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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Review: Nerf Elite Alpha Trooper



As promised, the review for one of my new guns, the Elite Alpha Trooper. Fans have awaited this blaster due to the great predeccessor, and finally it was there. First, the outer appearance. The gun does look pretty great. There are some similarities between it and the normal AT, the orange parts and the grey handle. The EAT's stock adapter on the back is actually orange instead of the standard black. Other than that, the shape is exactly the same, no shell differences between them. The equipment is new, the EAT now has a nice 12-dart clip instead of the old 18-dart one. It's a downgrade by 6-darts, but I think this is still good since the 12 clip is one of the best mags, it doesn't jam up as much as some 18 mags and still has a decent capacity. To the performance, a big improvement which I instantly noticed is that the Elite version doesn't jam as much as the original one. It nearly never jams, actually. Ranges are basically... Elite. Nothing significant, it just shoots like any Elite blaster. But it's nice to see an Alpha Trooper shoot that far. The cool part about the Alpha Trooper is the insane rate of fire, that could possibly even beat some semi-auto guns. So all in all great primary gun, great looks and recommended for anyone looking for a new primary with fast ROF.

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Updates - New guns, Recent mods & Current projects

Some rather "personal" nerf updates than some news. First off, I recently got some new guns added to my arsenal, which I'm going to review pretty soon, the Rapidstrike and the Elite Alpha Trooper. Regarding my projects & mods, I completely reworked my Longshot and did several cool mods to it. It's currently getting a nice paintjob, and I'll provide you with pics and a showcase soon. Next, I picked up my good ol' Stampede again to make some minor modifications. It is in the queue to receive a nice paintjob finish (pics soon!).

Chaotic Project floor 
Also, I finished my suitable Elite Stock, much better than the short one of the Retaliator. For this, I took the Stock from the Super Soaker Lightningstorm (of which the stock is the best and most comfortable one I've ever seen) and gave it a nice Elite paintjob:


The Stryfe looks like a SMG with it

Awesome, right? It looks great on all elite blasters. See you soon with reviews of the new guns and finished Projects!

Monday, August 12, 2013

Nerf Elite Stryfe Mission Kit - "tacticool"!

This new Mission kit has been spotted and also posted online. A pic first:



It includes an Elite Stryfe, the Reteliator's foregrip and barrel extension, 18 dart mag and the Stockade's stock. All these great accessories combined with one of the best Nerf guns make up a great kit. It looks like Nerf has heard their users and made a kit with the greatest gun and tactical stuff! So far, it seems to be a Kohl's exclusive (link to the listing here). I was a little shocked by the price, but I think for all accessories and the gun its an appropriate price.

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Review: Nerf Elite Triad EX-3



Sorry due to my recent inactivity, I've been pretty busy and let this project down a little. But let's take a look at the Triad. The Elite Triad is basically a Nerf Jolt x3. It has the same mechanisms and is just a little bigger.The Triad's grip may be too small and uncomfortable for some people. The great thing about this blaster, it is a real Elite (not like the blue N-Strike Jolt), which means this little thing actually fires up to 75ft/20m and I've had impressive results in my range tests. For even more powerful shots, I've modified mine (There isn't much you can do, so I just added a spring) so that it now fires and impressive 80ft/24m. The only downside (at least for me) is that you can't mod too much of a heck out of this, but the power even as stock balances this. Overall the Triad is a great secondary and very powerful pistol that I'd recommend for beginners as well for advanced Nerf users.

The plunger with my added spring