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Posted by: Wounded Ronin Aug 16 2009, 02:03 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrhDinWwoyQ

Very very hardcore Lazer Tag commercial. Makes me want to play Shadowrun.

Posted by: Warlordtheft Aug 16 2009, 03:35 AM

Yeah-I miss laser tag. I know they have something out there to replace it that has the target sensor built into the gun (hey christmas idea!!! fot the nephews and my bro!)

Posted by: Alex Aug 17 2009, 01:03 AM

Awesome! Haven't even thought about Lazer Tag™ in ages.

Posted by: Wounded Ronin Aug 17 2009, 03:00 AM

Hmm, looking at more ads, they'd apparently planned it where you could wear a helmet that would register hits from 360 degrees, and you could mount multiple targets on your vest so that you could be hit in the torso in more places.

It's too bad that it didn't take off. I suspect if they had marketed towards grown-ups more who would have been more interested in (effectively) MILES tournaments maybe it could have done better. But I can't see little kids caring so much about being able to be shot in the back.

Posted by: Vermithrax Aug 19 2009, 11:24 PM

I miss the good old days of buying a season pass for the summer and going every week to play Ultrazone (indoor laser tag) at Six Flags over Georgia.

Posted by: Kronk2 Aug 20 2009, 06:47 AM

I had 2 and half sets and the rifle. The helmet DID register from multiple angles, and was darn night painful to wear. my brother always took my rifle and won every time.

It really sucks that a kid got shot because of these toys.

Posted by: hobgoblin Aug 21 2009, 04:26 AM

i suspect paintball proved to be a more "cost effective" way of providing simulated weapons combat...

Posted by: Method Aug 21 2009, 06:04 PM

Holy shit!! Have you seen some of the stuff they have for the more recent incarnation of Laser Tag? Heads up displays and under barrel grenade launchers? Crazy!!

Posted by: Shadowrunner13 Aug 22 2009, 04:31 AM

Wow... I still have a working lazer pistol and target from that era. How sad is that?

SR13

Posted by: SaDode Sep 2 2009, 03:07 PM

Think I saw that commercial last night but I forgot what insurance it was for...but it was pretty cool to acually see it

Posted by: tweak Sep 7 2009, 01:23 AM

Looks a lot different now:

http://www.hasbro.com/lazertag/default.cfm?page=Products/Detail&product_id=22411

Do you guys remember the cartoon?

And check out the blast:

http://www.fuzzycouch.com/lazertag/products.html

Posted by: eidolon Sep 7 2009, 05:56 AM

QUOTE (Shadowrunner13 @ Aug 21 2009, 11:31 PM)

Wow... I still have a working lazer pistol and target from that era. How sad is that?

SR13

Posted by: Lok1 :) Sep 8 2009, 10:46 PM

Clostet thing I ever got to laser tag was reading "Enders Game" at least five times.
Curse my area, curse it.
Edite:Paitball's fun though. Ain't fun unless you end up with welts.

Posted by: eidolon Sep 9 2009, 02:21 AM

Paintball is awesome, but paintball is also ridiculously expensive. At least, it is if you're playing at any level higher than Wal-Mart Spyder and marble-hard Wal-Mart paint.

When it started costing me around $100 for a day of paintball, I stopped playing much. (That would be a day that I couldn't get anyone to split a case of halfway decent paint with me. Even when I could I was looking at around $60-70.)

Still have all my gear though. I decide to sell it all off every once in a while, and seem to change my mind.

Posted by: Wounded Ronin Sep 10 2009, 03:45 AM

QUOTE (eidolon @ Sep 8 2009, 09:21 PM)