Modding is an art form. No blaster is perfect out of the box. What people don't understand is modding is mostly responsible for the off the shelf blaster performance today. Nerfsmithing is alive and well. Your blaster is an extension of you and there's nothing like running your own creation.
People underestimate how spoiled we are in the States as hobbyists, when parts of Europe and Australia still have “grey trigger” variants of blasters, if they even have any blasters at all
At least they have exclusive blasters over there (Gear Up Recon, Modulus Tracker, Rampage MK II, and probably some blasters that I’m forgetting about).
I needed this video I was feeling pretty burned out after two years of not modding and only playing DZ and other brands pro blasters, this video was a big help in getting the inspiration back into modding launchers. Thank you so much :D
Awesome video bro , I love modding more than blasting sometimes. The start to finish product is so satisfying on top of that it’s nice to have something other people don’t have .
I’ve always loved the feeling of a blaster achieving something that it might not have been made for. I’ve taken blaster I thought were broken, and made them fully functional again with some time and effort. And saying just to by a pro blaster instead of modding? Guess what, they can also be modded too! It’s just another level you have to try/work on.
I agree! I have both a Nexus Pro X and the Aeon Pro X, but I find more enjoyment out of my modded Aeon. There’s something about making a blaster your own! And that Maxim looks great! You should do a paint tutorial, or just an overview of what you put into it!
It’s great to hear that you really enjoy modding as well! The Maxim paint job is just super simple. A buddy from my group gave it to me completely disassembled and I just painted the main shell cyan and the rest red.
I actually thrifted a Rex Rampage recently with the specific intention of modding it once i have the time, because I think it looks stupid in the best way. It'll then join my collection of off-the-shelf and 3d printed "pro" blasters. Sometimes I wanna mod, sometimes I wanna print, and sometimes I just want to use stuff as is. All are good options and we would be poorer as a hobby if any of them went away.
Well said! I think modding is a big aspect that sets nerf apart from other similar hobbys. The spirit of just doing stuff for the hell of it and out of joy - not necessity is what makes it awesome :D
2:20 that caught me so off gaurd 😂 And I agree modding isn't dead in the slightest. It depends solely on the person and what they would perfer. I modified the Fortnite Flare to shoot Rival rounds... sure the Pilot, Fate, and Knockout all do the same exact thing (maybe even better than my mod) but I now have the satisfaction of having a blaster I made better myself, and it's special.
When I mention that you can buy something that already does the task, it’s usually because some people legitimately don’t know that you can but that off store shelves or online. I agree modding isn’t dead, it won’t be dead for a long time if ever in the community but I just like to let people know you can avoid modding if you want.
Cool video, also another note as to why modding might still be a need: availability. Not everyone can go out and just buy a NexuX as not everyone lives in the US.
That’s a great a point I didn’t think about! I’ve seen plenty of people outside the US Complain about not having DZ blasters available in their country. Thank you for being that up!
Modding is fun, but no longer necessary to be competitive. I like that it's still an option, and there will always be people that enjoy the process of modding even if it's not strictly necessary.
imho i feel that modding wasn't as prevalent as it used to be like 10-15 years ago with pro blasters coming into existence, eg nexus pro and 3d printed blasters modded blasters can be good but most people dont see the point in the labour involved in modding a blaster want a short dart stampede? just buy a bk1/2s want a generic springer? just get a nexus pro the main beauty of modding is the customisation it allows you to do, with so many different shops selling different mod kits im in the process of modding an alpha trooper rn, the cs18 variant since i really love its colour scheme, its just really fulfilling seeing my build come together slowly and even though i probably wouldnt use it over my velcro, its still a really nice blaster to have
Dude it suck’s that people think kidding is dead it’s awesome that there are high performers out there now but there is so much joy in making a blaster your own i mean you are a great example you take blasters and make them into amazing primaries which really speak you or coop in how he would make such phenomenal looking blasters to me I don’t think modding is dead I don’t think it ever will be
wish I myself had the means to make my own nerf blaster with the ideas I have.Whenever I'm at a nerf event it's not the best nerf blaster people want try out it's the custom one's people have made that do something a bit different.if you look at all the pro performance blasters nowadays they all follow a similar form factor so when someone makes there own that does something different it brings everyone the childlike joy they had when seeing a new nerf blaster on store shelves when they were younger
I am currently doing a cpvc couplered big bad bow with a raider spring addition, its going great. Imo modding isnt dead, its just found its place in the nerf hobby
I think the sentiment of performance mods is in the hole now, but I think it's still a valuable part of the community. People still do cosmetic mods, combinations, underbarrel, and even just standard mods. I think the idea of modding being like cooking is really good at explaining it. Also, modding is sometimes a lot cheaper then most high end blasters.
