Why wasn't Airsoft More Popular in the 1990's When it First Came Out???

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  • Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024

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  • @c7viper
    @c7viper Год назад +86

    That was one of the best history lessons I've ever had. Well done!

  • @1teamasg
    @1teamasg Год назад +24

    That's some great coverage of the history behind airsoft and we are glad to have played our part in helping shape certain aspects of it, so thanks for including us! If you ever wanted to do a video like this for ASG, we'd be up for a discussion... we have LOTS we can talk about 😉 -JB

  • @MayumiC-chan9377
    @MayumiC-chan9377 Год назад +7

    my husband grew up in Japan during the 1990s and he said their was some places to play on Misawa AFB. he has pictures of his friends playing it and many American servicemen on their spare time played it.

  • @USAirsoft
    @USAirsoft Год назад +5

    Loved every bit of this

  • @King_Bob_The_Third
    @King_Bob_The_Third Год назад +9

    Now that was a history lesson I can get behind. Thanks for the obvious hard work you put into the making of this. Have a good one mate. 👍

  • @debbari72
    @debbari72 Год назад +2

    Nice video Jet!
    I started airsoft in Denmark 1999, and had a TM G17/18 GBB, a custom TM SD6 AEG with Systema internal parts - so it was highspeed and shot with a M120 spring and with stronger springs in my highcap mags, so I could unleash hell with full auto.
    I remember that soon after I started, the Classic Army arrived with external metal parts (upper/lower/rail), and when my teammates saw it the first time (when we visited a field/shop in Sweden)
    they went ballistic and changed from TM to CA almost immediately.
    The CA broke a lot, and they had a bunch of problems with internal parts, they were absolutely not at pair with TM internally, and the guys changed back or bought other upcoming/old brands like G&P, ICS, VFC, Systema PTW, some time after.
    I played with different TM's and in 2004 changed to G&P, and changed to Systema PTW in 2010.
    I still play with Systema PTW, and have never looked back.
    The fun fact is that even that ASG is Danish, I've never bought anything from ASG, and almost bought every AEG from Hong Kong directly.

  • @banshee107
    @banshee107 Год назад +2

    0:33 😂 - dude in the blue shirt/ back vest

  • @funforall9741
    @funforall9741 Год назад +1

    That was a fantastic video thank you for the new knowledge!

  • @KeystoneCarcajou
    @KeystoneCarcajou Год назад +4

    I came into airsoft on the East Coast in the late 90's/early 2000's. it was a very different time.

  • @Simisdim
    @Simisdim Год назад +9

    That was a nice retro look of Airsoft man! I can remember when I started in 2002-2003 all you could get here in the UK was TM stuff from model stores in my local area with their site being the only one around for miles!

  • @Broadshore
    @Broadshore Год назад +2

    Man, started playing Airsoft back in 1999. Remember Jungle Toys guys? My VERY VERY 1st AEG was a FAMAS from Y&P. It was the 1st TM Clone AEG. Kinda Wish I still kept that FAMAS for my collection.

  • @coddeh87
    @coddeh87 Год назад +2

    Iv been playing Airsoft since the 90's, And I can tell you now the reason why not many people played. 1. No eye pro 2. Expensive 3. No Airsoft Sites. We used to play in the back garden or local parks and woodlands 😂 still have one of my original TM Mp5 A5 👍😎. Love the entertainment you have been providing us Airsofters with for years so far. Thanks Jet your a legend mate 🙏 Uk

  • @commenter621
    @commenter621 Год назад +1

    Thanks! This was seriously one of the best history lessons I've had in a long time...

  • @subsyairsoft
    @subsyairsoft Год назад

    Brilliant Mr Fox, comprehensive research and evidence of a deep and complex rabbit hole! Thanks Mate!

  • @KrITIK4L
    @KrITIK4L Год назад

    This video is just great! The rabbit hole was deep, for sure!

