NERFARIUM MMXVIII -A REGULATOR Review

Greetings NERFerS,
I hope everybody had a great holiday season and is off to a fantastic 2018! Did you get any new NERF? It's also cold and flu season, and despite a bronchial infection I picked up, I did have a great Christmas and received some awesome new blasters as gifts!  So let's start the year with a look at one of those.
 First is the Modulus REGULATOR. I tried this blaster  at Toys R Us during NERF FEST. I instantly wanted this select fire flywheel blaster but wasn't willing to shell-out the $60+ that they wanted for it that day. It should be noted that since it's release, back in August, the REGULATOR has dropped in price by about 10 bucks or so at most retailers.

The Regulator is an ECS (electronic clip system) blaster. It's unique feature is a selector switch which allows the user to choose one of three firing modes: the standard single-fire mode, a "burst mode" that fires three darts one after the other, and a standard fully-automatic mode. The switch is ambidextrous, located on both sides of the blaster , just in front of the trigger.

The REGULATOR requires four "C" batteries to operate. It functions using a conveyor system similar to the one used in the HYPERFIRE. It fires a dart like most flywheel blasters, by first holding down the acceleration (rev) trigger then pulling the firing trigger to fire a dart(s). It also has an LED light, that flashes when the loaded clip is empty.

It comes packaged with a storage stock, a long barrel extension and a short barrel extension (both of which can also be used as  scopes), a swivel handle, two twelve dart clips, and twenty-four white Elite/Modulus darts. There are two tactical rails, one on the top, and the other under the muzzle. It also features four sling mounts: one on the front-most barrel extension, one built into both of the core blaster's iron sights, and one in the bottom of the shoulder stock.

To reload the Regulator, press the clip release button (similar to the HYPERFIRE) to remove empty clip and replace clip.  It advertises firing ranges of up to 90 feet (27 meters). I found that about 50 to 60 feet was the best mine would hit, even less in full-auto mode. 
Although stock performance might be a bit disappointing by Elite blaster standards, I think the REGULATOR has qualities that make it worth while. The multitude of ways to configure this blaster with the included accessories or other MODULUS accessories makes it aesthetically pleasing. The select fire feature is also quite FUN-ctional, if nothing else.

I found a couple accessory kits online cheap! 

I have to give the REGULATOR a big thumbs up! It's just a lot of fun plain and simple. I used this in a little indoor battle and dominated!

Addendum: Here are a few more pics of some different configurations.

    Until the next time, in February...

                       NERF ON NERFerS!!!

TWINSHOCKED- My MEGA TWINSHOCK Review

Greetings NERFerS, another month has slipped by and again I haven't posted anything new... My apologies. I feel like I've lost my momentum and  I really wasn't sure what to write about? I decided  to just go with my latest blaster purchase.
 I've been interested in the NERF MEGA TWINSHOCK since news of  it was first leaked last year, but the regular $39.99 MSRP was a little steep. Well, the other night I picked up a new TWINSHOCK, on sale, for 18 bucks.  What a deal... what a blaster!

I love a big blaster, and this one is big at 28 inches in length. The TWINSHOCK is a 10 MEGA dart, muzzle loaded, pump action shotgun style blaster, similar to the ROUGHCUT. It's got full size grips, two tactical rails, and two sling attachment points.

As usual only the lettering on one side is painted.

This blaster fires 10 MEGA darts either one or two at a time with it's two-step trigger. Pulling the trigger half way fires a single dart, while a full trigger pull fires two darts simultaneously. It will also "Slamfire" by holding the trigger down and continuously priming the blaster via the front pump grip/handle. Max ROF aprx. 4 darts per second. That's about twice the rate of the ROTOFURY since you're firing 2 darts at a time with a similar action.

ROTOFURY and TWINSHOCK together.

The ranges of my TWINSHOCK were impressive. It actually hit the advertised 85 ft/26m  mark, even a little more when using Buzz Bee XL Distance darts.Managed some 100 foot angled shoots with the XL darts, accuracy was better too. Shots averaged about 67 fps*.

(L) Buzz Bee XL Distance Darts - (R) NERF MEGA Darts

 The operation is smooth and reliable, and although a large beast- easy to use. I also found this blaster to be exceptionally well built and solid. The TWINSHOCK was on my wish list and overall I'd recommend it especially to MEGA series fans and adult-size NERFerS. I highly recommend that you grab one now while they're available at holiday sale prices, or if you hurry you still have time to ask Santa to bring you one for Christmas.
                               
