In celebration of this past weekend’s successful draft tournament, for Museum Collection Monday let’s take a look at a couple of the licensed-theme Laser Storm packs from out of the past. Here are examples of the X-Men (circa 1996) and Circuit Commandos (circa 1997) Laser Storm packs.
To see more of this collection visit LaserTagMuseum.com.
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Contact: Tivia@tiviachickloveslasertag.com
Websites: www.tiviachickloveslasertag.com
Just wondering…am I the only one who took a three hour detour on route to the tournament when I heard there was a laser tag arena in Pennsylvania that I had missed?
I picked up an extra stop on my way to Ohio by visiting Fun Central in Clearfield, PA for a game of Lazer Runner.
I had called ahead and inquired about the system. Based on the description of the gear I could tell it was going to be Runner, but when I asked if the phaser looked like a grocery store price scanner she said, “no they are laser guns.” Now that so many more businesses with Runner are on the newer phaser model I’m going to have to use different descriptors. In any case, I did in fact find a nice, single level arena with base stations in opposite corners and traditional Runner maze walls inside, as you can see behind me.
I arrived just in time to join a light game with a father and his young daughter. We went in and they teamed up. We all had a lot of fun chasing each other around!
One element I took note of and really liked was that there was a scoreboard INSIDE the arena, so I was able to see the scoring updates in real time. This was helpful so that I could temper my own playing in order to “keep it close”, but still make sure the daughter won the game. She was beaming when it was all over! :)
After the game I proceeded over to the snack counter and ordered some mini quesadillas for the road. Delicious and perfectly sized to eat in my car!
And this pic has a hidden easter egg just for Grumpy, lol. ;)
By this point in my trip I was appreciative of being able to take a break and Fun Central was the perfect place to stretch my legs, run around and recharge before completing the next couple of hours of my road trip to Ohio.
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Contact: Tivia@tiviachickloveslasertag.com
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The Photon television show reportedly premiered on this day (September 20th) back in 1986. It is with tremendous gratitude to my sweet friend, the late David Stay, that Mandarr’s Private Collection of backstage photos from the show can continue to be viewed at https://tiviachick.wixsite.com/photonforever.
Years ago when I was originally building the Photon Forever website, he sent me the original pics to scan and return to him for the purpose of archiving these rare images from the filming of the show in Japan.
Here are a few of the photos that David generously shared with me.
Thank you, David. The light still shines!
Comments or Questions?
Contact: Tivia@tiviachickloveslasertag.com
Websites: www.tiviachickloveslasertag.com
In preparation for this weekend’s Laser Storm draft tournament, on this week’s episode of Laser Unfocused Tag Talk we hear from tournament coordinator Thomas Provitt about what goes into a tournament from the perspective of a player stepping up to the challenge.
ON SPOTIFY:
https://open.spotify.com/show/0xzXT3aqGa2edIlXpcaJBS
ON APPLE PODCASTS:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/laser-unfocused-tag-talk-with-tivia/id1632442213
ON YOUTUBE:
https://youtu.be/o0TRSvwx81E?si=tGPTdRRK1sS4ym5c
Comments or Questions?
Contact: Tivia@tiviachickloveslasertag.com
Websites: www.tiviachickloveslasertag.com
For this week’s Museum Collection Monday, here’s a look at a one of a kind Q-2000 prototype pack (circa 2005). This particular design never made it into production.
I am continuing to add updated photos. See more of this collection at LaserTagMuseum.com.
Comments or Questions?
Contact: Tivia@tiviachickloveslasertag.com
Websites: www.tiviachickloveslasertag.com
and http://www.lasertagmuseum.com
Earlier this week I was just sitting here in my office, drinking my coffee and reading about our last Tag 4 A Cause in this month’s issue of RePlay Magazine. :) Which seems like a good excuse to remind you that our next Tag 4 A Cause in support of the Epilepsy Foundation will be taking place during the draft tournament at Skyway Laser Storm on Sunday, September 22st.
This is the Tag 4 A Cause trophy for the fundraiser. When you make a donation to the Epilepsy Foundation during the event you will get the medal as thanks and qualify for the special games (between round robin and finals) for the high score trophy contest!
Can’t make the event? You can still support and donate online. Get the full details at https://www.tiviachickloveslasertag.com/tag-4-epilepsy-foundation.
Comments or Questions?
Contact: Tivia@tiviachickloveslasertag.com
Websites: www.tiviachickloveslasertag.com
While in North Carolina I met an amazingly talented artist named Leanne Hannah who did some awesome laser tag art for me to add to my website! :)
For the record, I am NOT attempting a third time around tagging all 50 states. However, since completing my second time around at the end of 2023, I have laser tagged in 21 states yet again! So…not trying for 3x…but…hmmm…
Comments or Questions?
Contact: Tivia@tiviachickloveslasertag.com
Websites: www.tiviachickloveslasertag.com