  • @Sandmanthesniper
    @Sandmanthesniper Год назад +1

    Hands down this is the best Airsoft history video !!! thanks for taking the time to make it jet !!!!

  • @lucid.710
    @lucid.710 Год назад

    what an absolutely beatiful vid, thank you jet.

  • @cornishpasty7853
    @cornishpasty7853 Год назад +1

    one shop here in the UK made an hk21 AEG from scratch with mags made from the real version's mags for someone in the Netherlands for around £6300.

  • @mikekil-callsignares2139
    @mikekil-callsignares2139 Год назад +1

    Thank you for the lesson of Airsoft did not know a lot of it. I need to watch it over and over.

  • @imtheoldspike
    @imtheoldspike Год назад

    Love the news style reporter vibe in the lower section of the screen..

  • @thasugarnut
    @thasugarnut Год назад

    Great video Jet! Way to get into the nitty gritty of Airsoft history. Keep making the great content.

  • @zompocalpha1
    @zompocalpha1 Год назад

    Been hoping for some more content like this!!

  • @DJYunkHank
    @DJYunkHank Год назад +2

    Damn I got into airsoft in 2011 when I visited my older brother,I was 9 and he had a few guns he let me shoot in the garden. I thought it had been around for way longer than the 90's.

  • @spectreproductions8609
    @spectreproductions8609 Год назад +5

    Came here for gameplay, stayed for the history lecture.

  • @christsitos8641
    @christsitos8641 Год назад +1

    I got a TM M4 in 2001. I was the only kid in school that even knew what airsoft was. Before the popularity of the internet, airsoft was relatively unknown. Recently I got back in to it. I can’t believe how much it’s grown!

    • @Steven-rn1oo
      @Steven-rn1oo Год назад +2

      I just ordered my first gun after over 10 years of airsoft celibacy. I'm consistently amazed at the quality and variety of the sub $300 guns. Seems like the "pay to win" aspect is nearly gone!

    • @christsitos8641
      @christsitos8641 Год назад +1

      @@Steven-rn1oo its all the player. now. I took my cousin to a milsim last year. They were racking up hits using a $200 Lancer Tactical gun. I was amazed at the performance for a bare bones entry level gun.

  • @lokischildren8714
    @lokischildren8714 Год назад

    This is one of the most interesting videos iv watched on the a sport I adore

  • @Spook_Airsoft
    @Spook_Airsoft Год назад

    That’s funny, pump up the jam was my school year books theme lol

  • @tagginondawal3961
    @tagginondawal3961 Год назад +2

    Awesome history lesson Jet. I got into airsoft in 2005. I saw a few airsoft guns at a sporting goods store. It was the FAMAS, and as one who liked both Metal Gear Solid and Halo (as it resembled the BR) I had to get it. I had just turned 18 so I got that and then got a real steel as well since I was there. Prior, my friends and I had been playing paintball so we tried airsoft. The local field didn't have much in terms of rules, aside "wear safety glasses" so that was interesting. I still play now, 20 years later (freak I'm old lol) But it's still fun for me, as I got my niece and nephew into the sport.

  • @ROY-5280
    @ROY-5280 Год назад

    This video was great! I'd love to see some more deep dives like this!

  • @HmmChunkyLizard
    @HmmChunkyLizard Год назад +1

    Awesome video man! I have only been playing airsoft for a little over a year now and was just introduced to Novritch guns recently. Unfortunately Because of all the new airsoft laws being passed in New York State, that company no longer ships airsoft guns here.

  • @Sench00
    @Sench00 Год назад

    Correction on Novritsh SSG24. It was the Mod24X made by Modify that was the sequel to the Mod24. And there were a lot of more improvements in the standard edition of the MOD24x than the hotted up version of the SSG24. It was only a rebranding for the european market.

