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The SL91. The GEO that Never Was! This marker was designed and prototyped in early 2009, but never went into production. The plug was pulled on the project for a number of reasons, the main one of which was the simple problem of their only being 24 hours in each day (Don’t worry we are working on hour 25). To date there has only ever been one SL91 that has ever been anodised and assembled which has seen the light of day, and that has been in the hands of our very own Steve “Flash” Monks. Well, until now that is. In total ten SL91 prototypes were manufactured but have been under lock and key in the R&D Lab. Jack decided he wanted to have his own gun (believe it or not he has not had a gun to call his own since 2003!) so dusted down the box of parts and set about making his very own SL91. That leaves us with 8. So with a number of these going to a short list of very persistent techs, dealers and long-serving friends and allies of Eclipse that have hounded us over the last few months ...

Blackout the damn sexy fools look like that have been doing quite well this season.... BPL Champions 2009. Not a bad title for the guys !! Well Done. The Emortal Army marches on.

19 December M5 Division SPL Division 20 December CPL Division CPL (Sunday) - 8 teams divided in two groups of four. The two best go through the semi finals, winners will go for the final SPL (Saturday) - 10 teams divided in two groups of five. The two best go through the semi finals, winners will go for the final M5 (Saturday)- 16 teams with six match’s each, best four will go through to the final group where they will play all against each other. Best overall wins 2010. Money Prizes and Trophy for the first three places in each division. (not sure if have any promotional item to offer them also) 1º Place (CPL, SPL e M5) - 100 euros 2º Place (CPL, SPL e M5) - 100 euros 3º Place (CPL, SPL e M5) - 100 euros For more info contact: http://www.estratego.com/main.asp

Hey again, I wanted to tell you a bit about my trip to the English Millennium, The Campaign Cup. I was supposed to go there anyway to meet my friends, but of course I always want to play. So I talked to some of my teammates on Slagen Bandits suggesting they got their first taste of international paintball. Nothing is more awesome than to meet old friends and play paintball the same weekendJ There were no possibility that my whole team could make it to the Millennium on such short notice, so we figured, why not just bring the ones who want and can afford it, and just go have ourselves some funJ And that’s exactly what we did. It ended with: 3 from the Bandits, a couple of our junior players (novice) and a good friend of mine, Jan. It was only two of them who had seen a Millennium event before, and just a couple more of them who had ever been out of Scandinavia, so to bring them with me was a really great experience. We came down on Wednesday and I brought the guys to the field Thursday....

Bit random for a Friday but just a couple of pictures of Bonfire night last week when a few of the Planet Staff went to a local Bonfire night to see the fireworks and the 17 year old, white trainered scallys walking through ankle deep mud pushing the double buggies through waves of people,... Oh we laughed... (Tom, Michelle, Stoney , Sam, Eilidh and Ledz )

Scene from a recent Zombie Movie….. Nope.. Just your typical day down at CPX in Chicago. With Eclipse launching its ETEK3 this month CPX have re-decorated one of the many store fronts creating the Eclipse Corner. CPX is one of those places that defiantly on my list of ‘Things I have to do before I die’ Check out their web site…. It’s pretty impressive: http://www.cpxsports.com/

I’ve been having a few back issue recently and with the UWL looming next weekend I wanted to be fighting fit (for the night before drinking session) so thought I’d try a few alternative medicines… Not sure if it worked or not but I do feel a lot better than I did before I started the self abuse treatment. When you’re in pain you will do anything to get rid of it.. Thank god that we can’t remember pain… That would be horrible. If anyone really cares this is Cupping and Acupuncture. LEDZ

Last week Kate from Design arranged a Pink Day at Planet to raise some money for Breast Cancer Research. Some of the staff (more than others) got a quite involved and went full Pink for the day. Some money was raised for a great cause which was brilliant. Nice One Kate. Let’s see if we can raise some more money. Probably a little late now but any money raised is a good thing right??? OK anyone that orders either a SL94 Pink Lady EGO or a Pink Lady GEO and writes the following words in ‘additional information’ when making their order…. ‘Please Donate $50 to Breast Cancer Research’ Well, Planet will give $50 to Breast Cancer Research on your behalf. Making you a nice person, Planet nice people and hopefully the world a very slightly better place :-) http://www.planeteclipse.com/site/estore.asp?sS=pink+lady&sB=AND&show=search

We talked about a little competition the other week. Basically get me pictures of something Eclipseified and we will announce a winner every couple of month... Here is one entry from Henry P. Hinz (Patcom8) that was a little times sensitive as well so I thought I'd post it up for you all to see... Thanks for sending it Patcom8. LEDZ

The Ultimate Woodsball league is coming to Europe... Birmingham, England in fact. WDP / NPF are hosting the European leg of the UWL, they will also be, for the first ever time rolling out the 2010 format where instead of 10 + 1 players on the field there will be 7 + 1 players. If anyone knows the NPF guys and the fields down there I'm expecting this to be EPIC. The venue is fantastic, staff are first rate and the facilities second to none. This isn't going to be a normal woodlands tournament this is a blend of tournament ball and Scenario ball all rolled into a format that suits everyone... I for one can't wait. I have rung a few dusty old players that have mainly been in retirement now for several years, pretty much since the Banzai's split up. Well, the possibility of a few beers with old mates, war stories and even a spot of Paintball have brought a few of the Banzai's and Rushers together and will be playing under the Banner Operation Sandbag. The squad will b...

Good news for all Ego9 Owners; the long awaited Ego9 Solenoid Plank Kits are now in stock at all of the Eclipse Service Centers mentioned below and are ready to ship out to Ego9 owners! HOW TO GET YOUR PLANK KIT:To get your FREE Plank Kit follow these simple steps: 1. Register your Ego9 marker for warranty here: click here to register online 2. Using the list of Eclipse Service Centers below, contact your NEAREST Eclipse Service Center via email providing the following information:- Ensure that “Ego9 Plank Kit Request” is the title of your email.- Specify your FULL name.- Specify your FULL address.- Specify the serial number AND colour of your Ego9.- Your daytime phone number. WHERE TO GET YOUR PLANK KIT: Click this link to visit the Offical Planet Eclipse Web site and find out more info.... http://www.planeteclipse.com/site/eNews.asp?newsID=639