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The Big Guns are out this Christmas!

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief December 26, 2006 · 1 min read

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I grew up with the country-side tradition of having a bamboo bazooka to celebrate with every Christmas and New Year. This year, I’m seeing more and more high-tech boom bazookas out in the streets — and very creative ones if I might add.

Boom Bazooka

Air Bazooka

Materials: PVC pipes, screw cap, toy gun, stove lighter, spray paint, glue gun, electric wires, shoulder strap

For charging: kerosene or denatured alcohol + spray bottle (avoid gasoline!)

This baby packs a bang as loud as any commercial firecrackers you can buy around. The stove lighter is cut off and fitted inside the toy guy which serves as a trigger.

Just unscrew the cap at the base, spray in 2 to 3 squirts of kerosene or alcohol, screw back the cap, swirl for a couple of seconds and hit the trigger.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and is considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines.

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20 Comments

Darwin · 16 years ago

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airsoft · 17 years ago

I like this games, it’s exciting and very fun…
fire in the hole!!! :D

Dave Starr · 19 years ago

As an American married into the Philippines all may of course feel free to ignore my comments. But this post and some of the comments make me feel sad indeed.

The Philippines must be a world leader in the category of people, especially children burned and maimed for life by fireworks and these abominable, dangerous so-called toys. Sad indeed the idea of children being given toys that cause facial burns coupled with other “haha” comments.

In most ways I have found my Filipino relatives and friends to be among the most intelligent and caring folks on the face of the earth. But I will forever be mystified by this incredible blind spot that equates the killing and maiming of children (and adults) with the fun-filled ‘tradition’ of noise-making.

Are children so ‘cheap to manufacture’ that otherwise caring folks just don’t give a damn?

Sign me, old ‘stick in the mud’ Dave who doesn’t need explosives to welcome in the New Year.