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Not exactly sure what I'm doing... or why?

This was a project I started back in August. The idea was to take what was left of this old Buzz Bee Tek -20 and see if I could use it as the base of some sort of new mod using only stuff I could find laying around the house. Keep in mind I like to tinker and I have a lot of junk for parts... but the idea is to do it without buying anything.

ZURU READY TO SWASHBUCKLE!

PIRATE RENEGADES-

The X shot Cutlass...

Un-open X shot sword.

At least that's the one I picked up tonight when I found these new foam swords put out by ZURU Toys, and sold under non other than X shot brand. Of course everybody knows the not so successful NERF N-FORCE series of swords and other foam melee weapons. Buzz Bee toys has also been making foam bladed fun for a while and lately has come out with some new designs that are pretty cool and very affordable.
Well I guess ZURU thought they'd try their hand at the forge... I have got to say, I like what they came up with. They have come up with a series of 3 new swords, a pirate sword, a ninja sword, and a medieval knight sword.The unique thing about these play melee weapons are the handles.

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...other 2 swords.

Close up of packaging.

The handles are molded from hard plastic just like a blaster and it is actually a two piece shell screwed together, just like a blaster. When your holding the thing it has that same blaster feel to it instead of having a hand full of squeezy foam. The size is good as in big enough and I found them comfortable and pleasing.

2 halves of handle are secured by 8 screws.

As for the price... 4 bucks. I realize that for some of the hardcore Nerf warriors there really is no need for such an accessory, but for those NERFerS, cosplayers, and kids of all ages who like to play sword-fight... you've got to check these out!

Un-boxed- It's a nice shape and size.

I personally do happen to enjoy NERF swords of all kinds. If you're a regular reader then you know that I have a little collection of melee weapons in my armory. So now I have a cutlass! If you're wondering why I bought the cutlass, the reasons are this: They had very few left in stock. They had even less that weren't beat-up and broken. Last but perhaps most importantly it's the right color scheme, the majority of my melee collection happens to be the same.

Some of my other melee weapons.

En garde

and

NERF ON NERFerS!!!

Hot August Nerf

I can't believe it's the last week of August already.  The nights have been hot and the nerfing action has been kind of slow. I've seen most of the new blasters on store shelves now and the prices are even starting to come down a little on popular items like the HYPERFIRE. Unfortunately right now  just isn't a good time for me to be buying up a bunch of new NERF gear. It's a mixed blessing because there is so much new stuff, yet a lot of it is disappointing and none of it is inexpensive.
We're all used to paying top dollar for genuine NERF quality blasters... but I remember paying $18.98 for my original RECON CS-6, about the same for my ALPHA TROOPER CS-18, and then shelling out the big money too... $30 for the LONGSHOT and later another $30 for a RAIDER CS-35. Then there was the VULCAN followed by the legendary (and highest priced blaster ever at the time)  STAMPED at 45 and 50 dollars each.
This year the average price for a blaster seems to be about$30 this includes the DOUBLE DEALER, BRAINSAW, LAWBRINGER, and DESOLATOR for examples. There is nothing really exceptional about any of these new models and a few of them are unfortunately rather disappointing. Then there are the "Big Guns". We have the Mega MASTADON at $80, last years RHINOFIRE still at about $100, and maybe the most popular of them all... the HYPERFIRE can now be found for just under $50.

These pretty guns are gonna' cost you a pretty penny!

It sure would be nice to win some shopping spree contest or even better yet, Hasbro could send me some products to review!  Well until then I will keep saving up for that next big new NERF purchase, and before you know it Christmas will be here too...
This doesn't mean that I've had to go altogether cold turkey on blasters, I found a couple of things to satisfy my NERFurge for now but they aren't exactly NERF.

The first New blaster I've added to the arsenal is this  Ultra-Tek SENTINEL from Buzz Bee toys.