Due to things like fps caps, high performance stock blasters, etc. modding certainly feels like it’s dying out, especially as someone who joined the NIC at a time where being a hobbyist basically required you to be a modder and virtually everyone ran modified/homemade blasters. I’ll never understand why some people seek to actually discourage others from modding though, even if it’s not necessary for where/how you play the process of modding itself can be highly rewarding and it’s always cool to see what other people come up with.
Dude my nerf knockout with an automatic opening breach and sized down to half darts firing at 150 fps is one of my favorite small blasters. It's a pocket sniper that doesn't take a ton of force to prime (though I do also love my printed 31K-L). Same with the Hecate which uses the big shock as a base. I do think it's a little silly to try and make stock nerf guns "competitive" but its certainly nice to have as an option. At the very least ripping out those damn flow restrictors and replacing the barrels + some rifling 🤣
Modding is still a big part of the community, it's just not as common amongst new people. I mod pretty much everything that I buy. I don't want the same thing everyone else has, I want something that is my own. I also enjoy pushing the limits of blasters.
Again, I think it depends on the person. I’m pretty new to hobby in retrospect but I always thought modding was pretty neat. But for people not that mechanically minded like me, may not care. Also I’m glad you’re enjoying modding!
I like modding because it brings back Something i miss on the main brainds: goofyness Its cool that we have 150+ fps blaster on storeshelfs? Yea.. but they kind of all work the same Meanwhile with modders (specially 3D printed boasters) we can have entirery new mechanisms or just silly things that a main brand would not do, we can have a double barrel shell ejecting beast, we can have a literal musket, we can have a *mega dart sniper rifle with a granade launcher on top* , it get goofy and pratical and goofyness is what i love about this hobby Be happy, be silly.
i mainly mod because no blaster is “perfect.” wonky grips, weird quirks, odd proportions. i like taking something “pretty good” and making it perfect for me. and that’ll usually take mods! because what’s perfect for me probably isn’t what’s perfect for dart zone.
Honestly I just watched a ton step by step mod guides for fun, and picked up on certain things while doing so. Out Of Darts has tons of mod guide you could check out!
My entire deal has basically become spite as an old school fan in the hobby from when modding WAS the only way. You have a 230fps aeb? I'll still kick your butt with this pump action Longstrike that hits 150 and has accuracy as a suggestion. I'm also sick of so many blasters just getting overlooked because it's "outdated". Like no, that's just dormant potential. The most fun is making people do a double take as they realize what kind of abominations you have brought into the world... and also proving nah sayers wrong... as I said, spite... 😅🤣
As a newbie to the hobby, I know better than to show up to a war with a blaster that screams “I am trying to buy my way into being good at this.” It’s a great way to ensure you’ll get targeted by the experienced old timers all day long!
My larp runs a cap of 120 fps because we don't require eye pro. Modding for me is *essential* because pro blaster hit way to high and most stock blasters hit way too low so you absolutely need to mod to tune up or down a blaster to get into a useful game-legal range.
Watched this while taking apart my venom pro. I put a lip in it but now its fire rate it too much to handle so im putting a voltage limiter inside of it so during game i can change the fire rate
👋🏼😺✌🏽Peace, Great Video much Respect 🙏🏽👊🏽✊🏽 I think that this an important topic to highlight and the more sensible folx in the community will continue to do the right thing by educating, encouraging and supporting each other. I’m new to the hobby and my first mod, if you can call it that, was a paint job on my DZ Max Stryker. Going to my first few community events I received an overwhelming amount of praise and encouragement for my painting efforts however I was grilled and received some “shade” because the internals were still stock. A few people were disappointed and acted snobbish because they were running expensive / modded high performance Blasters and I was constantly taking them out with something off of the shelf - the audacity 😸 Overall my experiences in the hobby have been amazing so I will encourage everyone receiving divisive, negative energy from the haters to do their best to keep themselves in the company of people with higher vibration 🤙🏽 **Also, Salute for looking Fre$h to Def, 👊🏽🙌🏽✊🏽💯!!!!!!! ✌🏽✌🏽
I only came into the hobby this past April, so my perspective might not have as much experience behind it as it should. It seems to me that the different “factions” RE: modding VS store-bought VS printing (those seem to be the three main camps) feel in conflict with one another due to the rate at which the hobby is growing and evolving right now. From what I can tell, modding used to be the only way to achieve high performance, but with printing becoming more and more accessible to the masses and now companies like DZ and Siren giving us 200 fps just a Target run away, there are way more options available to folks who want an “in” to our hobby, and modding seems the most antiquated to the vast majority who only ever were in it as a means to an end. On the other end of things, I’ve seen people complain that soon every serious Nerfer will need a 3d printer to keep up with the hobby. And, as someone who is struggling to learn AutoDesk right now, shell cutting is a *waaaayyy* more enjoyable way to remix someone else’s design if you ask me!
