What is it?
It's a pretty hefty blaster, from BOOMco! These are the people which brought you the clever system of darts ONLY sticking to their special targets and gun based targets.
You may have seen my other review I did for the Twisted Spinner, in which I praised it to no end..well this is no different! It's big, it's bold and it totally kicks some serious butt!
The set comes with 30 darts and one clip. It's a pump activated firing system which packs a punch! There's also a target for practicing and if you're testing your aim!
Like most of the other BOOMco blasters, this one also has a pop up sheild at the front, just press the top button and it pops up.. pretty cool..
What the boy thought?
From the get go, you get the sense of how wicked nuts this gun is going to be as you load up the 'clip' with 20 (YES TWENTY!) darts!
"Right, pick up the gun mate..", "..er.. dude, pick up the gun.." OK.. so it's a little heavy for my 5 year old.. This is fine I said, it's really for kids aged 6+. This is what I'd been waiting for.. DADDY takes over! hehe..
So I take up the gun.. and now feel a little like Arnie...yes..sad but true. I say to my son "Right little man.. you need to start running.." and with a grin he burst out giggling as he ran..
I started to pump the gun (this is how the power is generated to fire the 20 darts *in seconds*).. wow..after a few pumps it was pretty tiring on the arms.. a brilliant idea but it was a little difficult even for me, let alone a 6 year old. Anyway, I pumped about 10 times and stopped (around 15 will probably be the max needed). As my son was running about I decided to find out how long it took to do the clip.. *in seconds* was right! I let loose a flurry of darts, missing my son every time as I was in awe at the sound and force they were being expelled! THIS IS AWESOME!
So the gun is pretty big, but some great detail and the sound it makes when firing is brilliant - "Rat-a-tata" (machine gun style!) You can also fire the darts individually by squeezing the trigger quickly on and off. Really clever stuff!
My son loved the blaster, just a little disappointed he couldn't play with it.. although, he could if I pumped the gun first for him.. well then it was like HE was Arnie.. I got battered! He was giggling so hard he nearly wet himself! ..no seriously, he nearly had an accident!..
The Verdict
A fantastic addition to the BOOMco blaster line, I CANNOT wait for more! Just a shame about the difficult pumping, but it's going to be for a 5 year old, I think the age should be something like 8+ though.
I love the clip loading, it should have come with another one maybe?.. I thought I'd have trouble with the darts and taking them OFF the targets as they get pretty well stuck on, it was fine though, a quick tug and they're off.
The Rapid Madness Blaster RRP's at £49.99 - A brilliant blaster! Go get one!!
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