Wallymart was clearing these out for 5 dollars so I grabbed one and was not disappointed. This SLINGFIRE look-a-like is almost the same size as the original NERF lever action and is (YAY) compatible with NERF dips and chips. It has a metal handle which can be a little rough on the fingers but I think it needs it because the spring tension is substantial and this blaster does out range the SLINGFIRE right out of the box. This blaster is a good candidate for several upgrade mods. 

Buzz Bee SENTINEL- will use NERF clips and elite darts, cost $5.

Another really affordable and VERY decent blaster was this Buzz Bee Air Max BARON. I picked it up for less than half of what a NERF BIGSHOCK was going for and I think it's at least as good if not a better blaster.

Buzz Bee BARON- Comparable to a BIGSHOCK but fires 2 darts sequentially, cost $3.

    Another little side project I started last weekend as kind of a "chatroom" topic on Google+ The idea was to take this old broken TEK-20 and try to bring it back to life using only parts I could find laying around the house/shop/garage... Well the only interest in this project was one NERFER who suggested that I paint it. I will paint, I swear I will!!!
In fact I've become a little obsessive about this little beat-up, hacked-up blaster. I've found some old parts and junk, and I've come up with a few idea's of my own... I've been working pretty hard on this thing since then.

Broken and battered... what will become of this old blaster?

So I guess that will be my closing teaser... next post I'll have an update as to the progress of this Mod.
Also thanks for the 20 thousand page views, I appreciate it very much! I'm going to try and post a little more often and stop goofing around on that NERF community so much.
Oh! Don't forget to check out the NERF or NOTHING!-Community for more NERF in your life!

                                            NERF ON NERFerS!!!

Hey look, it's a new post!

Since I haven't posted anything in over a month let's just get Nerfy... First thing is my STRYFE mod. It's been a while since I've actually done a good mod. So I took a little time to do this STRYFE that I picked up last Christmas for $10.

I just removed the mechanical and electrical locks and also the thermistor and painted it...                                          

It was like it was made to mod... no wonder this blaster has been re-shelled so many times.

...a little bit of painting

I finished up with this!
 

 As I said all the locks are removed and now it runs on either stock batteries or higher voltage without overheating. I painted the proximity barrel to match but  all the original yellow N-Strike accessories match as well . I'm not too much into modding my blasters but every now and then I like to do something. I think perhaps Google+ may have had something to do with it too. These days you can find me spending far to much time hanging out in the NERF or NOTHING! community. I never thought I'd get involved with social media and now as fate would have it, not only do I have my blog but a Google + community as well. What's next... a YouTube channel?

 

That's not all!

 I'd like to be telling you I have a new HYPERFIRE, but alas... I did get a N-Strike GLOWSHOT.For about $6 the GLOWSHOT is lots of fun. It's a single shot, front loader that compares in performance to a SNAPFIRE, TRIAD, or JOLT. What makes this little NERF pistol special is when you put 2 AA batteries in it lights up!

The translucent body of the blaster is illuminated from within by two L.E.D. lights. The lights are activated by a pressure switch/trigger that runs along the top half of the back of the grip. It's a great little indoor blaster particularly at night.

 

 

Finally I have a new pegboard display to show you. I've been wanting to do this for a while and it not only turned out well and got some blasters put away but inspired the reorganization of some other blasters too.

 

My new pegboard wall.

 I'm hoping to post more as I get a few of the new blasters hitting the shelves. Just wanted to confirm that this blog hadn't gone inactive and to thank my dedicated readers and everyone else for the pageviews...

                                                                                        NERF ON NERFerS!!!

 

Nerf N-STRIKE Elite TERRASCOUT

Does anybody remember the TERRADRONE? It was a great idea... a remote controlled NERF robot. Sadly the TERRADRONE was a little disappointing being small, overpriced, and under powered. Well now Hasbro is having another go at it announcing the release of the all new TERRASCOUT coming later this fall.

NERF N-STRIKE Elite TERRASCOUT

So what we basically have here is a small NERF tank controlled via wireless remote but this time we get live video feed thanks to the 720P HD onboard camera and footage can be recorded on a SD card (not included). The main TERRASCOUT "tank" itself is powered by a rechargeable NiMh battery and the controller requires 4 AA batteries (also not included). It is said that the track drive system can handle almost any terrain as long as it is not wet... we'll just have to wait and see how well?

