DOUBLEDOWN RE-COLOR

Last March I did a spot on the Nerf DOUBLEDOWN. Along with pointing out faults I mentioned some positive qualities about this blaster and how I personally liked the overall sleek design and looks of it. I also asked what your thoughts about it were.



My DOUBLEDOWN fresh out of the box...

 
Due to my displeasure with the original color palate and the overwhelming amount of comments I received about this blaster...  (o_o)    there seemed to be no choice other than to paint the thing and write a second post about this out of step N-Strike blaster.

NERF DOOM IMPENDING

Doom- a noun most commonly referring to very bad events or situations that can not be avoided. Death or ruin.  Doom implies an inevitable and usually adverse outcome. Judgment. I think you all get the idea. It is a word that has often appeared in our comics, sci-fi, and video games as well and now it seems we have it in our Nerf too.
Sure I'm talking about the Zombie-Strike DOOMINATOR

ToysRus/DOOMINATOR pre-order I'm a fan of the Z-S series (for the most part) so I've been looking forward to this monster and I'm glad to see it's finally coming out. I'm definitely going to get one. Priced at $40 I might wait for the sale price?

  



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BUT THAT IS NOT ALL IT'S 2169...

 The DOOMLANDS 2169 series... We recently got a sneak-peek  at the VAGABOND and then the LAWBRINGER and now it's official.  The year is 2169 and at least one asteroid has since hit the Earth, the LAWBRINGER box illustrates the north-eastern U.S. taking a massive direct impact so  things are pretty messed up, I think Mel Gibson and Tina Turner might be around...? and we got new blasters.




"Hey Mel! What Tina?
They could call one the
Mega Master Blaster.
Ha  ha ha!" 

DOOMLANDS 2169 LAWBRINGER & VAGABOND

They both look good enough but I might have rather seen them as additions to either the Elite or Zombie-Strike series and not yet another new series with a whole new theme and a color scheme that sort of matches a couple of the Z-S blasters anyway.
 Will the  DL2169 series give us some good basters or is it   doomed?








MODULUS- TrU is taking pre-orders for 8-1 ship date.   (TrU link)

Doomed ...

 is the feeling I'm getting about the new MODULUS ECS-10. A re-shelled STRYFE  for $50 with 4 up-grade kits- accessories kits for $15 each. NERFerS like me wanted  accessories but I don't think this is what we were expecting or what we wanted.

 From me they might get $15 just for the remake of the red dot sight just because I wish I had an original, but you know...$$$


MODULUS  Stealth OPS Kit with red dot sight

That's about the only interest I have in this blaster at all and I know other Nerfers who have no interest at all. I guess we will see what happens with this series? Maybe they will come out with some better core blaster or some must have accessory like a decent missile launcher?
 Perhaps the MODULUS is doomed?

MODULUS ECS-10

                                                                                            

                                                                                       

So prepare yourself for the coming of Doom from NERF and until then...
  


NERF ON NERFerS!!!

note* Dr. DOOM is in no way associated with NERF or the impending NERF DOOM. No blaster deal, nothin'.



"THE STINGER" ELITE RAYVEN CS-12

I've always wanted one of these...

 The bull- pup designed, flywheel driven RAYVEN might have been my favorite of the original N-STRIKE series except for that unique sickly pale green color that matched nothing else. But then in 2013 there was the quietly re-released exclusively available N-Strike Elite RAYVEN CS-12 STINGER version.

STINGER and one of the 25 special yellow darts it comes with

NEW NERF BLASTERS SPOTTED & LEAKED.

That's right I said it, "Spotted and Leaked"... worse than a baby's diaper...

So did everybody see these new pics and all the "what we got so far" stuff about the ROTOFURY,  VAGABOND and LAWBRINGER, even a new Rebelle? Finally a little excitement! Let's start off with the MEGA ROTOFURY (right after the jump).

May Day, May Day...Final Post of May

NERF ON EARTH , for  the month...

I've been trying to get a CROSSBOLT since I first heard of it but still haven't been able to find one.

CROSSBOLT

Besides that there hasn't been much happening that has interested me. The stores seem to have stocked up on Super Soakers that I don't care about and take up NERF shelf space, and there have been no bargains to be found.

    
 
Monitoring global Nerf activity seems to indicate the Zombie Strike DOOMINATOR







and the  N-STRIKE MODULUS ECS-10  ........................................


have hit the market in England (or are just about to)? This according to Smythstoys.com ( DOOMINATOR LINK -  MODULUS LINK )The prices seem to convert to US dollars as follows:$92.18 for the MODULUS and $61.45 for the DOOMINATOR. Word is the US will start seeing them mid to late summer. My guess is they won't be that expensive based on the fact that the same site wants $69.13 US for a DEMOLISER, which is twice as much as they cost at Walmart, Target, or even TrU. Based on all that... I bet we are looking at about $40 for the Modulus and $30 for the Doominator when they hit shelves in the US.

This next bit is dedicated to that Awesome, Wobbly, Aussie Nerfer  Rob over at S.B.N.C.  He was all over this!... So I stole.. hmm, hmm, ... borrowed his pics...
There have been a couple of new additions to the SONIC ICE Series too.

The SONIC ICE MEGA MAGNUS

Sonic Ice Mega Magnus

and the SONIC ICE MEGA THUNDERBOW

Sonic Ice ThunderBow

  Both have joined bringing the total number of Sonic Ice blasters to 8. I don't have any US-TRU prices for the new blasters but the last time I checked you could pick up the complete Sonic Ice Series from TrU for about $180. (read more about that- SONIC ICE POST LINK)  I am predicting that the THUNDERBOW and MAGNUS will eventually show up at TrU (USA) for $32 and $13 bringing the grand total of a complete-to -date SONIC ICE arsenal to approximately $225 plus tax (US Dollars). Maybe this would be a good investment??? I will probably pass, although I am considering obtaining a Sonic Ice CENTERION, which would be my first MEGA series blaster!


They're on sale right now, I might get one?!?!
Pretty, don't ya' think?

   That's really about all I have for you right now NERFerS. I do wish it was a little more exciting, but maybe next time..? So until then,   
                                              
                                                                   NERF ON NERFerS!!!

Oh SNAPFIRE!

I've heard and read all the negativity about the SNAFIRE along with its 2015 released  N-STRIKE  brethren the SHARPSHOT and the DOUBLEDOWN. How they are basically restyled in-line  JOLTs and perform as such.  I got hold of a DOUBLEDOWN and I was pleased with it just the same (Read more about that... ), so when I found this SNAPFIRE at the same store for $5  I got it and guess what... I like this one too!

My new SNAPFIRE.

NERF N-STRIKE ELITE XD RHINOFIRE

At long last I got me one!                                                                                        

Last July I published the first of a few posts about the "Ultimate Holiday Blaster"- the RHINO FIRE, I think a lot of people did. Since then I'm sure you have seen it, come to know all about it, or maybe you even have one. If you read any of my other RF posts you know I wanted one from the very beginning despite the hefty price tag and now...finally, here it is, RHINO INCENDIUM MEUM -

                                                             
                                                                                   MY RHINOFIRE!


Here she is.