Oh my goodness, there was too much awesomeness to this
stop that I can't do it proper justice without a completely separate post
dedicated to the museum! However, in the meantime I would love to tell you
about the most incredible stop of my trip. I went to Lazer Blaze in Louisville,
KY where I was greeted upon arrival by Erik Guthrie, curator of the museum and
Vice President of Zone Laser Tag US. He's a great guy who I have interviewed
before and he was kind enough to make a two hour drive to come to Louisville
and give me a guided tour of the museum collection, as the entryway to Lazer
Blaze is home to the display for the Laser Tag Museum (www.lasertagmuseum.com).
Erik gave me a tour of Lazer Blaze and we went in for a
game. What was incredible about the game (besides the fact that I was playing
Zone laser tag with the VP of Zone Laser Tag...how cool is that?) was the arena
itself. We were playing on the last original Photon field in existence!
That made my Photon heart so happy! It was a great time
playing. Erik took the opportunity to teach the game to a younger player we had
teamed with and I took the time to explore and enjoy the experience for all it
was worth. I played as Hawkeye and had a great time.
And they hooked me up with a Lazer Blaze temporary tattoo
for my tag swag collection. :)
Then we took a thorough tour of the museum collection. I
will be posting a video in the near future to share the virtual experience of
being there and getting a first-hand look at all that history. However, I was
fortunate enough to be able to hold some real rarities in my own hands.
This is the number three gun ever manufactured by Zone
laser tag, which was a gift to Brad Parks in Australia who was generous enough
to let the museum acquire it. The first several guns were gifted to the beta
testers of Zone laser tag and this was the third one ever made. Amazing!
And this little (or big) beauty is the fabled Worlds of
Wonder Lazer Tag black Starlight Rifle!
They also have the white starlight on display too (as
featured in this year's International Laser Tag Day poster) and they both still
work. :)
And to wrap up the night I took a pic with Erik in the
arena.
Big thanks to Erik Guthrie for a personal tour of what is
an amazing collection documenting the history of laser tag. There will be lots
more photos and details about this posted shortly once I can properly assemble
them to do justice to this outstanding collection. This was the highlight of my
trip!
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tivia@tiviachickloveslasertag.com
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