You know, the $80 Dart Zone pistol doesn't look like a bad value now since Nerf wants $120 for a jolt with a breech that makes brrt noises when you pull the trigger. I love the Mandolorian, but if I bother with this blaster it's gonna be when the target one goes on clearance because it also isn't worth $50.
@@AdonisTheSpartan pretty sure I can get some plastic pipe and make it function as well as this. I wish nerf made better choices but at the end of the day they're a company making toys for kids they have to ignore the larger community because acknowledging the modders would be acknowledging that people do mod their blasters.
As a Mandalorian and Star Wars Fan, I am incredibly sad to see how badly this blaster functions. Its like Nerf is just trying to suck our wallets dry, but not even give us anything in return. I bet you that someone could make a cardboard version of this that shoots at at least 90 fps and performs significantly better than this dumpster fire "blaster"
At least the Aliens blaster has a external magazine with a good capacity and have elite standard performance. So yeah I think it should be a lot better
I can't see a modern Nerf blaster or blaster type product without either sighing in disappointment or wincing in pain. I think Nerf has run it's course lads. Might as well make a foam-flinger out of some spare PVC bits and some springs cause it'd be a damn sight better that the complete and utter shite that Hasbro has been forcing down our throats this last 2 to 2 & 1/2 years.
I have completely become desensitized to bad blasters While everyone is having a blast eith Dart Zone or 3d prints, here I am stuck with Hasbro or X Shot, and neither are any good Lord please end my suffering
@@boid9761 I feel your suffering, as a guy from Europe. Also, my problem with X SHOT is that most of their blasters are rip offs of already existing Nerf blasters (except for some bigger ones, like Crusher, that 40 round pump action blaster and that 20 round slide action blaster)
Longer construction to match the show, over compensate a little on the internals a bit (maybe make it a MEGA blaster instead to push the power potential up so it's not literally outclassed by a 3$ jolt), increase the volume of the speaker quite considerably and add in MANY more sound bites (make it something like the CSM releases Bandai where it can include actor quotes and music from the show), re-design the packaging so the damned darts don't require you to literally destroy the box to obtain them, change darts to be glow in the dark darts, and add UV lights to the blaster to charge said darts. I actually had a whole section in the video talking about it, but cut it out.
@@OwnageNoobify people like you are the reason hasbro gets away with shit like this. You can buy the modolus ultimate castoumiser pack for this price. But I guess the jolt reskin with a bunch of useless plastik on It (It's also super cheaply made)
It's an incredibly large mold, and large molds are expensive. Especially if you're expected units are in low quantity, so the price difference has to be made up. That's basic economics of manufacturing
The only hope I've had was that gamestop would have one and it would go on clearance in six minths. I've honestly have been ;et down by so many prop blaster it should just be obvious by now.
At least me and my friend have the idea of 3d printing some blasters and see how they would turn out. Me and my friend will try and make this blaster and other blasters so that people like Walcom here can actually have fun with the proper work and not some knock off like nerf does.
As a Star Wars fan, I could get one of these and hope to modify for a “sniper” class. It looks cool but I’d have to find some kind of sale for it… and it doesn’t perform well enough stock.
"Hahaha, we've got the limited edition suckers and their money reeled in hook, line and sinker. Wait a bit until it's shipped and non-refundable, then announce the regular one we always intended to make."
Having pre-ordered it I'm honestly so mad they're releasing a cheap version and that they phoned it in so hard on the expensive version. I clearly didn't pay for quality but now I know I didn't even pay for the exclusivity of a limited edition piece.
The breech is cool and I want to see someone make this thing a true sniper rifle. Maybe put a mazooka in the stock and use a brass breech in the breech system but it’s going to be difficult to find a way to do so. I’d imagine this thing with a proper breech and air power could hit about 300 FPS.
The stock is a disaster, going to work out a tank for a HPA top barrel sniper with a better grip. Am thinking of a 10 shot in line for the unused bottom barrel. Might ask my one time lookalike if he can bless it.
This honestly looks like something you'd win from a fair, like a "grand prize" or something. We all know how the plastic on those feel, so I'm gonna take a stab in the dark and say this feels the same. Nerf is officially in a hole they cannot dig themselves out of. It's honestly really sad.
It's a prop blaster. That's not worth the money or the hype It's worth as a reselling in a few years due to it's novelty status, and honestly I'm pretty sure that's what Nerf is going for in this blaster; a novelty status blaster that's NEVER intended for serious use American Foam mentioned that it's outperformed by a Jolt, and let's be real; expecting anything good from Hasbro is just endless masochism at this point. Just.. buy the 60 dollar version instead, because at least That's moddable without destroying the novelty value
For $120 Nerf should be putting out something at least on par with the *quality* of the competition at the same price point- by the looks of the plastic it looks like it's made to barely hold together. They could have at least bothered to *try* and make it have some metal pieces.
@@bigbrassballs I have severely low expectations because circumstances are just bothering me Do you watch these videos, look at the disappointing lack of variety you have in malls, and then ask yourself; "Am I in the wrong hobby? Should I just buy airsoft or even real steel instead of wasting my time in this? Should I cave in and waste money on Amazon shipping prices just because people on the Internet told you to?" I hate Hasbro''s current condition. I hate everything that led to this moment. And I hate the fact that I have to work twice as hard just to get something that'll just be on par with some white kids with Dart Zone blasters.
