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Hi Guys 

 i made my son a “slammed” little tikes cozy coupe. Theres some pics at the bottom that show you before and after. (Hopefully they arent too jumbled up, but you get the idea)

Just wondering what other parents have done to modify their kids toys? or wanted to do but haven’t done so yet?!

 

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On 9/22/2021 at 2:08 PM, GTSBoy said:

I delimited all the Nerf guns.

Bahahaha ! 

Fixed and modified for the neighbors kid this:

Max Force Toy Guns - Shadow Hawk 100, Maximizer 60 & Blowgun 35 Max Force Guns

Max Force Shadow Hawk 100 !

Replaced the two piece plastic barrel with an single piece aluminium one and rough spiral honed it internally to get a bit of spin on the projectile

Replaced the air sealing mechanism.

Replaced the air pump mechanism with a decent mountain bike pump with increase spring pressure.

Now fires out to around 200ft( Im sorry 60m) but not very accurately though !

And before you ask it fires water soaked paper "bullets" that splatter when they hit.

BLOODY COVID LOCK DOWN MADE ME DO IT !

 

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