An airsoft gun is an exact replica of its original. Unless you are a professional, you cannot distinguish the two from each other. The only difference is what happens when you pull the trigger.

The Airsoft sport started in the USA and migrated quickly to Japan in the beginning of 1980s. It was illegal to own real firearms in Japan and this was an ideal way of fulfilling the appetite of people for firearms. Airsoft started appearing in the continental Europe after 1990s.

As I have stated above, an Airsoft gun is a one to one scale replica of its original. These guns (or pistols of course) fire 6mm, round and plastic bullets which are usually referred to as BBs.  The bullets are propelled out of the gun by compressed air. The energy providing the creation of this compressed air is what makes the 3 types of Airsoft guns;

1- Spring Airsoft Guns: These guns are simply spring powered. You have to cock the spring first before each shoot. The system is very cost effective and therefore the guns are very cheap (like 20-50$). Thus these guns are accepted as entry level guns to Airsoft sports. Almost all fans of this sport have used a spring Airsoft gun.
2- Gas Airsoft: The Gas Airsoft guns allow a rather realistic, semi automatic firing of the gun by employing either an onboard or magazine stored gas storage system. Simply, the same compressed air that propels the bullet out of the bore is harnessed to cycle the slide back.
3- Electric Airsoft: The last and most modern types of Airsoft Guns are the Automatic Electric Guns (AEG). Basically and AEG is powered by a battery that is placed inside the gun mechanism. This battery operates a motor that turns the gears inside the gun to compress the air and release a piston which in turn creates the blast of air needed to propel the 6mm bullet.

Airsoft gives the people to mimic a Navy Seal or a SWAT commando and jump into an Hollywood film action scene without the risk of being killed or killing anyone. Whether you are a banker, a teacher or an accountant, you will have the chance to spend a day shooting friends with real life guns, pistols or even snipers.

Comic Book Collection: How to Start Collecting Comics is a knol written by Osman Potillo that offer you a beginner guide to comic book collecting.

He explained the very first step to do is to decide what kind of comic books you enjoy reading.

Osman listed some major comic book companies:

• DC Comics – the publisher of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman
• Marvel Comics – the publisher of Spiderman, Iron Man and Captain America
• Dark Horse Comics – the publisher of Hellboy, Sin City and 300.
• Image Comics – the publisher of Invincible, Spawn and Savage Dragon.

If you have decided the stories and artists you enjoyed reading and follow, you can start back issues hunting.

The ones most common people start with comic book collecting are the super heroes, such as Batman, Spiderman and the likes.

You can find from Osman’s knol the famous comic book titles and characters, such as The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, etc. If you keen on comic book commenting, please make sure you visit his knol.

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In the past, sport cards collecting is about completing your favourite sports person collections and bartering cards with other enthusiasts. Sport cards collection is viewed as both a hobby and an asset, but not in the way it is viewed today.

Today, sport cards collecting is a big industry and collectors do collect cards, but with different mindset – now, collectors view sport cards as an investment and treat them like a stock in the stock exchange market. Prices can go up or down, entirely depend on the market supply and demand movements.

Sports Cards – A knol by Adam Gellman, explains about five reasons to start and stop collecting.

One of the reasons that caught my interest is the reason number 5 why today is a horrible time to start collecting cards: The Card Collecting Kids We Grew Up As Are Pretty Much Dead.

The average box set of cards has risen almost 80 dollars over the last 10 years. This, along with the change in the way cards are produced, the ‘demographic’ of people who collect are changing, too.

Today, in my opinion, sport cards collecting is more about business than a hobby.