It's true, modding is amazing and still relevant, but I understand why the "Just get a Nexus Pro" crowd exists, as Captain Xavier explained, at the beginning modding was the only way to get high performance blasters, there was no Nexus Pro to default to. Now that pro level blasters are available at store shelves, modding is not essential for getting high fps, but modding is broader than that, so people still do it, wether is to have a fun project or to tweak things in a blaster to make it more to your liking.
Also not everyone has access to nexxus pro x and all the fancy pro stuff. some people dont have the money to buy them or they dont live in a country like the US or canada that sell those blasters like me im in japan and only have access to money from family members and the x shot and nerf pro stuff and thats still limiting because rheir not on japanese store shelves and so far only on my local military base toy storeshelves
Modding is entirely responsible for my career choice. It is the reason why I love to tinker, take things apart and fix them, and educate myself on how things work. Modding is the reason why I am who I am. Making something powerful when it originally wasnt is truly a special experience. Thats a reason why I prefer Nerf to Airsoft. Because Airsoft will always be better and shoot harder out of the hox. But thats it. Thats all the excitement there is. There is no unique feeling too it. There is no creativeness to it. Its perfect out of the box, and thats the problem. Its too easy. Now some people might like that, and thats perfectly fine. But this is where I think the Nerf hobby really shines compared to Airsoft and Paintball and other hobbies like that. This hobby is grossly underpopular and overly judged. Its not just adults and older teens playing with kids toys. Its a thriving community, where we push the boundaries of what is really a "toy". Taking something and making it your own makes it way more rare and valuable than a Red Longshot or a Purple Max Force Manta Ray ever could be. Because that design and effort that you put into it is unique to you and you only. Its special because you made it, customized it, and put effort and time into it. Machines cant do that. When you create a blaster that has all these cool parts and has a nice paintjob, its really something special. Because it is the only one to exist and will be the only one to ever exist. Because its yours, and only yours.
@@WannabeNerfOperator @WannabeNerfOperator Your very welcome. I honestly feel like pro performance blasters being on store shelves could possibly draw in more people to the community as well! Once people understand that you can swap springs and that muzzle stabilizers are actually a very real thing!
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Thank you for making this video. I couldnt agree more. For me nothing beats the feeling of finishing a build and being happy with how it turned out.
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I didn’t expect to see you here lol. Glad I did the subject justice :)
Journey before destination! Fantastic points.
Didn’t ever expect to see OUTOFDARTS in my comment section lol.
Glad you enjoyed the video!
Modding is an art form. No blaster is perfect out of the box. What people don't understand is modding is mostly responsible for the off the shelf blaster performance today. Nerfsmithing is alive and well. Your blaster is an extension of you and there's nothing like running your own creation.
Well said man :)
People underestimate how spoiled we are in the States as hobbyists, when parts of Europe and Australia still have “grey trigger” variants of blasters, if they even have any blasters at all
I didn’t really consider that creating the video. Great point!
At least they have exclusive blasters over there (Gear Up Recon, Modulus Tracker, Rampage MK II, and probably some blasters that I’m forgetting about).
I needed this video
I was feeling pretty burned out after two years of not modding and only playing DZ and other brands pro blasters, this video was a big help in getting the inspiration back into modding launchers.
Thank you so much :D
I’m glad you took that away from the video!
Take care and good luck on future mods.
Awesome video bro , I love modding more than blasting sometimes. The start to finish product is so satisfying on top of that it’s nice to have something other people don’t have .
2:58 I feel personally attacked 😂
Bruh midnight moment
@@WannabeNerfOperator me when you can’t just get a harrier: >:(
The restaurant vs cooking analogy was a good comparison to highlight why modding is a good thing. Thank you for making this video!!!
I’ve always loved the feeling of a blaster achieving something that it might not have been made for. I’ve taken blaster I thought were broken, and made them fully functional again with some time and effort. And saying just to by a pro blaster instead of modding? Guess what, they can also be modded too! It’s just another level you have to try/work on.
