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SERIOUS TIME, Serious “face” from Big Jay…as he tackles THE QUESTION…See what he’s got to say!

This is going to be THE series of Vlog videos you will want to follow from start to finish!  Our buddy MERLIN was, for lack of a better phrase, an “embed journalist” in the Vegas SHOT Show antics of our friends, the cray-cray HOLY COWZ Chele, Troy and Mario from Florida’s STAMPEDE AIRSOFT.  And (we hope) what comes out of this is perhaps the most-unvarnished, straight-forward look inside the SHOT “experience” that anyone has captured.  Seriously, MERLIN goes behind the closed-doors at vendor events, inside the showrooms at the booths where deals are cut-and-signed, and also hits the off-site action up and down The Strip!

PART ONE is here….and you will want to LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE to the YOUTUBE CHANNEL as well as MERLIN’S AIRSOFT NEWS website….not just for SHOT Show…but for all his coverage of the game we love!

AND…BONUS!  Lots of coverage of all the booths and announcements you want to see with the same journalistic eye….posted by Merlin over on the BRAND NEW STAMPEDE AIRSOFT YouTube Channel, too!

Merlin's got action videos from Fulda Gap, too...and one of the best comments we've seen so far on these is that they are the first vids from this year done in the "Scoutthedoggie" style of letting the action run!  High Praise, indeed!

CLICK THE PIC to go to Merlin's YouTube Channel to get SUBSCRIBED and see all his high-quality work!

What an amazing weekend for airsoft events across America...CLICK THE PIC to go to Thumpy's News and Comment for the full rundown....and ALL THE HANDY LINKS you will need to catch the online coverage from your Media favorites and players, sponsors, sited and companies hitting the field!

Nice, nothing better than just letting the action happen.  HEARING the game, too!  And it’s even better when your FLA-Friends – Merlin AND Chele/Troy/Mario at STAMPEDE are pulling together for an awesome weekend game!  To see more from STAMPEDE AIRSOFT, Hit THIS LINK, and for Merlin’s excellent news coverage, just CLICK THAT PIC!

LATEST and GREATEST video over on MERLIN’S AIRSOFT NEWS YT Chan…where he backs up the great coverage of events, new guns-gear and goodies with MOVING PICTURES!  Yea, You’ve heard of those…the ones with the bright colors, the biggest stars of the airsoft stage and screen!  DO THIS….CLICK THE PICS!

These videos are AWESOME, because Merlin did the hard work before he rolled video…he thought through the action, got cams and views from the right angles…then he tells a great story with a few words, and lets the ACTION take over!  GOOD STUFF!

MERLIN was an “embed journalist” for MilSim West’s “RAID ON ROSTOV” last weekend in South Carolina…which put him in a very unique position to see both sides of the action and to put the whole experience into perspective as a ‘new wave’ event production team brought their concepts to a new A.O. and to a new player base.  How did it work? What’s was cool…and what what too HOT to handle?  READ THE AAR over at Merlin’s News Chan…and then weigh in with your input!

Merlin was right on time and on-target with this week’s news…so, if you SUBSCRIBED to the Merlin’s Airsoft News chan’ on YouTube, you wouldn’t have to wait for a way-behind the times Thumpy to pass this edition on to you, two days late!  Sorry, #RealWorkPaysTheBills for Merlin, too…but glad to see his vids post up with unique insights and topical reviews!

MERLIN with PERFECT Timing to get out his video with Greg “Spartan117GW” from the SS Airsoft 5th Year Anniversary…and the MASADA in all its glory!   LIKE/SHARE/SUBSCRIBE

Simple….as always, just CLICK THE PIC to see Merlin’s find, direct from Tokyo Marui!

If you’ve wanted one…and who HASN’T…this one might be right for you for ONE REASON…$200 Bucks Less, but all the same features?  HOLY COW!  Nice Catch and Release by Merlin!

You need to be reading our buddy MERLIN’s new website…’cause he’s awesomesauce for milsim media with a side of ‘softer fries!  ORDER UP!

