Commander, TriForce has retrieved a weapon that could turn the tide of battle into your bank’s favor. It’s a full-scale replica of the Beam Pistol, the best secondary weapon for XCOM 2‘s Sharpshooter class.
The replica measures 12.3″ long and weighs 7lb. It’s made of polystone and has LEDs to make it more lifelike. Each unit is hand-finished and hand-painted.
Quickdraw your card and pre-order the Beam Pistol replica from TriForce for $350 (USD).
[via Toyark]
The lives of the rich and famous are not like our meager lives. The filthy rich light their cigars with cash. They have toilet paper rolls of thousand dollar bills in the bathroom. You know what else they do? They have super soaker fights with champagne, thanks to the Champagne Gun.
It comes in gold, chrome, and rose gold, and sells for $549(USD), which is a drop if this is what you do with your Cristal.
[via Cool Things]
Sure, there are plenty of small pistols that are perfect for concealed carry. They have to be concealed so that people don’t get freaked out about people carrying guns in the open. The latest innovation in concealable pistols is the Ideal Conceal, a folding pistol that collapses to make it look like a regular smartphone.
The Ideal Conceal is a double-barreled .38-caliber derringer. The button that transforms it into pistol form also serves as its safety. It has a hammerless firing system for ease of use, which is hilarious, because look at that design. Even though it is meant for short range, can you really see yourself able to hit anything at all with this gun? That grip is horrible. This may be the most awkward derringer ever made.
[via CoolThings]
I can’t think of a better weapon for the zombie apocalypse than this full auto Coke Bottle Gatling Gun. Also, I definitely want the guy who built this, Joerg Sprave, with me as I fight off the horde. This gun packs a punch!
I’m convinced that this guy can make a weapon out of anything. Another awesome job Joerg! I’ll take two as I hunker down in my anti-zombie lair.
[via Boing-Boing via Geekologie]
Aspiring Enforcement officers and prejudiced people will soon be a step closer to role-playing as their favorite Psycho-Pass characters, thanks to Cerevo’s upcoming life-size replica of the Dominator. The toy pistol does its best to mimic the self-restrained gun’s bells and whistles.
The replica’s main draw is that it actually transforms between the Dominator’s Paralyzer and Eliminator modes, accompanied by a satisfying whirr from its moving parts. It also has 217 RGB LEDs and built-in speakers. The latter emits not just sound effects but also over 100 quotes from Noriko Hidaka, the gun’s voice actress (who by the way also did the voices of Satsuki in My Neighbor Totoro and Akane in Ranma 1/2).
The gun also has touch sensors on both the left and right sides of its grip. Apparently you’ll be able to use those sensors to lock the gun, another nod to its anime counterpart. Of course, your roleplaying won’t be complete without a Crime Coefficient HUD. As you’ll see in the video below, the gun also has a front-facing camera. It can stream video to a complementary mobile app, which shows a replica of the Enforcer’s augmented reality interface. You’ll soon be able to tell if your cat is a latent criminal.
All that amounts to one impressive, but expensive toy. The gun will be available for pre-order in Japan starting 2/18 for about $680 (USD). There’s also a $770 Special Edition that has a polished rosewood grip and an aluminum and synthetic ruby Public Safety Bureau insignia. Non-Japanese residents need not riot, because the gun will be available internationally later this year.
[via Kotaku]
Bitplay’s BANG! lamp adds a cool twist to remote control, but in my opinion its gimmick is not worth $400 (USD). If you have the tools, you might be better off copying Instructables member Austin aka austiwawa. He made the same silly lamp using an Arduino Uno and other commonly available components.
Like BANG!, Austin’s lamp also tips its lampshade over when it’s turned off and moves it back upright when turned on. The only setback of this DIY version is that its gun is ugly. Austin originally intended to integrate the infrared remote into the trigger of a toy gun, but he ended up gluing the whole remote to the gun. It’s far from the best solution, but the star here is the lamp anyway.
Head to Austin’s Instructables page for his full guide.
[via Hack A Day]
For whatever reason, there are barely any realistic gun controllers for first-person shooters. A Korean company called Uzbrainnet may have come up with a great alternative with the Rail Gun, a wireless controller designed to be attached to airsoft guns. I’m just not sure if the company can raise enough money to go into production, or if it deserves your money to begin with.
The Rail Gun gets its name from the fact that three of its four input units are meant to be attached to the rails of airsoft guns. The fourth unit goes near the trigger. This arrangement keeps the buttons within reach while you’re gripping the airsoft gun. The shoot button is mounted behind the trigger; squeeze the latter and you push the former. The other buttons have default functions, but you can remap them if you wish. The controller works with Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3 or PS4 via a USB receiver. More on that later.
