Got mine a few days ago and I genuinely forgot about it. Like I know a few people got it and I just assumed I got screwed over. Probably not painting mine. A few conventions I go to we do a nerf gun range where we stick a guy at the end of a cage and shoot darts at them for charity. A lot of people who we do this with tends to hang out with the Alien groups so I figure it'd be neat to have at the booth as is and probably save security the headache if it's still clearly a nerf gun.