  • @goaliesforpres
    @goaliesforpres Год назад

    excellent documentary

  • @trice1234567891
    @trice1234567891 Год назад +1

    We talked about my JAC AR-18 at noob day, I hope this had something to do with this video. Regardless, great history lesson

  • @harouchr
    @harouchr Год назад +3

    I was there, during the Clone Wars 😢

  • @davidbrown1725
    @davidbrown1725 Год назад

    Wish wed gotten to see more of the games at acs as i was there but thanks for the histroy lesson

  • @DannyD-vw9vv
    @DannyD-vw9vv Год назад

    dope review jet. thanks for the history lesson.

  • @viperscot1
    @viperscot1 Год назад +1

    Hi jet
    Excellent informative content and a dip into the Airsoft history😁😁😁😁😁

  • @walterbryan1798
    @walterbryan1798 Год назад

    Wow wow wow! Great information!

  • @whats7257
    @whats7257 Год назад

    Proud to be In the TEAM ASG photo 👌🏻

  • @apmoore94
    @apmoore94 Год назад

    Yes! I know its gonna be a good day when I see a new Vid.

  • @EuthanasiaSUPREME
    @EuthanasiaSUPREME Год назад +7

    Cool video topic, but when you said the Novritsch SSG24 was "the first innovation in airsoft sniper rifles since the asahi m40", that really disappointed me. That statement is incredibly disingenuous and biased, I know Nov is your friend but c'mon man. There were tons of innovations in airsoft sniping between 1994 and 2017 - that's 23 years.. All of the theory crafting, precision inner barrels, flat hop -> G hop -> then Rhop (among many other hop up innovations such as TDC and various bucking designs) , heavy weight BBs, various precision upgrade parts from companies like PDI, EDGI and Laylax etc; the list goes on. And trying to justify the claim that the SSG was the first innovation to airsoft sniper rifles in 23 years by saying "because other sniper rifle models had to be upgraded to reach their full potential" is a huge discredit to all the members of the community and companies that innovated and shaped airsoft sniping as we know it today. Novristch didn't really innovate any parts or tech, he just used the innovations of others that had existed for a while as upgrade parts, and worked with the Modify airsoft company to help him release a pre-upgraded/re-worked version of the existing Mod 24 rifle, under the name SSG24. The only thing he "innovated" was releasing a sniper rifle that didn't really need to be upgraded out of the box, using the existing innovations created over the past 23 years by other people, and also improving/fixing some of the flaws of the Mod24's design. I've been building/shooting airsoft sniper rifles for 15 years and the innovations that made airsoft sniping viable existed long before Novristch even started making RUclips videos. And compared to fully built sniper rifles, the SSG24 is kinda underwhelming. I've shot/used a few SSG24's, its pretty decent for an out of the box gun, but still needs work to keep up with a fully built rifle. I guess you could say that the innovation that Novritsch did for airsoft sniping was making sniping more accessible to newer players, which is definitely cool; everyone should be able to enjoy sniping in airsoft.

    • @DesertFoxAirsoft
      @DesertFoxAirsoft  Год назад

      Like you commented and as I stated in the video, it was the first sniper that didn't need to upgraded after purchase. It came upgraded out of the box which is the innovative part. Seems ridiculous that it didn't happen sooner, but that's just what happened.

    • @EuthanasiaSUPREME
      @EuthanasiaSUPREME Год назад +4

      ​@@DesertFoxAirsoft Actually companies like PDI and several smaller companies/individuals sold some amazing pre-upgraded out of the box snipers before the SSG, so it wasn't the only innovation in out of the box airsoft sniper rifles since 1994. Those guns weren't as commonly available as the SSG/tac41/SRS are today tho [edit: also the silverback SRS came out 2 years before the SSG24], Nov definitely helped make sniping accessible to more people and is responsible for popularizing airsoft sniping. And yes I 100% agree that its ridiculous how the majority of airsoft sniper rifles weren't viable to use from the factory for so many years. Industry standards have been kinda low for a long time, i.e. AEG's really only started coming with deans connectors in the past 10 years, and its STILL not standard. But yea, most of the tech innovations used in decent out of the box guns today are the innovations made by the individuals and companies who made upgrade parts over the past 23 years, I feel like we should give them some credit for their work too. It's like saying the Wolverine MTW was the first innovation in HPA rifles in 30 years since its an out of the box HPA rifle and neglecting to mention the original drop-in Polar star engine - because it was an upgrade part and not an out of the box gun.

