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  • Tyger
    video /k radio star
    • Oct 2002
    • 1210
    #1

    Smart Parts "Magic Box" advert (OLD SCHOOL!) pix inside!

    So I was digging through stuff and I found my 1998 Smart Parts Catalog. And for laughs I thumbed through it, and found the Magic Box! FINALLY! So I decided this is as good a day to update as any, and threw it up on my site. So for ALL of you that have EVER wondered about Smart Parts, here's a "Magic Box" mod, explained.



    I'll bite my tongue, I think...



    Now I'm no art major, but is that Magic Box just the UGLIEST Thing hanging off the side of an Automag? The fun part is that paintball players BOUGHT it!!!!

    Oh, and their "Smart Expansion Chamber" explained too :



    I think I just heard the Tinkerers Guild fall on the floor laughing....

    I've got more stuff, I'll be scanning it and putting it in my tyger.us website in the future. You can see these ads, as well as full page versions of the images, at http://www.tyger.us/paintball/oldschool/sp (at least 'till they sue me...) Meanwhile, enjoy.

    -Tyger


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    • dre1919
      www.andrewsloan.com
      • May 2002
      • 1548
      #2
      Wow, good find. I remember exactly where I was in college when I got that Smart Parts catalog. I also remember sitting down and hashing out which Mag I wanted to buy then, although all of my choices didn't include the ugly Magic Box. I did get the 8 Hole Mod on my first Mag though.

      Good times!
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        • WenULiVeUdiE
          Force of Nature Staff
          • Jan 2004
          • 1982
          #3
          That made my day. Nothng better than strait up lies from Smart Parts. How much did it cost?
          Hey, look at that! It's Santa!

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            • Tyger
              video /k radio star
              • Oct 2002
              • 1210
              #4
              Originally posted by WenULiVeUdiE
              That made my day. Nothng better than strait up lies from Smart Parts. How much did it cost?
              Lemme get out the catalog here...

              The "Send us your gun for a magic box" mod, THAT cost $120, including the 8 hole mod! If you wanted the reg it cost $350. $60 for an "8 hole mod".

              -Tyger


              "Oh, you're wearing a tail and ears, you're a freak."
              "No social change has ever come about without freaks. Einstein was a freak. Ben Franklin was a freak. Martin Luther King was a freak. ...be proud to be included in those ranks."
              -2, The Ranting Gryphon

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                • edweird
                  IP lawsuits > innovation
                  • Dec 2001
                  • 1859
                  #5
                  Hey cool stuff tyger... I was at the agd factory last tuesday and doing some busy work to work off the hospitality that roman extended me in my day of waiting. Anyhow during this day I was scraping old valves and one of them happened to have this damn magic box on it. What a damn hunk of junk!

                  btw the reason it says "Do not attempt to remove" is cause all that black peice does is hold the craptastic 2 tubes of uselessness firmly away from each other. The forward tube is basicly just a expansion chamber for the dump chamber and the back tube does nothing more than supply something to stabalize that dangerious peice to.
                  Last edited by edweird; 09-10-2004, 01:54 PM.

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                    • wantamag
                      Rec Poster
                      • Mar 2003
                      • 5055
                      #6
                      infact my local shop has a black box they took apart U WILL CRY when u see whats inside il see if i can get soem pics. those are some oldschool ads for sure

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                        • rkjunior303
                          I need this more than you
                          • May 2003
                          • 4029
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Tyger
                          Lemme get out the catalog here...

                          The "Send us your gun for a magic box" mod, THAT cost $120, including the 8 hole mod! If you wanted the reg it cost $350. $60 for an "8 hole mod".

                          -Tyger

                          and that's in early 90s money!

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                            • Muzikman
                              Everything AGD
                              • Dec 2000
                              • 6229
                              #8
                              Umm..as for what's inside....nothing. It's an air chamber.

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                                • DiSoRdeR
                                  Pump enthusiast
                                  • Jul 2003
                                  • 1767
                                  #9
                                  What kind of barrel is that in the last pic? Unfourtantly I never knew about paintball back then

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                                    • Tyger
                                      video /k radio star
                                      • Oct 2002
                                      • 1210
                                      #10
                                      it LOOKS like the SP hybrid of an Armson barrel and their SP rifling.

                                      -Tyger


                                      "Oh, you're wearing a tail and ears, you're a freak."
                                      "No social change has ever come about without freaks. Einstein was a freak. Ben Franklin was a freak. Martin Luther King was a freak. ...be proud to be included in those ranks."
                                      -2, The Ranting Gryphon

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                                        • Paintball_4_Fun
                                          Marker still on Backorder
                                          • Feb 2004
                                          • 159
                                          #11
                                          Funney im selling a automag with the smart parts box and 8 hole mod. rigth now on ebay. Just getting rig of the markes i dont use any more.

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                                            • AaronS
                                              Registered User
                                              • Jul 2003
                                              • 8
                                              #12
                                              barrel on last pic

                                              The barrel on the last pic is a SP Venturi.

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                                                • DarkRipper
                                                  Elite
                                                  • May 2001
                                                  • 1111
                                                  #13
                                                  I have a friend that has a real deal SmartMag with a full eclipse splash set... I should try to buy it from him.
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