What is it?
It's the new blaster from NERF but with a hi-tech difference! Now when you're pummeling your friends with darts you can record it!
This massive blaster comes equipped with 12 darts, a magazine and has motorised firing! No more will you need to do the tedious pump and shoot, pump and shoot. They're so fast and the range is realistically around 20-30 feet in a straight line. I did however hold the blaster at a slight angle and probably got around 75 foot! So some pretty decent range there!
The blaster design is brilliant and BIG...feels great to hold too!
The blaster, for the camera function, also comes with a 4GB KINGSTON SD card (YES KINGSTON.. DECENT!) This allows around 2000 photos (yep, photo's too!) or 100 minutes of video.
The camera is a pretty nifty addition. I like the idea of seeing someone in my sights and watching them freak out..again.. and again! hehe..the screen is only just under 2 inches, but a it's great to use as a sight. On playback the sound is pretty good; it picks up voices well, unfortunately it also picks up the sound the blaster makes when the firing motor is working which is a bit of a shame.
What the boy (and me) thought
My son's only words were "wow!, das cool!", I carefully handed the blaster over to my 5 year old, and he was dwarfed by it bless him! Nevertheless, he held it up and the darts flew everywhere!! He absolutely loved it and I can totally see teenagers going nuts with these in their gardens, or parks.
Careful with going too crazy with firing as mine jammed a few times, no worries though, theres a sliding door on the side where you can clear the chamber.
The Verdict
A massively fun blaster and the video / camera just enhances the experience. It's great how teens can now get into social media, with this I can imagine alot of new youtube videos going up with kids showing off their skills!
I have a few problems though and unfortunately they centre around the camera..in low light the video and photos are pretty dark..on the screen there are some cool crosshairs and I thought those would show on the photos, I thought it quite funny to see your friends in crosshairs! BUT they unfortunately don't appear :( I've already said about the playback and the sound of the blaster motor but thinking about it now..to be honest it sounds a little like one of those crazy rotating chain guns! Which is actually pretty cool!
Camera aside, the blaster is brilliant, with amazing looks and works very well!
Any hardcore Nerf fan will love this blaster! it RRP's at £84.99, it's also available on Amazon! (currently for just over £80!)
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