    • @Dane_Bramage
      @Dane_Bramage Год назад +1

      Yea I was like "wat..?" when he said that. There were loads of old school rifles that were innovative after 1994. The legendary VSR10 came out in the late 90's or early 2000's IIRC, and the old gas powered Tanaka m700 was a beast. Maruzen, APS, Tanaka, Marui made great rifles since 1994, and they were good guns at the time they came out. Those platforms were the foundation of all the sniper rifles being made rn. There was also that PDI VSR10 that came out of the box built with all the OG fancy upgrade parts, parts that people still buy and use. Novvy boi made airsoft sniping popular and easier to access, he deserves credit for that, but he shouldn't get the all the credit just for using/building on existing designs and ideas. It's not like he invented the designs for parts that come in the SSG, the designs he used are of existing innovations from Maple leaf, PDI, Laylax/Nineball/Prometheus, and many other innovators. I've been present in the airsoft sniping community since the mid 2000's and that hurt my soul to hear a big youtuber say that the SSG24 was the first innovation since the 90s for airsoft sniper rifles. A lot has happened since the 90s for airsoft sniping as a whole and for rifle innovation.

    • @themachineelves7331
      @themachineelves7331 Год назад

      @@DesertFoxAirsoft That's not true, the silverback SRS came out in 2015, which is 2 years before the SSG24. SRS was the "first" mass produced pre-upgraded airsoft sniper, not the SSG. I'm sure it was an honest mistake but some people might think you're lying or shilling for Novrich when you say the SSG was the first pre-upgraded airsoft sniper rifle and the ONLY innovation in airsoft sniping since 1990's

  • @CarpetYT1201
    @CarpetYT1201 Год назад

    As a Kentuckian I am proud Jet and Alfonse was here! 😊
    Hope you guys loved it!

  • @GUNROCKS1990
    @GUNROCKS1990 Год назад

    That’s some good history

  • @ghostphoenix666
    @ghostphoenix666 Год назад

    That custom helmet is sick af 😎🏝️

  • @quansolothebullyhunter9631
    @quansolothebullyhunter9631 Год назад

    nice video. would like to see more gameplay

  • @gregairsoft1798
    @gregairsoft1798 Год назад +2

    Great history lesson of Airsoft.
    Just one critic: saying that the novritsch SSG-24 is "the latest improvement in Airsoft sniper rifle" isn't true because it copies the marui design of the vsr with the third-party part.
    If you really want to speak about innovation in the Airsoft sniping community, you can speak about the Silverback srs which has a bullpup design and can be used without any improvement
    Otherwise great to see all the way we have gone in our hobby

    • @DaveSmith-cp5kj
      @DaveSmith-cp5kj Год назад +1

      Yup I think the SRS definitely is the game changer because it's amazing how without any modifications out the factory it can outshoot pretty much anything out there, and has quick change springs which is necessary when playing in different fields. People don't want to pay so much for a springer, but its worth every penny.
      Arguably I would also say the ASG M40 sportline is also a leap forward in the sense we can now get a spring rifle of a quality that used to cost $300 for only $90, which is insane.

  • @Terminatorbart
    @Terminatorbart Год назад +1

    I learned something!

  • @mikeycoolx
    @mikeycoolx 7 месяцев назад

    Howd this get lower views than most of his videos, this was a masterpiece

  • @DucknDiveAirsoft
    @DucknDiveAirsoft Год назад

    Loved this one 👏

  • @TapRackTV
    @TapRackTV Год назад

    One question...what was the airsoft gun at 5:50 ? I didn't even know they made replicas of that lmao now I need it...