                                           Seasons Greetings and...
                                            

                             NERF ON NERFerS!!!

*statistics provided by independent sources.

NERF RAYVENFIRE- Return of the RAYVEN

Just like a lot of you, I was very excited to hear about the re-release of the Rayven. This latest 4th incarnation is called the RAYVENFIRE. I bought one from Kohl's who is currently the exclusive US seller.

Good-bye September

new blasters part 1

It's literally the last hour of September and I've realized I haven't posted anything all month. I want to get something new up especially for my dedicated NERFARIUM readers... thanks for bearing with me. It's also the end of summer so I thought maybe I'd recap what's been going on the past few weeks. 
Of course these days I post or comment on  NERF or NOTHING! on a daily basis. It has become arguably the best NERF community on Google+ with over 460 members and growing. Unfortunately a lot of the time and energy that I used to devote to NERFARIUM goes there. But that doesn't mean that I'm done blogging, in fact I'm going to try and divide my time a little more evenly between the two. But enough about that...I've picked up a few new blasters lately. They've all been blasters that weren't necessarily high on my "wish list" and regularly a bit pricey, but I found some deals. If you want me to write a detailed review of any of these leave a comment.
Let's start with the Doomlands 2169 blasters. I got both a VAGABOND and a LAWBRINGER.

The VAGABOND came first, I found it in a Kmart marked down to 16 bucks... it's so cool how could I resist? It's a big gun, about 21'' (53cm) long with a larger grip. This pump action, 6 shot revolver has about the same power as a STRONGARM or DISRUPTOR.

It's just so much Bigger & Badder! I liked it enough to start looking a little harder at the Doomlands series. Then I found the LAWBRINGER at Walmart.com for $17 instead of the regular $35.

A 12- shot, hammer-action revolver... It's like a giant HammerShot with a butt stock that holds 12 extra darts. I found it usable with one hand although easier with two, and speaking of extra darts...

I found some of the fancy signature darts online for 6 bucks. The 30 darts was the perfect amount to completely fill both blasters. All said and told I'm pretty pleased with my Doomlands load-out such as it is. I'd like to find a half-priced NEGOTIATOR next.
Well,  I missed my deadline. It's 1 am which means that it's technically October 1st and I didn't get a post up for the month of September. Since I have some more new blasters, I'll post this now and continue with my next post... be ready for that in the next day and until then...

                                               NERF ON NERFerS!!!

ANOTHER TARGET RUN

I don't get out to TARGET very often, While there are Walmarts everywhere, there is just 1 TARGET and it is a bit of a drive. It's a shame because they have a pretty good NERF department and I've got some great deals there too. So the other day I decided it was time to make the trip to see what was new at my local TARGET.

On the way I saw a lightning strike start a fire on the surrounding foothills near the store...

Although I had just seen the NEMESIS hit shelves at Wallymart, I was blown away by what TARGET had! First was the REGULATOR. At $59.99 each, they've sold a ton of these already...

They had a few still left, but an entire display was virtually stripped. These are going fast!

They also had the MEGA TWINSHOCK for $39.99, and the Zombie-Strike DREADBOLT for $49.99

There were 2 solid aisles of NERF products and the shelves were nicely stocked with all kinds of blasters and gear I'd love to add to my collection.

An ALPHAHAWK for $28.99 and a very tacti-cool Elite Utility Vest for $14.99

4 sets of NERF NITRO to choose from $19.99 to $49.99 plus accessories like extra cars... They had DESOLATORs, the DOOMLANDS STRYFE, $29.99 I want one!

Oh, there was one other stand-alone display with some TARGET exclusive products...

Yep they had the Phantom Corps stuff... and I mean all of it! The APOLLO- $29.99, the HERA-$59.99, the Face Mask-$14.99, Tactical Pouch-$14.99, Tactical Vest-$19.99

As it was they had about $480 worth of new stuff I would have loved to have bought right then and there, but I had to restrain myself.  Although I didn't get a new HERA or REGULATOR I did get a Thermal Zenith and a Phantom Corps Mask.

