Announcing: BlasterHub!
BlasterHub is a new Nerf site that brings together some (and in the future, hopefully most) Nerf bloggers around, founded by the senior designer of the insanely successful BlasterLabs.I was invited to...
View ArticleElite Rayven now works!
My Elite Rayven has gone through a lot, taking several motor swaps and battery changes, as well as dozens more openings to fix (or at least attempt to) various issues. Most recently the issue has been...
View ArticleReview: Nerf Rebelle Rapid Red (20m Aus grey trigger)
The Stryfe is one of the most popular Elite blasters, so it's no surprise that Nerf has remade it in a number of different forms. Perhaps the most unusual one is the Rapid Red, a Rebelle version....
View ArticleReview: Buzz Bee Air Max Tyrant (80ft US) + Internals
Buzz Bee's Mega competitor, the Air Max line, has a massive flagship blaster in the form of the Tyrant. It embodies much of what people wanted in the Mega line, a large clip (mag) fed pump action...
View ArticleReview: MGLW Hammershot Holster
Some time back I was contacted by Merchant Green Leather Works, offering to send a review sample of one of their products. I chose a Hammershot holster since my Sweet Revenges already have holsters,...
View Article2015 Nerf Roundup
As we come to the end of another year, let's take a look back at what 2015 brought us.Nerf has released around 30 new (or variant) blasters among 10ish sublines, on top of 3 promotional Star Wars...
View ArticleReview: Star Wars First Order Stormtrooper Deluxe Blaster
I'm a massive Star Wars fan, so you could probably imagine my excitement when a cool looking, clip system, pump action Star Wars Nerf blaster was revealed. A practical Star Wars blaster? Count me in!...
View ArticleReview: BoomCo Rapid Madness (13m Aus)
I should really have done this 8 months ago. Back when BoomCo was first released, their flagship blaster was the Rapid Madness. It had many promising features, such as a 20 dart harmonica clip and a...
View ArticleReview: Buzz Bee Ultra Tek Sidewinder (15m)
On top of all the awesome new blasters that Buzz Bee released under the Ultra Tek line, they also touched up an older one, the Sidewinder. How does this older design hold up to Buzz Bee's new clip...
View ArticleAdventures in Japan and Malaysia
I just got back from a holiday to Japan and Malaysia. It was fun, we did some skiing, saw some temples and shrines, did a good lot of shopping, the usual stuff. Here's all the stuff I bought:I'm a...
View ArticleReview: BoomCo Breakflip (15m)
The Breakflip is one of the blasters in BoomCo's second wave of blasters, which at least means BoomCo is doing well enough to keep making new blasters (though besides the Halo line, we haven't seen...
View ArticleMHvZ Game Report 13/2/16 - Traitors, Sledgefires, Pump Action Resurgence
My first MHvZ event of the year. I have a few more pictures in this album.I tried four different blasters as primaries this time round - my Stormtrooper Deluxe Blaster, my Elite Rayven, my Rapid Red...
View ArticleLoadouts 16: Personal Loadouts 5
First new Loadouts post in a while, with new stuff and my standard MHvZ loadout. I've got two Nerf events in the next two days so expect more game reports soon.Scenario Description: Loadouts that we...
View ArticleEqualz Dee Game Report 20/2/16 - One Sided Bombing Run, King of the Hill
First event of the weekend.Gamemodes:Old: Survival HvZ - standard HvZ, humans try to survive as long as possible. Players who arrived late become zombies, and the zombies get progressively more...
View ArticleMelbourne League of Foam (MLF) Game Report 21/2/16
This was my first MLF event, an intermediate level group that acts as a good bridging group from the more casual MHvZ, and the more sophisticated Melbourne Nerf Wars.Base rules:If a player is hit with...
View ArticleMod: Elite-ified Longstrike
The Longstrike is a fantastic looking blaster, so it's a real shame that internally it's awful. Though a more traditional Longstrike internal overhaul is to just throw an airtank in there, the release...
View ArticleReview: Nerf Rebelle Codebreaker (20m Aus grey trigger)
The Codebreaker Crossbow is an unusual blaster that I thought had promise, a pump action stringer revolver rifle/crossbow. I wasn't interested enough to pick it up myself, but a friend of mine picked...
View ArticleMHvZ Game Report 12/3/16 - More Traitors, Rival Appearance
Another HvZ game, I had to leave a little early because reasons, but we still got to play quite a few rounds.Gamemodes:Old:Survival - Standard HvZ gametype, humans try to survive for a given amount of...
View ArticleMLF Game Report 20/3/16 - Black Hawk Down, Shields
My second MLF event, with some shields and a new (to me at least) gamemode.Base rules:If a player is hit with a dart, they are downed ("hit" and "downed" are often used interchangeably). When downed,...
View ArticleReview: Nerf Elite Dual-Strike (grey trigger)
The Dual-Strike is one of the more unusual new blasters, a blaster capable of firing both Elites and Megas, and switch between them at will. Naturally this system, assuming it is relatively efficient...
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