  • @cmdrlt.evildead5328
    @cmdrlt.evildead5328 Год назад

    This was a great video

  • @dwaynedryden
    @dwaynedryden Год назад

    Gapfilling content. Many thanks for making it!

  • @GorgianNewsNetwork
    @GorgianNewsNetwork Год назад

    Hey, no rush but are you going to upload the ACS Noobday 2023 footage?

  • @BS-tj3bq
    @BS-tj3bq Год назад

    I don’t remember history being this interesting. Thank you for our lesson

  • @brianb.6474
    @brianb.6474 Год назад +2

    Kinda fitting how now airsoft as a hobby is in jeopardy lol

    • @GPOLICE
      @GPOLICE Год назад +2

      Why? The group that regulates the importation of toy guys is changing right? What if the PRC "peoples republic of china" (colloquially known as mainland china) and the ROC "republic of china" (colloquially known as taiwan) moved their manufacturing to the united states? It could become a positive development in the long run.

    • @MrPolicekarim
      @MrPolicekarim 10 месяцев назад +1

      Isn't Taiwan an independent country?@@GPOLICE

    • @GPOLICE
      @GPOLICE 10 месяцев назад

      @@MrPolicekarim Its debatable if it's even a country, it's a socially conservative breakaway state. But it's certainly not independent, not from US, which the US supports because of their antithetical relationship to china. Kind of like how the US used to list the Chinese Muslim group known as the weegers as a terror group until they realized that claiming the weegers to actually be victims is antithetical to china and thus beneficial to the US interests, so they removed weegers from the list of terror groups and started astroturfing the victim narrative to the cattle. These are all surface level posturings and rhetorics, of course, the reality is, let's just say, even worse for you, maybe its better you not think about it too much.

  • @Uziqzx
    @Uziqzx Год назад

    When you buy a gun package from Evike, do they send the gear for the gun later in another package? I only got my 2 batteries and charger, when I was supposed to get 2 more mags, and 5k bb's. I essentially paid an extra $93 for something I could've gotten for $49. No email back from them either.

  • @cabaisohana4081
    @cabaisohana4081 Год назад

    damn bro desert fox should be a dancer did you see goddamn running man perfect he's got the moves since when did he learn to dance like this

  • @malerrobin
    @malerrobin Год назад

    Awesome video

  • @Twink_Twins_
    @Twink_Twins_ Год назад

    Love the intro

  • @Tacp1
    @Tacp1 Год назад

    Never thought I’d get a history lesson from jet

  • @KickoffDeuce
    @KickoffDeuce Год назад

    Probably my favorite 1 to 1 replicas are the WWII American weapons on the market; trying to get as many gas powered M1s as I can lmao

  • @marktasico
    @marktasico 7 месяцев назад +1

    And airsoft guns are turning into paintball guns now.

  • @Jrob992
    @Jrob992 Год назад +1

    I keep a Tokyo Marui m4 in the trunk of my r32 gtr for peak Japanese vibes

  • @BeginningGenesis
    @BeginningGenesis Год назад

    Damn nice video

  • @waterbo3
    @waterbo3 Год назад

    Man I fucking love this sport!❤

  • @WRAITHISTHEGOAT
    @WRAITHISTHEGOAT Год назад

    dripped out to tha feet nikticks on fleek

  • @edmundarcinas3573
    @edmundarcinas3573 Год назад

    Novritsch started on tokyo marui vsr10 with Edgi kit inside

  • @CallSignCarolina
    @CallSignCarolina Год назад +3

    Have you heard anything about the new airsoft regulations and should I be worried about it

  • @idontknow0259
    @idontknow0259 Год назад

    2:53 rare yakuza 4 appearance

  • @samjojo-gw1nm
    @samjojo-gw1nm Год назад

    Can someone please tell me what suppressor he was using in the beginning 😭😭

  • @galaxyofreesesking2124
    @galaxyofreesesking2124 Год назад

    Dude I think CPSC 21-1 might be the beginning of the end.

