Star M249 (UPDATE)

[Eddie]

Instead of bring up the the 2 month old STAR M249 topic I decided to start a new one

The instruction manual for the M249 is up and from the plans the battery is in the boxmag and the wiring is run parallel to the BB feeding tube.

Price will run at: $645 US with "2500Rd Synchronicity Box MAG"

The weight maybe mislabeled but both the MKII & Para weigh in at 3.3Kgs and thats light compaired to the CA M249s which weigh twice as much but STAR used zinc alloy instead of steel.

Manual For M249 MKII:
Page 1: http://www.starairsoft.com/Large/SAA_M249_MK2_7A_LL.jpg
Page 2: http://www.starairsoft.com/Large/SAA_M249_MK2_7B_LL.jpg
Page 3: http://www.starairsoft.com/Large/SAA_M249_MK2_7C_LL.jpg
Page 4: http://www.starairsoft.com/Large/SAA_M249_MK2_7D_LL.jpg
Page 5: http://www.starairsoft.com/Large/SAA_M249_MK2_7E_LL.jpg
Page 6: http://www.starairsoft.com/Large/SAA_M249_MK2_7F_LL.jpg
Source: http://starairsoft.com/S_AEG_03.htm

Manual For M249 PARA:
Page 1: http://www.starairsoft.com/Large/SAA_M249_MK2_2A_LL.jpg
Page 2: http://www.starairsoft.com/Large/SAA_M249_MK2_2B_LL.jpg
Page 3: http://www.starairsoft.com/Large/SAA_M249_MK2_2C_LL.jpg
Page 4: http://www.starairsoft.com/Large/SAA_M249_MK2_2D_LL.jpg
Page 5: http://www.starairsoft.com/Large/SAA_M249_MK2_2E_LL.jpg
Page 6: http://www.starairsoft.com/Large/SAA_M249_MK2_2F_LL.jpg
Source: http://starairsoft.com/S_AEG_04.htm

I do believe STAR can't spell INTERIOR

Clear Gearbox: Stock Low-Mid 300s?
Red Gearbox: Max FPS 400?
Yellow Gearbox: CQB Mid-High FPS in the 200s?

[Xepharo]

Hopefully there won't be any problems with the gun at version 1 like CA.

[attack-beaver]

i hope they turn out good.

[CanadianJoker]

what kind of strength have zinc alloy compaired to steal, or alluminum. its nice to have a full metal gun, but if it's weaker then plasitic then hmm.

[made Man]

*looks at the price*
*thinks of what L85A2 might cost*
*cries*

[dman]

At that price, I would definately consider it. A LMG under $1000 is pretty good. Hopefully quality is decent.

[concept_8]

yeah toobad it'll probably pass the 1K mark by the time it gets here, but what's the price compare to the CA in US$?

[odp]

Well, here's some food for thought.

The MSRP from STAR on their web site for the UMP is $385 USD.

http://starairsoft.com/List.htm

WGC sells the STAR UMP (pre-order) for $280 USD. War 4 has the same price, as well as Boom Arms.

So that would be about 73% of MSRP. One could extrapolate that WGC will sell it for around the same ratio, so around $470 USD???

In addition, Aqua was able to get the UMP for 42,000 Yen, so that comes reasonably close to the $385 MSRP.

This reasoning doesn't always work though. Maybe the $385 MSRP is an error, as it's not on the actual product page. Also, Echigoya International jacked the price of the UMP to $500 US. About a 30% increase from the MSRP. They also sell the STAR M14 for $800, a 12% increase on the MSRP of $712.

In the end, I'm optimistic that it will be within 30% of the MSRP + the markups from the Canadian retailers.

[aftica]

if the stated weight of 3.3kg is correct...well, my interest stops right there! regardless of price.

[Digital_Assasin]

Pussy

That's half the weight of the real one. (7.1 kg... not including ammo)

[ColtFarmer]

we can do a group order of UTG cement blocks to up the weight...

[Bob the Angry Potato]

Exactly, it only weighs half.

I'd want my gun to be a hand-cannon :-)

[CanuckRH]

I dont think they meant Interior Mechbox. I think they mean Inferior mech as in one for CQB. Actually nvm interior could mean that too i guess.

[Mike the great]

well a US retailer has it for $598
http://www.evike.com/Merchant2/merch...y_Code=PRESALE

so i'm guessing close to 1k when its in canada

[Kid]

Originally Posted by Mike the great

well a US retailer has it for $598
http://www.evike.com/Merchant2/merch...y_Code=PRESALE

so i'm guessing close to 1k when its in canada

Evike.. they're the same ones that are painting a TM AK gold and selling it for $500, don't go by their prices for your estimate