Modding Laser Tag Gear?

digitalsushi writes "With summer here again our thoughts turn to the outdoors, and for two years, my peers and I have tried to find plans online for augmenting our laser tag gear to make it more realistic. We're not engineers, but also figured it can't be that hard to do something with some kind of infrared laser to decrease the beam width. What other sorts of inexpensive things could be added to our gear to make it more interesting? We're using the popular Laser Challenge V2 kits, but any brand at all would be interesting."

Bouncing

[andyrut]

What other sorts of inexpensive things could be added to our gear to make it more interesting?

If the sole interest is in making it more interesting, I would suggest attaching mirrors over the electronic targets on your person. This would not only effectively block your opponents shots, but makes them likely to bounce back and hit the attacker.

outfoors??

[Anonymous Coward]

"our thoughts turn to the outdoors"

You sir are, obviously, not a Slashdot reader :)

Dear Tron Guy

[mfh]

Please mod your Tron suit for Laser tag.

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[account_deleted]

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What other sorts of inexpensive things?

[Anonymous Coward]

Exploding blood packs. And lots of them.

I know!

[Tebriel]

Apply modules that translate sounds into amplified waves of destruction!

Now, to find a word or phrase which has power....

On a Spaceship

[Anonymous Coward]

Put them all together and make a giant laser. Then proceed to blow up earth with your frickin laser.

Muahahahahahahaha

Obligatory

[Michael Crutcher]

Maybe you should add frickin sharks to your lasers.

Making it more realistic?

[Anonymous Coward]

You want to fire at your friends and coworkers with real laser weapons?

Re:Dear Tron Guy

[Neil Blender]

Dear Tron Guy [ibiblio.org],

Please don't.

Thanks,

The Entire World

Just outfit them with...

[Anonymous Coward]

stun gun mods that shock the wearer when hit, now thats realism.

Re:How about..

[afidel]

We used to use pellet guns. A bunch of crazy kids running around in winter coats in the middle of summer with weapons tends to draw all sorts of unwanted attention from the local constibulary for some odd reason =)

Re:Airsoft

[consolidatedbord]

Come now, we all know us nerds can't handle pain very well, let alone that of a plastic BB. It's already threatening enough with the possibility of a laser getting in your eyes. :)

Obvious!

[spidergoat2]

Your laser gun needs a laser targeting system.

Great Mod

[swordboy]

1) Cut old laser gun exactly in half (longitudinally)
2) Discard both halves
3) Replace with this [yahoo.com].

Nobody'll be the wiser!

Nothing is more interesting than TAZERS!

[Orclover]

Grab a cheap stungun/cattleprod from the next gunshow, rig it to the relay that activates when the light sensor is tagged. Attach leeds from the stungun to the wearee's body.

Viola, now whenever you get tagged not only are you embarrassed but your jiggling and peeing yourself as well. Fun for the whole family.

Re:the annoying "buzz"

[nacturation]

Suggestions of wiring eletrodes to the vest to zap players were met with blank stares and hostility. I still think that's the way to go... modify them from "laser tag" to "pain gun tag" :)

Don't you mean Taser Tag [taser.com]?

Re:I know!

[shannara256]

Ni!

No Need

[travdaddy]

My peers and I have tried to find plans online for augmenting our laser tag gear to make it more realistic.

Don't waste time augmenting to make it realistic, just use real guns! Besides, the Stormtroopers showed us that real laser guns are awfully hard to aim.

Re:What other sorts of inexpensive things?

[The Ultimate Fartkno]

"New, from Ronco... it's Sam Peckinpah brand Laser Tag! Impress your friends! Scare your neighbors! Attract the attention of the Department of Homeland Security! For best results, play on fresh snow."

Re:Great Mod

[flatcat]

I love the sale price, $1.05 less then retail, .003% discount. What a bargain.

Re:Airsoft

[AugstWest]

The one advatange that laser tag has over things like this is a scoring system.

Of course, if you're a non-competitive type, this isn't an issue, but just thinking about this I can instantly remember being a kid and yelling "You missed me," despite having a little yellow bb lodged in my left eye.

That's Easy

[stinkyfingers]

Set your phasers to STUN!

Re:Dear Tron Guy

[Paul the Bold]

P.S. Get a cup.

Re:How about..

[Anonymous Coward]

It doesn't hurt at all.

Harvey One-Eye

What if..

[cbovasso]

you synthesize excited bromide in an argon matrix?

Ive seen it work before. You could probably generate a 6MW beam!

Chris.

Re:How about..

[Frogbert]

Which begs the question, what if you paint the tips of your real guns red? Then you can walk around brandishing them like toys and they will be none the wiser.

Re:Bouncing

[Grey Ninja]

oh come on mods, how is this not modded off topic?

Re:How about..

[JohnsonWax]

See, that's what's so great about America. Thousands of lives each year in the US are saved because we would assume that the table leg is an assault rifle, and everybody has one of those.

Now, if you have a shotgun and the police think it's a table leg - then you're sure to be gunned down under the new WalMart Mandatory Consumption Laws. No repairing allowed on this side of the pond.

laser nuke

[aquabat]

You can simulate a mini tactical nuke by holding a pair of binoculars up to the laser emitter, eyepiece to the emitter. The lenses will spread the beam into a deadly swath of destruction in the direction you shoot.

We used to do this with Miles gear in the army. Who says war can't be fun?

Re:How about..

[ZeroTrace]

Just one question...
Why did you bring a 9mm to a LAN party? Do you play with somebody that cheats?

Re:Screw this kiddie krap

[The_Mr_Flibble]

Paintballings fun (a lot better than laser tag). However for your average player I don't think they'll play by tournement rules. I played laser tag once and the rush is just not the same. you get hit in laser tag you go beep now if you linked up an induction coil the beeper that might be more fun. However in paintballing (tournement syle) if you get hit for a start you're probably going to get a bruse then there's the thought of the other 3 or so balls that are going to hit you straight after the first. Ps if you shoot someone in the balls and the paintball doesn't break you can keep firing until they give up, however when they pick themselves of the ground they might come after you with a big stick (and never do this to a guy who is twice the size of you (I speak from experience)).