I dare to disagree. I'm 160cm and the AR would small on me. This guy isn't a giant, he is an average... So yeah, too small for cosplay, unless you're a child.
OR it could do a nice stand-in prop... Or to mount it on your back. o.o
But, aside from props for costumes, if someone is into the BoomCo/NERF playing, I htink it's great for them.
And yeah! I really hope they'll finally go worldwide with Mattel so I'll be able to get my hands on the Energy Sword @_@
I would very much hope so (...dare to disagree). If that wouldn't be the case and everybody agrees with everyone, this forum would be half the fun.
Its just _because_ people like you are the absolute majority on this forum DARE to disagree with each other and do that in an informative, friendly and polite way we have the ability to learn from each other.
God knows I've learned a lot in the short time I've been here, from you too by the way.
Anyway.
You know what's REALLY weird ? The fact that I had typed EXACTLY that point of view, alsmost litterally, at first (stand-in mounted on back if light enough) but I edited it out.
Reason : just BECAUSE it's not big enough, I wouldn't use it for that.
As the back of most armors are pretty massive, sticking a too-small gun there would even look smaller when you turn around. It should "stick out" the back.
But if you do that with the Boomco, it will end "halfway your shoulderblades" which kinda looks ridiculous as you will have the constant size reference of the gun vs the rest of the armor.
It's like having a Hayabusa Armor with a 30cm katana strapped on the back. Nope. Won't work, doesn't matter if you can't pull the blade or not. Unless you're going for a chibi approach.
But freely holding it with one hand as a secondary weapon at your side ? Unless you're towering over the masses, you should be able to get away with that PROVIDING you're facing a fitting audiance.
So in a way, I do agree more than you'd think at first glance. I just can't shake the feeling there's an overal feeling of disappointment as it's "again not full sized". Of course it isn't. It's a toy. It's meant for kids. That's Boomco's target.
And with that target in mind, I think they've produced a really nice toy which MAY be used by adults in the correct surrounding. I wonder if anybody really expected a half-way full sized MA5D from them ?
I was already more than glad enough it's no Carbine because anyway you look at it, it's way better than that .... thing.
For example : my CB88 is still "smalish" (it's about 10 cm too short to be considered full-sized for a MA5C), but if I'd have to walk around for a day with a CB88 which weighs about 7kg and has no kind of strap capability and I could swap that out for lets say a good looking, very light energy sword and a well prepped Boomco MA5 to amuse some kids ? Give ! Now ! Places where you know it will be seriously overcrowded and you don't want to risk damaging your +200USD replica or whatever ? Give ! Places where a AEG isn't allowed no matter what ? Thank you !
Even with my 6.1'/185cm body size I would not have any issues doing that. Getting out with the kids on Haloween with that thing ? PERFECT.
But If you're "going in" with a more seasoned or serious audiance ... it will fall short misserably.
Totally agree.
As for "going global" : don't see that happening overnight. Stranger things have happened, but still.
Halo isn't a "big item", certainly not in the future as it now is a pure Xbone exclusive and although perfectly possible no PC ports are in the works either. I'll probably _never_ play Halo beyond "Reach" because of that.
I'm not going to buy a console for just one game licence, be it Halo or anything else. I've never been a console-minded gamer so in a sense, that's understandable.
But I know at least 4 "Halo nuts" (not meaning to insult, just relatively speaking) who have bought a PS4 and not a Xbone because if they had to choose, the overall machine fo the PS4 just offered them more.
Meaning they abandoned the Halo licence, although being true fans. So if you loose those kind of gamers .... you're not on the right track, Microsoft.
Looking at the sales figures outside of the US, that means you're excluding a lot of gamers. My son is 12, he and his friends know "MC" from the Xbox360 mainly which did rather well in Europe. But the Xbone ? Only so-and-so.
So without global support for the product ... nope.
Also Boomco is said to cut down on their catalogue last time I heard (and the Halo Licence more or less goes against the current Boomco product politics of scaling down) going global on just the Halo Licence .... I don't see that happening.
Don't get me wrong : I'd like to see it too, but from their point of view, it's just bad business : the audiance these products are aiming at are not numerous enough, and the audiance that COULD be interested -gamers and Cosplayers beyond the target age of the Boomco line- won't matter anyhow.
So it's "Amazon" for people like us. Good thing they exist at least.
