Interesting. I haven't had a single issue with the mag compatibility, and to my knowledge I haven't heard of anyone else experiencing that. Also I didn't experience much bog down at all! Perhaps you got a lemon?
@@foamquest Nice 👌 also in future for batteries rather than using the amazon basic ones, prehaps use the duracell optimum double aa's as they can boost performance in some cases, hope you don't mind me saying 😊
Overall I think the challenger is really cool and i cant wait to see what the community does with it, with the magazine compatibly issue when walcom did his review his didnt have any issues with the older mags.
Very happy we have some new Rivals, especially a motorized one. It looks great, and the barrel mystery is a nice touch. To bad about the mags. Still, looking forward to picking one up, thanks for the review!
I feel like with a 12v system... it should be shooting 115-120fps stock. That is my biggest gripe about this blaster so far. Also, if you can't use the old magazines, that also sucks.
Good Review! I like the look of this thing. I find magazine compatibility with nerf frustrating. If they at least gave you two mags, or sold extras, it would be better. Also, I know many people keep comparing this blaster to Warhammer, but I see Gears of War lol.
It's good to see more Rival. This might be a hot take, but I think everything that can be done with a dart blaster has already been done. Balls > darts
I don't 100% agree, with the darts part, but I'm all for more (good) Rival. The latest couple batches have been pretty good. Have to say the price on the Challenger is great, and I think this thing is going to be an extremely popular mod platform.
Bought this today at target for $17 (Sale ends on 8/30/24). Pretty solid plinker that can truly destroy someone at close range. Mostly bought it for its price and Bolter aesthetic.
I tested, and the challenger does indeed work with the mirage magazine. Update: the challenger mag works in the mirage but it has to go in backwards, and to get it out, u gotta take out 3 of the grip screws to get it out.
Hmm, the one I'm most familiar with is Blastertime. It's a website, and I think they offer products from many blaster brands. Their prices seemed fair to me, but you'll have to check it out! Hope this helps!
I love the design they went with for this one, but seeing repeated simple mistakes like lacking compatibility with previous magazines is seriously getting old. I think this blaster could’ve been a lot more, I’ll pass on it. Great review!
All the Accu series rival mag fed blasters the mag is a bit different, you can buy or print little wedge pieces to mod older mags to work, out of darts sells them, and the modded mags still will work in older nerf blasters.
I think as a secondary its awesome with the sling points easily weild able at the hips just not meant for sliding on kept up or on your back hopefully nerf will come to there senses and bring more attachments to Rival as the did for elite 2.0 maybe box mags stock attachments counters
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Interesting. I haven't had a single issue with the mag compatibility, and to my knowledge I haven't heard of anyone else experiencing that. Also I didn't experience much bog down at all! Perhaps you got a lemon?
Prehaps he did, and in walcoms video, he didn't experience any magazine compatability issues.
I am beginning to wonder. I'll test it with more original magazines to see if it is an issue with my specific model!
@@foamquest Nice 👌 also in future for batteries rather than using the amazon basic ones, prehaps use the duracell optimum double aa's as they can boost performance in some cases, hope you don't mind me saying 😊
@@jackboulter4901 Not a bad idea! :)
@@foamquest Yep ☺️
Great review! I feel like this blaster is a perfect in the secondary role
This would be a great secondary!
Thats tuff
Overall I think the challenger is really cool and i cant wait to see what the community does with it, with the magazine compatibly issue when walcom did his review his didnt have any issues with the older mags.
Oh, interesting. I haven't watched many other reviews on this blaster. But maybe I'll have to do more magazine compatibility testing!
I love this blaster it's so fun I reviewed mine yesterday
Very happy we have some new Rivals, especially a motorized one. It looks great, and the barrel mystery is a nice touch. To bad about the mags. Still, looking forward to picking one up, thanks for the review!
It's crazy to me that Hasbro continues to mess up their Rival line with wonky magazine feeding issues.
I feel like with a 12v system... it should be shooting 115-120fps stock. That is my biggest gripe about this blaster so far. Also, if you can't use the old magazines, that also sucks.
Good Review! I like the look of this thing. I find magazine compatibility with nerf frustrating. If they at least gave you two mags, or sold extras, it would be better. Also, I know many people keep comparing this blaster to Warhammer, but I see Gears of War lol.
I would definitely have appreciated an extra magazine in the box!
It's good to see more Rival. This might be a hot take, but I think everything that can be done with a dart blaster has already been done. Balls > darts
Whoa, that is a hot take! 😅 But I see where you're coming from
I don't 100% agree, with the darts part, but I'm all for more (good) Rival. The latest couple batches have been pretty good. Have to say the price on the Challenger is great, and I think this thing is going to be an extremely popular mod platform.
Bought this today at target for $17 (Sale ends on 8/30/24). Pretty solid plinker that can truly destroy someone at close range. Mostly bought it for its price and Bolter aesthetic.
@@spyroclone152 That's a solid price!
They want you to use it like a mp40
I tested, and the challenger does indeed work with the mirage magazine.
Update: the challenger mag works in the mirage but it has to go in backwards, and to get it out, u gotta take out 3 of the grip screws to get it out.
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Great Review Foam Quest i really love the blaster I am surprised with the mag compatibility but I still think the blaster is pretty cool
Yeah, while it's not 100% perfect, the blaster is still pretty cool!
Could use a n strike stock attachment but overall seems like a great blaster
Yeah, that would've been cool!
Hallo, I'm from Ukraine, and x-shot's, dart zone's blasters are double of price here, compared to USA😢. Do you know any good shops in Europe?
Hmm, the one I'm most familiar with is Blastertime. It's a website, and I think they offer products from many blaster brands. Their prices seemed fair to me, but you'll have to check it out! Hope this helps!
@foamquest
Thanks a lot! Really good shop, will see how much shiping cost there
@@victorlive3344 Awesome!
I love the design they went with for this one, but seeing repeated simple mistakes like lacking compatibility with previous magazines is seriously getting old. I think this blaster could’ve been a lot more, I’ll pass on it. Great review!
All the Accu series rival mag fed blasters the mag is a bit different, you can buy or print little wedge pieces to mod older mags to work, out of darts sells them, and the modded mags still will work in older nerf blasters.
I can't wait to get my hands on this blaster. I hope they sell more banna mags separately.
I think as a secondary its awesome with the sling points easily weild able at the hips just not meant for sliding on kept up or on your back hopefully nerf will come to there senses and bring more attachments to Rival as the did for elite 2.0 maybe box mags stock attachments counters
Yeah, we'll see about the attachment thing. More for the rails would be great! And I'm very curious how/if the Rival barrel idea turns out!
You’re a good nerf TH-camr! I need to study your videos! You gave me the courage to make videos!
That makes me really happy! Awesome!
I will still use my Perses. I favor the Perses over this one.
The Perses is hard to top!
I'm only going to buy this for the magazine... for personal reasons I won't share.
Bro what?
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Great Review!
Thank you!
Should I get this or the Hera?
I personally prefer the Hera, but this is certainly more compact! Depends on your preferences! :)
@@foamquestI just bought a Hera from eBay…I hope it works.
@@BirdFartLover Cool!
@@foamquestI might get the Challenger too though 😅
@BirdFartLover If you did at some point, you could duel wield!