Angel is coming back with...a mech Angel?

[pghp8ntballer]

You guys are savages 🤣

[Chuck E Ducky]

I hear it will come with a set of matching Angel Eyes. I will believe it when ANS starts taking pre order’s....😏

[Arthur]

I know a guy who can tune these really well. Don't ask him how long it will take.

[Grendel]

Why didn't they do this while the fight over electronics patents were going on to help finance the company and stay in business?

[Ecapnation]

Because they aren't? The company is dead, dissolved and it's rights sold off.

[gabe]

I thought a lot about this and still can't picture how they plan on making a 3 tube poppet into a mech. Would have to be either some sort of spool type crammed into a 3 tube body for some reason or possibly an MQ valve type deal actuated by a pilot valve.

Either way it's too little too late for Angel as usual.

[Relief]

I'm gonna need more than one random “maybe” post to get my hopes up.

[wunderbarsafari]

Sounds cool- I’ll always be interested in new mech and/or single trigger guns. But also sounds like it’ll be well out of my financial comfort zone if it does come to fruition.

I also just saw Macdev’s single trigger teaser. Could be a decent year for new “classic” paintball.

[Ecapnation]

Wil is a bit out there... I wouldn't look too deep into this.

[Alexndl]

If they dont have to invest too much on design and devlopment (using the original cad file and just improve here and there) they could probably make a small run that will sell well and be viable for them

But I wonder if they will go with cocker thread for the barrel or keep the angel thread? To help people use their favorite barrel on this new gun

[scottieb]

If a mech Angel comes out, I'm betting it will be in limited numbers like say, the newest Freeflow cockers.

[Roger7pball]

From what I saw he just made it reload balls with a pump arm, still had electronics (battery board and solenoid) to fire the hammer into the valve. But maybe he made other versions that I didn’t see.

[ghilliesuit]

I like the sound of this. Aesthetically, the Angel (LED & LCD) has always been one of my favorites. Something about the body lines that they achieved just appeals to me. Really was a great canvas for unique millings and custom anodize jobs.

To DocsMachine 's point - this will be a tough time to launch a full blown market assault. PE and others have the market flooded with well regarded, and highly performing, affordable mechanical markers. I think their success will come down to just a few things: design, distribution, and marketing. I have to assume these will be limited run, premium marketed products at a fairly high price point (with respect to PE's price point). Unless they plan to go all in on production numbers, I would suspect we are talking something in the 1k+ USD a piece by the time its shipped to your door. I would anticipate that would be shipped directly from them - with no distribution chain. Will the design be better or more robust than what PE is offering? Probably not. Will it be functional and reliable? That has yet to be determined - but I hope so. Of course I am assuming a CnC'd aluminum body that been anodised. If they start 3D printing bodies in the 3-tube style and work to bring down the /unit cost... its hard to say.

I wish them the best and look forward to seeing what they come up with. Angel ( /WDP) is such a part of paintballs history that I really would like to see them have some kind of comeback - even if its a small scale thing. From almost launching the Brass Eagle Angel to then going on to produce one of the most iconic and recognizable markers in paintball history - it would be cool to see them reinvent themselves to a degree and get back in the game.

[Alexndl]

If someone eventually buy it, dont send it to the Angel "expert" in the news lately or you might not see your gun for a while...

[Alexndl]

I was thinking the same when I saw this...