Well said!
Also it was great seeing you in the script writing stream :)
@ glad I could be there!
Found this video in my feed, great content and now I am subscribed.
Thank you!
Glad you enjoy the content
I agree! I have both a Nexus Pro X and the Aeon Pro X, but I find more enjoyment out of my modded Aeon. There’s something about making a blaster your own!
And that Maxim looks great! You should do a paint tutorial, or just an overview of what you put into it!
It’s great to hear that you really enjoy modding as well!
The Maxim paint job is just super simple. A buddy from my group gave it to me completely disassembled and I just painted the main shell cyan and the rest red.
I actually thrifted a Rex Rampage recently with the specific intention of modding it once i have the time, because I think it looks stupid in the best way. It'll then join my collection of off-the-shelf and 3d printed "pro" blasters.
Sometimes I wanna mod, sometimes I wanna print, and sometimes I just want to use stuff as is. All are good options and we would be poorer as a hobby if any of them went away.
That sounds like a fun project :)
Hope it comes out well!
@@WannabeNerfOperator Thanks!
Well said! I think modding is a big aspect that sets nerf apart from other similar hobbys. The spirit of just doing stuff for the hell of it and out of joy - not necessity is what makes it awesome :D
Totally!
2:20 that caught me so off gaurd 😂
And I agree modding isn't dead in the slightest. It depends solely on the person and what they would perfer. I modified the Fortnite Flare to shoot Rival rounds... sure the Pilot, Fate, and Knockout all do the same exact thing (maybe even better than my mod) but I now have the satisfaction of having a blaster I made better myself, and it's special.
Yeah, I said out when I wrote that part of the script on stream “yeah I’m putting a breaking bad clip there”.
And well said :)
When I mention that you can buy something that already does the task, it’s usually because some people legitimately don’t know that you can but that off store shelves or online. I agree modding isn’t dead, it won’t be dead for a long time if ever in the community but I just like to let people know you can avoid modding if you want.
Of course! Simply suggesting that someone buys a blaster to show they don’t HAVE to mod is great!
Cool video, also another note as to why modding might still be a need: availability. Not everyone can go out and just buy a NexuX as not everyone lives in the US.
That’s a great a point I didn’t think about! I’ve seen plenty of people outside the US Complain about not having DZ blasters available in their country.
Thank you for being that up!
Great video, I really like the way you approached this topic!
Thank you :)
I was here when the script was being written! Another comment after watching the whole vid coming soon
I though i was a idiot for modding my Retaliator until it became a seagull
Modding is fun, but no longer necessary to be competitive. I like that it's still an option, and there will always be people that enjoy the process of modding even if it's not strictly necessary.
Yeah! It being an option you can do is always welcome.
Loving the look of the gear! And that maxim is so cool! Did you swap the motors at all?
Nah. I just painted it and thank you!
I have spare broken blasters that i can mod and have fun with :)
Its good to not waste a blaster that stull has salvagable parts
imho i feel that modding wasn't as prevalent as it used to be like 10-15 years ago with pro blasters coming into existence, eg nexus pro and 3d printed blasters
modded blasters can be good but most people dont see the point in the labour involved in modding a blaster
want a short dart stampede? just buy a bk1/2s
want a generic springer? just get a nexus pro
the main beauty of modding is the customisation it allows you to do, with so many different shops selling different mod kits
im in the process of modding an alpha trooper rn, the cs18 variant since i really love its colour scheme, its just really fulfilling seeing my build come together slowly and even though i probably wouldnt use it over my velcro, its still a really nice blaster to have
Dude it suck’s that people think kidding is dead it’s awesome that there are high performers out there now but there is so much joy in making a blaster your own i mean you are a great example you take blasters and make them into amazing primaries which really speak you or coop in how he would make such phenomenal looking blasters to me I don’t think modding is dead I don’t think it ever will be
This man looks like a guy that you want to be with in a zombie apocalypse
watching this as i solder a solenoid into my rayven longshot integration
Nice!
wish I myself had the means to make my own nerf blaster with the ideas I have.Whenever I'm at a nerf event it's not the best nerf blaster people want try out it's the custom one's people have made that do something a bit different.if you look at all the pro performance blasters nowadays they all follow a similar form factor so when someone makes there own that does something different it brings everyone the childlike joy they had when seeing a new nerf blaster on store shelves when they were younger
I am currently doing a cpvc couplered big bad bow with a raider spring addition, its going great. Imo modding isnt dead, its just found its place in the nerf hobby
That’s great man!
