claims, it looks quite promising.


Now they just have to worry about the cancer that infects all paintball marker sales markets - customization.
(Oh noes, I can't have one if it's just like what everyone else has! I need something unique! ZOMG 1 of 4!!!)

[Chrishew09]

Yes, this lower price comes as a surprise to me all other "high end" markers are priced $1K+ and they are pre-selling for $400.

One of three things must be true;
1) previous "high end" markers are way over priced
2)Invert is using very cheap materials and technology
3)Invert has found inexpensive manufacturing and part procurement methods

IMO, its option one, I mean come on $1500 for a PCB, Valve and Alluminum, give me a break.

[SCpoloRicker]

Maybe it's just me, but the fact that there was a multi-page thread named "Emag 07" doesn't mean that this marker is at all related to the Mag design.

/just sayin'

[SR_matt]

Yes, this lower price comes as a surprise to me all other "high end" markers are priced $1K+ and they are pre-selling for $400.

One of three things must be true;
1) previous "high end" markers are way over priced
2)Invert is using very cheap materials and technology
3)Invert has found inexpensive manufacturing and part procurement methods

IMO, its option one, I mean come on $1500 for a PCB, Valve and Alluminum, give me a break.

i think it might be a combo of the 3

you can list expenses all day to me but i think it is bull that any high end gun that is being done in large runs are being priced at 1000+. low runs of highend guns are different i expect it to be that much but it is becasue of the quanity.

i think the tech is cheaper, the selinoid can be cheaper becasue all it is doign is releasing air from behind the valve so it doesnt need to be as consistant to gun taht rely on the noid to operate the ram.

and i think since the tech is cheaper the design is simpler thus easier to assemble


i do like the idea of swaping the foregrip to change ur pre programed boards... even though i dont like the different modes, but its a good idea.

-matt