Guarder / STAR M14 SOPMOD AEG
The joint project development of the M14 SOPMOD AEG between Guarder and STAR has finally completed and this newly designed airsoft rifle is already available from retailers in Japan and Hong Kong. It will be interesting to see what the cooperation of Guarder and STAR has done to this airsoft rifle. This project is really the first of its kind in terms of two airsoft companies cooperating together. My guess it that Guarder did the main design and internal work while STAR manufacturered most of the asthetic components. Whether this partnership worked well will really depend on quality and reliability.

New Hero Arms Parts for G&G M14 Rifle
The G&G M14 rifle has just been released and we are already seeing aftermarket parts being manufactured for it. Hero Arms has taken the head start and has already released a new flash hider, reinforced outer barrel and scope mount for the G&G M14 rifle. The Hero Arms M14 scope mount features full Springfield Armory trademarks and looks very authentic. WGC Shop has these parts in stock and ready to ship, however, the G&G M14 is out of stock in most retailers at the moment.

Marui Sig Sauer P226 Railed Frame Released
The highly anticipated Sig Sauer P226 Railed Frame gas blow back pistol from Tokyo Marui has finally been released as is already on shelves in Hong Kong, UK and Japan. It is somewhat suprising to see that this new pistol from Marui has full Sig Sauer markings which is very unusual for TM to do, but it definately is a very important selling point of any replica pistol. A Japanese website, New Akiba , has already posted up a review on this pistol, you can view this review here and try to understand it using a translator. But with my experience, those translators never give you an accurate translation, so try your best to piece together the relevant sections. Hopefully we'll have an english review written up for this pistol fairly soon.

New STTI M4A1 AEG
STTI , a Taiwanese airsoft gun manufacture specializing in spring guns, has sent in some information regarding their newest product, a full size fully automatic electric gun of the M4A1. This new AEG is STTI's first attempt into the AEG market and a neat feature is that all the parts are fully compatible with TM parts. The STTI M4 is contructed out of metal and ABS plastic and comes with a reinforced outer barrel to eliminate the barrel wobble problem. Although the handguard used is the slimmer kind and can only fir an 8.4V 1100mah mini type battery. This rifle weighs in at 2900g, not bad at all, and comes standard with a 300 round hi capacity magazine and a six position stock. What is truly amazing about this new AEG, is the price tag. It is so low its almost scary. You ready for this? The MSRP is $80 USD only. I'm guessing by the time it hits the retailers, it will be selling around or close to $130-150 USD. But I think we have enuff AR variants in the airsoft market already, TM, CA, ICS, G&P, G&G, STTI, more to come believe me =/

First Pictures of TM Sig Sauer P226 Rail Frame at RR
The boys at Renegade Recon have posted up the first pictures of the Tokyo Marui Sig Sauer P226 Rail Frame gas blow back pistol at the Osaka Shot Show. Until now, we were just looking at protoype pictures of the highly anticipated pistol by TM, but now we have actual pictures of the 100% completed model. Expect the same kind of performance and durability as the TM Beretta M9's. The new TM Sig P226 will be released in Japan on April 14th and should hit the Hong Kong retailers very soon after that date.

From these pictures, it looks like the TM Sig P226 will have full Sig Sauer trademarks which is a great plus for this highly demanded model in the airsoft market. Although I cannot confirm this 100%, from past experience, TM will usually not have exact markings of the real deal but "faked" markings which look extremely close. With TM's proven quality and affordable price tag. The official release date is April 14th.