Hope it comes out well :)
I think the sentiment of performance mods is in the hole now, but I think it's still a valuable part of the community. People still do cosmetic mods, combinations, underbarrel, and even just standard mods. I think the idea of modding being like cooking is really good at explaining it. Also, modding is sometimes a lot cheaper then most high end blasters.
Yeah it could definitely be cheaper if you get lucky at a thrift store and get a stock blaster for super cheap.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts :)
Due to things like fps caps, high performance stock blasters, etc. modding certainly feels like it’s dying out, especially as someone who joined the NIC at a time where being a hobbyist basically required you to be a modder and virtually everyone ran modified/homemade blasters. I’ll never understand why some people seek to actually discourage others from modding though, even if it’s not necessary for where/how you play the process of modding itself can be highly rewarding and it’s always cool to see what other people come up with.
Modding being an option that you have and not something you NEED to do for playing around high fps is nice!
Dude my nerf knockout with an automatic opening breach and sized down to half darts firing at 150 fps is one of my favorite small blasters. It's a pocket sniper that doesn't take a ton of force to prime (though I do also love my printed 31K-L). Same with the Hecate which uses the big shock as a base. I do think it's a little silly to try and make stock nerf guns "competitive" but its certainly nice to have as an option. At the very least ripping out those damn flow restrictors and replacing the barrels + some rifling 🤣
That knockout sounds super fun!
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Modding is still a big part of the community, it's just not as common amongst new people. I mod pretty much everything that I buy. I don't want the same thing everyone else has, I want something that is my own. I also enjoy pushing the limits of blasters.
Again, I think it depends on the person. I’m pretty new to hobby in retrospect but I always thought modding was pretty neat. But for people not that mechanically minded like me, may not care.
Also I’m glad you’re enjoying modding!
Either way, modding is fun.
I like modding because it brings back Something i miss on the main brainds: goofyness
Its cool that we have 150+ fps blaster on storeshelfs? Yea.. but they kind of all work the same
Meanwhile with modders (specially 3D printed boasters) we can have entirery new mechanisms or just silly things that a main brand would not do, we can have a double barrel shell ejecting beast, we can have a literal musket, we can have a *mega dart sniper rifle with a granade launcher on top* , it get goofy and pratical and goofyness is what i love about this hobby
Be happy, be silly.
“Be happy, be silly” should be on a shirt lol
Well said!
i mainly mod because no blaster is “perfect.” wonky grips, weird quirks, odd proportions. i like taking something “pretty good” and making it perfect for me. and that’ll usually take mods! because what’s perfect for me probably isn’t what’s perfect for dart zone.
Yeah that’s fair.
Thank you for your thoughts!
This is an awesome video! My problem is that I’m not really sure where to start to learn how to mod blasters.
Honestly I just watched a ton step by step mod guides for fun, and picked up on certain things while doing so. Out Of Darts has tons of mod guide you could check out!
@ yeah I’m realizing that out of darts has some great guides. Thank you!
My entire deal has basically become spite as an old school fan in the hobby from when modding WAS the only way. You have a 230fps aeb? I'll still kick your butt with this pump action Longstrike that hits 150 and has accuracy as a suggestion. I'm also sick of so many blasters just getting overlooked because it's "outdated". Like no, that's just dormant potential. The most fun is making people do a double take as they realize what kind of abominations you have brought into the world... and also proving nah sayers wrong... as I said, spite... 😅🤣
That’s super fun lol. I respect the spite modding
As a newbie to the hobby, I know better than to show up to a war with a blaster that screams “I am trying to buy my way into being good at this.” It’s a great way to ensure you’ll get targeted by the experienced old timers all day long!
"Modding is dead. And we have killed it"
-Nietzsche or something, idk I've never read the book
My larp runs a cap of 120 fps because we don't require eye pro. Modding for me is *essential* because pro blaster hit way to high and most stock blasters hit way too low so you absolutely need to mod to tune up or down a blaster to get into a useful game-legal range.
I try make it on brazil but is too dificult, all material not present in nacional market..
Great video! Well said.
Watched this while taking apart my venom pro. I put a lip in it but now its fire rate it too much to handle so im putting a voltage limiter inside of it so during game i can change the fire rate
That sounds like it would work great! Awesome idea for a mod, and I’m glad the video could serve as good back ground noise for ya lol
I don't have a local nerf community so modding is the only reason why I Nerf.