TERRASCOUT controller

The blaster portion of the TERRASCOUT is very reminiscent of the RAPIDSTRIKE and like the RAPIDSTRIKE comes with an 18 dart clip. It appears that the mag well is located on the left side of the blaster and will work with most N-STRIKE clips/mags. Darts can be fired one at a time by a single push of the remote trigger or they can be fired in rapid succession by pressing and holding the trigger. The turret rotates and elevates independently so you can fire in one direction while driving in another.

Blaster section of TERRASCOUT

Now for the bad news... the price! It seems this year NERF/Hasbro is not holding back with those hefty price tags and the TERRASCOUT is right at the top of the charts with a $200 average retail price, and I thought $100 for a RHINOFIRE was a lot!!! I thought that $60 was too much for a robotic, Nerf dart shooting, spider, so I passed on the TERRADRONE...

NERF Combat Creatures TERRADRONE

...but maybe this new TERRASCOUT will be better? Maybe some of us lucky son-of-a-NERFerS will be able to find it on sale? Maybe It just looks a lot better than it is, but right now it's looking pretty good. Time will tell if it's 2 Ben Franklins worth... Stay tuned, I'll be watching this one hard and try to keep you informed of the latest details.

Here's one more look at the TERRASCOUT- Thanks to Foam From Above, Gizmodo, and Hasbro, for images and info.

                                                                        NERF ON NERFerS!!!



Elite HYPERFIRE is Out!

One of the most anticipated new NERF blasters coming out this year is the ELITE HYPERFIRE. I posted a preview of it back in January as did most every other source of NERF news. Since then we have seen several YouTube videos from the 2016 Toy Fair demonstrating just how awesome this new full-auto successor to the RAPIDSTRIKE is going to be.

 

Well it seems that the wait is just about over. The exclusive HYPERFIRE can now be found listed on the Walmart website. It's listed as "out of stock"/ not available, but still it's there and priced at $49.97 You can also get on a list to be notified by email as soon as it is available and I would expect preorders to also soon be available? Here's a link to the page Walmart HYPERFIRE

 

 

It would also seem that depending on what part of the planet you are living on the HYPERFIRE is already hitting the shelves at certain Walmart stores... NERFer- REDDIT user- YouTuber, Zombona was one of those who has already got his hands on one and he already did a few mods and posted a YouTube video about it... so here that is too. 

 

 

I really don't know what else to say at this point... I just want one! I did sign-up for the notification and I'm just anxiously awaiting to hear that the HYPERFIRE is available because I'm ready!

Thanks to Zombona Machine for the video and ...

 

NERF ON NERFerS!!! 

 

Nerf Modulus Stealth Ops Upgrade Kit

I'm not a big fan of the MODULUS but the Stealth Ops Upgrade Kit ... that's a whole different story. I picked up one of these kits for $12.99 basically because of the red dot sight. I thought it might be a good sub if you like me were never fortunate enough to get one of the N-Strike or ELITE red dot sights.

 

The kit comes with a red dot sight, a short barrel extension, and a folding fore grip. The fore grip is small, not very comfortable and it's "wobbly" when you attach it to your blaster. Now the site is great... just what I was hoping it'd be, pretty much a copy of the old red dot sight.

Red dot sight view.

 

 When the MODULUS series was first announced I didn't want a new series, just some new upgrades and accessories for all the N-Strike and ELITE blasters we already had. This Upgrade kit fits the bill! The short "Proximity barrel" extension works well and looks good on just about any blaster that will take a barrel extension.


STRYFE with Stealth Ops Red dot sight and Proximity barrel.

 

In my opinion this is the best thing to come from the entire MODULUS project. When you think about it it's a re-run and a new barrel. I recommend you pick one up and put it on your favorite NERF primary or custom blaster.
                                             
                                                                          NERF ON NERFerS!!!