...what?

You mean buy a cheap drop in mechbox and somehow fabricate a body, hop-up system, barrel, mags and a battery system?

Sorry, I'm not following you.

As for the kraken, it seems to be very hit and miss.

I have heard of some going for 100 000 rounds with no issues; and i have heard of some breaking within the first 100.

No, a decent AEG is going to cost you $150 for the mechbox alone.

No, the kraken really isn't that bad. We're just all elitist assholes who, despite being involved in airsoft far longer than you, actually know jack shit about airsoft.

/sarcasm

Airsoft is expensive. A "normal" line AEG's costs $500-$600. A "top of the line" one costs over $1,000. The cheapest I'd ever buy is a JG, and they run around $350.

You know what.. I don't care. Go waist your money. Don't say we didn't warn you.

Itll get a bag of BBs :D

Good point.

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If you think $30 is a big difference then you should stay away from airsoft altogether till your 18 and have a job.

more like around couple thousand bastards...

Anyway, the Kraken by itself, is around the crappy-decent part. so my suggestion for you is to buy the Kraken, upgrade the internals, new piston,tapper,cylinder,shim the mech box

Couple thousand (2000-2500) = 1 bag.

My krakens lasted a lot of BBs. Ive never opened it to clean it either. Have had it for a year, FINALLY cleaned the barrel yesturday. Ohhh yeaaa.

Like what has probably been said, Krakens can be lemons. They can last for a couple months, or a couple years. All depends on if your lucky. :P Raise your luck by +5.

Is there any verification that the internals of the kurz are plastic? I'd imagine they'd be the same as the kraken internals, and the kraken has metal internals.

The reason the Kurz is so much cheaper than the regular Kraken is because.....



it has plastic internals. :(

Nothing a $75 drop-in V3 mechbox won't fix. PM for info :P

Jeff

But is there any verification on that? Like, does anyone have a kurz and have pictures of the internals?

I looked inside the box this morning :P.

Jeff

Pics or it didnt happen.

jk

Damn. Plastic gears = fail.

It appears that the mechbox is metal, but everything else is plastic.
@jeff, You know I'll be interested in your v3 mechbox when I come onto the forms screaming and ranting about the mechbox.
And, looking at your kurz, what is plastic that is metal in the kraken?

So, the mechbox is metal but the gears and such are plastic?

Who cares. It's crap. Don't buy it.