Oh that’s cool! It’s a shame you can’t really play with anyone but if modding is plenty fun for you then Awesome!
👋🏼😺✌🏽Peace, Great Video much Respect 🙏🏽👊🏽✊🏽 I think that this an important topic to highlight and the more sensible folx in the community will continue to do the right thing by educating, encouraging and supporting each other.
I’m new to the hobby and my first mod, if you can call it that, was a paint job on my DZ Max Stryker. Going to my first few community events I received an overwhelming amount of praise and encouragement for my painting efforts however I was grilled and received some “shade” because the internals were still stock.
A few people were disappointed and acted snobbish because they were running expensive / modded high performance Blasters and I was constantly taking them out with something off of the shelf - the audacity 😸
Overall my experiences in the hobby have been amazing so I will encourage everyone receiving divisive, negative energy from the haters to do their best to keep themselves in the company of people with higher vibration 🤙🏽
**Also, Salute for looking Fre$h to Def, 👊🏽🙌🏽✊🏽💯!!!!!!! ✌🏽✌🏽
I only came into the hobby this past April, so my perspective might not have as much experience behind it as it should. It seems to me that the different “factions” RE: modding VS store-bought VS printing (those seem to be the three main camps) feel in conflict with one another due to the rate at which the hobby is growing and evolving right now. From what I can tell, modding used to be the only way to achieve high performance, but with printing becoming more and more accessible to the masses and now companies like DZ and Siren giving us 200 fps just a Target run away, there are way more options available to folks who want an “in” to our hobby, and modding seems the most antiquated to the vast majority who only ever were in it as a means to an end. On the other end of things, I’ve seen people complain that soon every serious Nerfer will need a 3d printer to keep up with the hobby. And, as someone who is struggling to learn AutoDesk right now, shell cutting is a *waaaayyy* more enjoyable way to remix someone else’s design if you ask me!
Describing the difference parts of the community as “Factions” is really funny lol.
Thank you for the your insight :)
It's true, modding is amazing and still relevant, but I understand why the "Just get a Nexus Pro" crowd exists, as Captain Xavier explained, at the beginning modding was the only way to get high performance blasters, there was no Nexus Pro to default to. Now that pro level blasters are available at store shelves, modding is not essential for getting high fps, but modding is broader than that, so people still do it, wether is to have a fun project or to tweak things in a blaster to make it more to your liking.
Exactly!
Great points
I agree with everything u said, amazing.
Also not everyone has access to nexxus pro x and all the fancy pro stuff. some people dont have the money to buy them or they dont live in a country like the US or canada that sell those blasters like me im in japan and only have access to money from family members and the x shot and nerf pro stuff and thats still limiting because rheir not on japanese store shelves and so far only on my local military base toy storeshelves
pls do maxim pro review
Maybe in a few months yeah
Modding is entirely responsible for my career choice. It is the reason why I love to tinker, take things apart and fix them, and educate myself on how things work. Modding is the reason why I am who I am. Making something powerful when it originally wasnt is truly a special experience. Thats a reason why I prefer Nerf to Airsoft. Because Airsoft will always be better and shoot harder out of the hox. But thats it. Thats all the excitement there is. There is no unique feeling too it. There is no creativeness to it. Its perfect out of the box, and thats the problem. Its too easy. Now some people might like that, and thats perfectly fine. But this is where I think the Nerf hobby really shines compared to Airsoft and Paintball and other hobbies like that. This hobby is grossly underpopular and overly judged. Its not just adults and older teens playing with kids toys. Its a thriving community, where we push the boundaries of what is really a "toy". Taking something and making it your own makes it way more rare and valuable than a Red Longshot or a Purple Max Force Manta Ray ever could be. Because that design and effort that you put into it is unique to you and you only. Its special because you made it, customized it, and put effort and time into it. Machines cant do that. When you create a blaster that has all these cool parts and has a nice paintjob, its really something special. Because it is the only one to exist and will be the only one to ever exist. Because its yours, and only yours.
I love this comment!
Perfectly shows how special this hobby could be to so many people! Thank you
@@WannabeNerfOperator @WannabeNerfOperator Your very welcome. I honestly feel like pro performance blasters being on store shelves could possibly draw in more people to the community as well! Once people understand that you can swap springs and that muzzle stabilizers are actually a very real thing!
To me modding is more expensive and time consuming i prefer to just buy the product i want.
Yeah if you get everything at full price it could be quite costly lol.
If modding is dead then why isnt customizing your blasters also dead thats basicslly what modding is