RESPECT is a two-way street, a broad avenue that you not only can drive up and down in your cheap little VW, “sporty” Acura or big, expensive Pagani Huayra…but from time to time, you might have to walk ACROSS that road with the rest of us “pedestrians.”  That’s when you discover that the road you pave does not stop at the end of your own driveway, even at 1 Hacker Way.

Writing All Lives Matter doesn’t make someone a racist.  It makes them race-agnostic.  Banning the use of your products (Facebook/Instagram…) for lawful purposes by the users (airsoft and milsim players, as well as law-abiding gun owners) makes you small, petty and controlling. And frankly, control is not what you should be about.  It is what makes you a Zuckerschmuck. Stop it.  Grow up.

Merlin seems to be on the right track with his thoughts, too….as are a lot of other guys commenting on the ‘webz. We need to be the good guys, shining the foregrip-mounted light of fair play on the morons who are hurting our little game. Air Stupids. Bad Sports and both cheaters and cheater-callers.  Mark Z. included.

ACTION from FULDA GAP…and more with Charlie from G&G Armament on Vendor’s Road.  Yea, you get the full package from MERLIN at this years events. AND plenty more to come, so CLICK THAT PICto get at his YouTube Chan!

Yea, MERLIN made the rounds like hundreds of other players, vendors and media types…Thumps included…and we ‘gotta say, the big companies were most-impressive with the showings at FULDA GAP this year.  Catch a quick look with G&G CHARLIE of an up-and-comer…the “Predator” OTW to your fav’ buy ‘site SOON!..then PING THIS LINK for company news, and THIS LINK to be his buddy and find out what else is coming from Guay-TWO!

MERLIN keeps the video flowing from above and on-the-ground at the American Milsim IRONCLAD 2 event!  And, you’ll spot JAVIER from One Grunt’s Opinion in this chapter, too!  See all Merlin’s videos by just CLICKING THE PIC…and hit THIS LINK to get his news blog, active every day!

Merlin’s ‘eye in  the sky” and “boots on the ground” with Javier “Darkhorse” from One Grunts Opinion at the big AMS event.  Good raw video AAR, with more segments on the way, so SUBSCRIBE now and catch ’em all!

First Up, a quick run-through of the AMERICAN PTW from Z-Shot, then, a fast foot gear factoid on Magnum’s newest desert boots…

WOW!  Multi-cams and a great setup…then MERLIN just lets the action flow across the MilSim West A.O. in South Carolina!  Er, Rostov.  Yea, Rostov….

And our Media Mogul Man MERLIN is also ’embedded’ as a journo with the forces at MSW’s RAID ON ROSTOV….and because this event is close to Darlington, SC…great cell coverage is allowing media guys there to actually FILE COVERAGE FROM THE EVENT!

Wanna track the action where your are?  Hook up with Merlin’s FB FAN PAGE HERE….or hit his INSTAGRAM CHAN, where he’s also posting videos and phots!   GOOD HUNTING MERLIN!

MERLIN’s making all the big games, getting all the big “gets” and this one has an interview with one of our fav-modders…RED RIGHT HAND’s “Mel” who’s got a hot barrel and an even hotter JACK’ed up gun behind it!  LOVE THIS ONE?  Like, Share and Subscribe…and hit THIS LINK to get to Merlin’s NEW NEWS BLOG, too!

MERLIN’S latest video from the vendors at SS Airsoft’s 5 year ‘biggie” is one of our favs, too…B-Oh-B from A-S-G!  TEAM!  LIKE/COMMENT/SHARE and hoof around over at Merlin’s YT Chan or hit the links here for more Merlin-Magic!

Get the full write-up, AAR’s and Photos over at Merlin’s news website HERE…and also stay locked-on the YouTube Channel for more videos!

I think John Lu and Thumpy will both give “finder’s fees” to MERLIN for pushing this one out in his news feed…because this video series HAS TO BE SEEN in all its glory!  This IS what the Lion Claws “idea” is all about…and with the struggles behind-the-scenes to make it happen, its a true milestone in the history of milsim in the USA!

Click the pic to read all of Merlin’s take…

The link to the video series is HERE!