  • @Gambler_Airsoft
    @Gambler_Airsoft Год назад

    What was the suppressor he had on his gun?

  • @Theguyinthe
    @Theguyinthe Год назад

    They need to start teaching us the stuff in eighth grade history class

  • @PeanutButter-h6x
    @PeanutButter-h6x Год назад

    What is the barrel attachment called on your rifle

  • @existinginaspace8347
    @existinginaspace8347 Год назад +1

    Community might be growing. But our field counts are dropping.

  • @101_skeleton6
    @101_skeleton6 Год назад +1

    I surprised usa 177 BB guns didn't get made to run 6mm

  • @ClassicAirsoft
    @ClassicAirsoft 11 месяцев назад +1

    Interesting, very very nice video!! , I have lots of Videos about very old Tokyo Marui Airsoftguns to showcase the History of Airsoft as well . And i keep uploading from time to time. my collection is bigger than what ive shown so far

  • @AramanahyCouto
    @AramanahyCouto Год назад

    🇧🇷Gostei muito! Excelente estudo do assunto. Contar a história abriu minha mente. Parabéns! Nós vemos no próximo vídeo 🇧🇷

    • @coletonanthony9588
      @coletonanthony9588 Год назад

      That's odd, when I click translate to English it changes the flag to the USA flag.

  • @_e_6456
    @_e_6456 Год назад

    Ultimate drip

  • @jackgonzalez1870
    @jackgonzalez1870 Год назад

    Professor FOX 👨‍🏫 👨‍🏫 👨‍🏫

  • @lennonshimkus7832
    @lennonshimkus7832 Год назад

    we want more noobday gameplay

  • @QueencityAirsoft
    @QueencityAirsoft Год назад

    Dig the drip!!

  • @Aidanbolling8781
    @Aidanbolling8781 Год назад

    What upgrades have you put in your gun??????

  • @XanderShadow
    @XanderShadow Год назад

    Now I'm sentimental over my first gun... Tokyo Marui SV-1 Famas... gods I loved that thing x.x
    The Cybergun one just... isnt as good

  • @Jarandjar
    @Jarandjar Год назад +1

    Paintball was much more popular at the time

  • @oooppiikkk
    @oooppiikkk Год назад

    well with the new bill coming out, the next episode might be the end of airsoft

  • @daylightdies7194
    @daylightdies7194 Год назад +1

    Such a shame airsoft hear 🇬🇧 is restricted the way it is just for a real imitation firearm

  • @CooperClarkOfficial
    @CooperClarkOfficial Год назад

    BRO THAT IS MY LOCAL AIRSOFT PLACE CAN WE MEET UP SOMETIME????

  • @SpoopyTime
    @SpoopyTime Год назад

    00:31 did that man just WP?

  • @ek8710
    @ek8710 Год назад

    No mention of KWC :(

  • @OcAirsoft
    @OcAirsoft Год назад

    It wasn’t popular because I wasn’t born duh

  • @brianshipley328
    @brianshipley328 Год назад

    You moved your news caster persona in to a documentary host.

  • @AtheismF7W
    @AtheismF7W Год назад

    No internet.

  • @wote2760
    @wote2760 Год назад +2

    And now the politicians are doing to stupid to airsoft again

  • @deznut564
    @deznut564 Год назад

    You mean modifiy came out with the m24

  • @spectreproductions8609
    @spectreproductions8609 Год назад

    1 minutes already confused by the dancing

  • @johnwick6088
    @johnwick6088 Год назад

    Jet's outfit is dope but not as dope as the tacticute maid outfit earlier in the video

  • @McClane4Ever.
    @McClane4Ever. Год назад

    I had a Zebra!

  • @lotus4665
    @lotus4665 Год назад +1

    If i would get a penny for every time an austrian encouraged the entire world to pick up guns i would have two pennies, wich isnt much but funny it happened twice
    (Not to mention the cult around novritch)

  • @N3TSY
    @N3TSY Год назад +2

    first?......