Rail Gun also has a feature called Fast Rotation that makes it easy to turn. Finally, it has sensitivity levels that can cancel or lessen motion input caused by trembling hands. Here’s Battlefield 4 played with the Rail Gun:
Here’s a demo with Call of Duty: Black Ops 3:
So far so good right? It seems Uzbrainnet has a well thought out product. Sadly, it has a couple of problems. First is that Uzbrainnet is raising money on Kickstarter, but it has an awful English PR team (if it even has one). Here’s its pitch video:
Yikes. As of this writing, Uzbrainnet has lots of informative videos regarding Rail Gun on its YouTube channel, but it didn’t bother to translate them for its Kickstarter.
So is this merely a marketing problem, or does this sloppy work extend to Uzbrainnet’s other departments? To be fair, the company does have a good commercial too:
Uzbrainnet’s second problem is not that bad, but may still be a deal breaker for console gamers. See, the Rail Gun will only work out of the box if you’re going to use it with a PC. To use it with a console you’ll also need to buy the Cronusmax adapter, which will cost you an extra $60.
You can pledge at least $170 (USD) on Kickstarter to qualify for a Rail Gun as a reward. Unsurprisingly, as of this writing, the company has raised only about $28,500 out of its $100,000 goal with only 19 days to go. The Rail Gun seems like a great product, but Uzbrainnet needs to send a better message to its target market before it runs out of time.
[via ThisIsWhyImBroke]
For whatever reason, there are barely any realistic gun controllers for first-person shooters. A Korean company called Uzbrainnet may have come up with a great alternative with the Rail Gun, a wireless controller designed to be attached to airsoft guns. I’m just not sure if the company can raise enough money to go into production, or if it deserves your money to begin with.
The Rail Gun gets its name from the fact that three of its four input units are meant to be attached to the rails of airsoft guns. The fourth unit goes near the trigger. This arrangement keeps the buttons within reach while you’re gripping the airsoft gun. The shoot button is mounted behind the trigger; squeeze the latter and you push the former. The other buttons have default functions, but you can remap them if you wish. The controller works with Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3 or PS4 via a USB receiver. More on that later.
Rail Gun also has a feature called Fast Rotation that makes it easy to turn. Finally, it has sensitivity levels that can cancel or lessen motion input caused by trembling hands. Here’s Battlefield 4 played with the Rail Gun:
Here’s a demo with Call of Duty: Black Ops 3:
So far so good right? It seems Uzbrainnet has a well thought out product. Sadly, it has a couple of problems. First is that Uzbrainnet is raising money on Kickstarter, but it has an awful English PR team (if it even has one). Here’s its pitch video:
Yikes. As of this writing, Uzbrainnet has lots of informative videos regarding Rail Gun on its YouTube channel, but it didn’t bother to translate them for its Kickstarter.
So is this merely a marketing problem, or does this sloppy work extend to Uzbrainnet’s other departments? To be fair, the company does have a good commercial too:
Uzbrainnet’s second problem is not that bad, but may still be a deal breaker for console gamers. See, the Rail Gun will only work out of the box if you’re going to use it with a PC. To use it with a console you’ll also need to buy the Cronusmax adapter, which will cost you an extra $60.
You can pledge at least $170 (USD) on Kickstarter to qualify for a Rail Gun as a reward. Unsurprisingly, as of this writing, the company has raised only about $28,500 out of its $100,000 goal with only 19 days to go. The Rail Gun seems like a great product, but Uzbrainnet needs to send a better message to its target market before it runs out of time.
[via ThisIsWhyImBroke]
It’s the oldest trick in Bugs Bunny’s playbook. Stuff a carrot in Elmer Fudd’s shotgun so that it blows up in his face. But what would really happen if you jammed a carrot in the barrel of a shotgun? You are about to find out, as Demolition Ranch answers this age old question.
So Bugs gets an A for thinking outside of the box, but he would be dead. But he would be praised as a hero, saving other bunnies from the wrath of Elmer Fudd’s boomstick.
[via Gizmodo]
Released earlier this year, NERF’s Rival guns have become a hit. Its literal big gun, the Zeus, is fairly light, accurate and has good range. The problem is that it holds only up to 12 balls. That’s why YouTuber Out of Darts is coming up with ways to drastically increase its ammo capacity.
Put simply, Out of Darts made a winding custom magazine using polycarbonate tubing, with a small blower that helps feed the bullets into the Zeus’ flywheel. He started out with a magazine that holds up to 56 balls…
…then he doubled it.
Not enough balls? It’s not enough for Out of Darts either. That’s why he’s working on a backpack ammo loader that he says can hold thousands of balls.
Damn. Check out the description on the 56-ammo video to see the parts that he used for the mods.
[via Reddit]