Editing Air Star (section)

=== Recall and dissolution ===

Air Star experienced product safety and financial difficulties during 1999 and 2000.

A recall affecting certain Nova 700 markers was documented by WARPIG in 1999. The recall concerned a potential failure involving the regulator and overpressure relief system. It applied to specific markers and was not a recall of the entire Nova product range.[2]

Further regulator-related problems affected the company during 2000.

In a statement preserved through an archived version of its website, Air Star announced that the board of directors of Pneu Systems Inc. had voted on 31 August 2000 to dissolve the company.

The announcement attributed the decision to the financial effects of the recall and substantial expenditure on new product development. It identified incorrectly machined regulator components supplied by a third party as a cause of the technical problems.[3]

The Nova design subsequently influenced other paintball markers, including products associated with [[Section 8 Paintball]] and [[Paintball Guns International]].[8]