I came looking for both, and that kept my purchase to under $40 . I will be returning soon to get another blaster, ... so many to choose from, again! I'll post about my new stuff soon, so until then...

NERF ON NERFerS!!!

THUNDERBLAST AT LAST

NERF N-STRIKE THUNDERBLAST MISSILE LAUNCHER

I just picked up a pair of THUNDERBLAST missile launchers on clearance at Kmart. I've wanted this missile-only blaster to compare to the DEMOLISHER for a long time, but the $24.99 list price always seemed a little high to me. Kmart had them for $10.60, so I grabbed a couple. I have heard from sources (not  NERF officially) the THUNDERBLAST is being discontinued, so if you've been thinking of getting one, now might be the time to grab it.

If you're unfamiliar with the THUNDERBLAST, it was released in in fall of 2015 under the N-Strike series. It comes packaged with two o the same type of missiles as the DEMOLISHER 2-In-1, which will store in the integrated shoulder stock.

It has one tactical rail on top of the barrel and three sling points, one at the front of the blaster, and two in the stock.

The stock is non-detachable which is too bad because it's solid and it's designed to be fired from the shoulder or on the shoulder (bazooka style). Range claims on the box state 60 feet (18m), and although it may not have quite hit that mark, it is definitely more powerful than the DEMOLISHER 2-in-1's missile launcher. Comparing the two launchers side by side it seems the THUNDERBLAST may have a slightly longer "draw" and over all plunger length.

So I put the THUNDERBLAST up against the Buzz Bee BLASTZOOKA. It had been a while since I had the BLASTZOOKA out, and I forgot just how much power that pressurized air tank blaster puts out... not just range, but greater fps still makes the BLASTZOOKA king of the missile launchers.

Still, the THUNDERBLAST has it's merits... It's style and construction are first rate, and it is superior in ROF. If the power could be improved, or an air tank incorporated? I'll look into that prospect, but either way I'm glad to add this blaster to my N-STRIKE ELITE collection, and the third of my missile launchers.

Check here Kmart to see if $10.60 THUNDERBLASTs are available near you, and...

NERF ON NERerS!!!

2017 Fall Exclusives!

With the official release date of the Fall NERF line fast approaching, I thought I would focus on two exclusive blasters that I'm sure will be in high demand... a new RIVAL and the return of a classic.

I'll start with the NERF RIVAL PHANTOM CORPS HERA MXVII-1200. I mentioned this blaster in May in my PHANTOM CORPS post. I had speculated the HERA might just be a ZEUS reshell but it's a whole new RIVAL flywheel blaster. A little more pistol like than the ZEUS, the HERA loads a magazine into the handle much like the APOLLO.The fly wheels are side by side instead of the over-under configuration, so the HERA has a wider profile than the ZEUS or APOLLO.
The HERA , like the rest of the Phantom Corps line, will be a TARGET exclusive and it is now said that it will sell for $60. Whether or not it will be produced in red and blue, and sold in other stores is  unknown?

NERF RIVAL HERA.

Moving on...News has been leaked that a new repaint version of the 2013 Elite RAYVEN CS-18 will be available as a Kohl's exclusive in the US, presumably this fall. This news comes to us via Nerfer and Youtuber Hartley Ju. Some of you may recall when Hartley got his hands on a TWINSHOCK (another Fall release) back at the beginning of the year.
The blaster will be renamed the RAYVENFIRE and feature the newer Elite blue on white style color scheme. It will come with one 10 dart clip/mag that is white on one side and clear on the other, and 25 regular elite darts. Other than that it appears the RAYVENFIRE is the same as the Elite RAYVEN CS-18. The RAYVEN has remained so popular with fans and been in such high demand that this exclusive re-release is sure to be a hot seller. Kohl's isn't known for their low prices on NERF products and when a RECON MK II is $49.99... Let's just say that I have a feeling the RAYVENFIRE isn't going to be cheap.

NERF Elite RAYVENFIRE.

Of course there will be plenty to choose from when the full Fall line hits shelves in a couple of weeks. Some products like the NEMESIS, REGULATOR and others are already out. It's probably not too early to think about what to ask Santa for Christmas?

Some of the other new NERF blasters hitting stores for Fall.

So remember to be nice and...
                                    
                                                     NERF ON NERFerS!!!