VOODOO TACO CANNON UPDATE!

It has only been a matter of hours since I last posted about the Voodoo Taco Cannon out of Omaha. Since then the story has been picking up steam and a new article published by The Huffington Post has come to my attention that features more details such as the price...$1500. Also mentioned is a comment about range..." can be shot all the way across a street and into the upper reaches of the soon-to-be-completed stadium." Most importantly is this new full image of the Taco Cannon itself.

Voodoo Taco Cannon 

 and here we  have another familiar air cannon  for comparison...

Xeno Cannon MK-2

Here is a link to the full article by Nick Visser if you would like to read it yourself Voodoo Taco Cannon.

VOODOO TACO CANNON

I just like the sound of that!

A local restaurant in Omaha Nebraska called Voodoo Taco announced Wednesday that they have just partnered up with The University of Nebraska-Omaha and the UNO athletic department.
The school is scheduled to open a new arena near Aksarben just before the start of UNO's next hockey season. The gang at Voodoo Taco will apparently be there too with their new Taco Cannon.
Details are vague at this point, but we know the thing will be air-powered, fire tacos, and we have this one image from twitter Voodoo Taco Twitter with this statement, "Someone will take a taco to the face."

The Voodoo Taco Cannon looks sweet and fires ammo you can eat!

 There are no specs for this thing either but I'm sure it must get decent range and have a good ROF to launch tacos into a crowd. I'm sure they could fire some sort of foam projectile out of it too if they wanted to.                                                                                                                                              

Perhaps UNO Chancellor John E. Christensen said it best when he was quoted as saying ""This is tomorrow, this is the future of athletics at UNO." 

Is this the future of Nerf?   No, but it could be :)            Nerf on Taco Guys!   

 

NERF ON NERFerS!!!                                                                                                                                                      

A year later and I picked up a SLINGSTRIKE.

Greetings NERFerS. Here we are already finished with half of April. It has been busy but two things I wanted to tell you about were the fact that Nerfarium marked its first year anniversary on April 2nd with over 2300 page views (now almost 2500)! Thanks, it's been a lot of fun so keep coming back, remember comments and contributions are always welcome and appreciated... and NERF ON! I also wanted to show you this  SLINGSTRIKE I picked up  for $4.99 in an after Easter clearance bin at the grocery store.

My SLINGSTRIKE unboxed.

The SLINGSTRIKE is a N-Strike series but not Elite, despite the coloring and the darts that come with it. It comes packaged completely sealed in a cardboard box. Inside you will find a disassembled blaster, 2 elite darts, and an instruction sheet. After assembling the 2 sections of blaster together (no tools required) and connecting the loose string end you have a trigger less, single shot dart blaster that looks a little like a sling shot.

NERF N-STRIKE SLINGSTRIKE

 

To fire you simply load a dart in to the blaster on to the dart post, point to aim, then pull back and release the string with the orange knob. The string will not pull back with out a dart loaded due to a dart sensor/locking mechanism. I found that a loaded dart would tend to fall out if  pointed at the ground.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Top, side, and front views.
 

Back side of grip.

The backside of the grip is uncomfortable with an open honeycomb type design that's hard on the hand especially the thumb. There is also storage for 2 darts, 1 on each side of the blaster .
When you fire the SLINGSTRIKE you may be surprised by the loud "Snap" sound as the plastic knob strikes the plastic back of the blaster.  Modifications could remedy both issues.

That orange hunk of plastic sounds like it'll crack the blaster wide open!

     

 

 Now let me say a few words about performance. Surprisingly powerful and accurate! I was getting average flat ranges of over 50' (15m). I only fired indoors so I don't have a max range. The dart seems to fire at a noticeably higher velocity than most blasters although I didn't use any sort of chronograph. I found the fast flying dart, if nice and straight, is deadly accurate up to around 35 feet.

 

My SLINGSTRIKE

   

The SLINGSHOT also uses the Elite suction darts well, making it that much more fun. Although I wouldn't call this one a primary battle blaster, as far as range, accuracy, and even rate of fire... you could do a lot worse. For me, the marked down price made it that much better. I suggest you pick this one up especially if you can find it for a decent price. 

 

Thanks again for all those page views too, don't forget to tell your friends. Let's see what happens this year?                                                                                                                                                          

 

                                                 NERF ON NERFerS!!!