You can by a villanator for $20 You can by a nexus pro for $50 You can by a dart zone pro mk2 for $80 You can buy tamahawk 60 for $30 You can buy aeon pro FOR $25 There are soooooooooooo many things you can buy better than this piece of absolutely garbage,
It'd be interesting to see from a cosplay perspective how this would stack up against a similar quality prop. I'm assuming given the finish, not very well
The effort it would take to make it cosplay ready would cost in just time more then the blaster is worth which is saying something considering the price tag and a lot of places you'd use it, be it larp or convention, don't allow nerf and any nerf larp you'd be better off with chopping up a jupiter or nexus to the right shape.
You're not wrong at all. I'm a star wars LARPER and we actually look at a mix of performance AND aesthetics and this kinda sucks on the performance end so bad that we can't justify using it. (We actually mostly use Rival stuff for our blaster firefighters because they're reliable and good for short range.)
So Hasbro can put this 1:1 scale shell on store shelves for 50 dollars, add a light bulb and a speaker for 80 more, but they put half length lightsabers with stronger bulbs and gyro activated sounds on shelves for 30 dollars? Wack.
No, you don't get it. That's totally different, and this cardboard cutout of a CEO with a tape recorder stuck to it will gladly explain it to you while the real one runs away.
I was really excited to see this I can’t believe nerf made a single shot $120 or $50, I thought it would have more capacity and I was excited but no, it’s a single shot and it’s long
Hell, if they made this a functioning barrel length we could've at least been hype about modding it to take advantage of that barrel length, but *nooooo* it's all faux barrel.
Well, they directly copied the chamber size (and the way it is loaded) from the Mandalorian tv series, so I was expecting it being a single shot blaster. I was just expecting the paint job to be tons better, for it to feature a less dopey looking breech cover, and so much more. Especially for the price paid.
I refuse to believe the engineers at hasbro (or whoever actually makes the things) wanted this blaster to turn out the way it did. This just smells corporate as hell to me above anything else.
Let's face it: Hasbro Nerf cares more about looks and gimmicks than actual performance - across the board. Any blaster line. They don't improve accuracy, or for long. They extend range less than half the time. Their trained in cosmetics but still cut corners. To expect this, a direct from manufacturer product at a premium price, to be good, is an uphill battle. The writing was on the wall when it launched. I'll forgive the nearly entire calendar year of wait time but I can't forgive what was at the end of that hype. The only thing that justifies the self appointed "#1 Blaster Brand" nickname is their marketing and licensing. But it doesn't guarantee quality, value or durability.
The sad part is . . . you can't even argue that Collectors would want this. You know it's bad when even the *collectors* would be dissuaded from owning this thing.
"Apparently people will pay whatever they want when it fires a nerf dart, and I don't understand why." Me either Walcom, me either. Hasbruh does this time after time and people still pay for it.
This thing definitely suffers from Hasbro's Laziness as well as poor/ ill thought out design choices. The poor ergonomics are excusable, that originated from the TV show, the single shot breech is excusable, that also originated from the TV show. But the terrible quality and poor performance are inexcusable, especially for the $120 price tag. It could have been made better if it shot literally anything besides the standard elite darts, if it had better performance, and if it wasn't such a greedy scam.
Hm. Interesting reload mechanic and moderate dart speed. Could be smart to pick this up secondhand for like $12, cut off about, mmm, 60% of the blaster and use it like a Sawn-off pistol of sorts.
I'm honestly waiting for someone to shove a panther tank in this thing and make it an actual Sniper RiFeL, as it should have been but someone has to be crazy enough to do so*stares at amazon listing*
$120 for a 1:1 scale Mandalorian cosplay blaster prop!? Hasbro believes... this IS the way. This is ultimately a Star Wars convention fanboy prop that also... kinda fires one dart as a time. NO ONE brings this MASSIVE, pricey, breach loading, single shot blaster to a Nerf battle expecting to enjoy the experience beyond the first few shots. And unless it has something solid like an aluminum rod or something running the length of it, it's gonna get accidentally snapped in half during a nerf match.
The first red flag for me after announcement was that they choose elite darts rather than rival for instance as sniper ammunition. But I thought that the main selling point is a prop accurate replica and seeing you trying to shoulder the comically short stock and still having space for your trigger hand is just a sad thing. And what's up with the PVC tubing white?
At least the aliens M41A pulse rifle won't be as disappointing as this, cause it was 2/3rds the price, fires not one but two dart types, is full auto, has an ammo counter, uses a magazine, also has lights and sounds, and isn't as long as most middle schoolers are tall
the only GOOD thing I think that it could do is that to turn the breech lever into an air pump, make sure theres an actual barrel instead of dead space, and turn it into a cool sniper rifle. but then again, a single dart air blaster is hella dangerous if you aren't careful, and given how thin this thing is, not even sure if it could do that well!
I don't believe I've commented on your page before; with that said, I enjoyed this so much. Keep holding the "mothership" accountable. Thanks for what you do, I appreciate your passion and energy. Let's hope "they" listen and frankly deliver better product then "frozen dog turds"....I laughed so hard!
People shouldn’t just send it back, they should ask for a chargeback from the banks. The only way Nerf will learn is if they are hit in their wallets after the product has been purchased:
Well i can’t say Iam surprised , NERF just keeps disappointing the community, $120 wow omfg. Mk3 is that price and it goes above and beyond our expectations. 💯
And its even more in Australia. There was so much potential for this, it was free real-estate. They could've at least made it look and feel nice and attempt to brass barrel it to make up for the 1 dart shot, even then though the ergonomics are disgusting.
Only reason you might want it is for cosplay, but most conventions (from what I understand) don't let you have dart-functionality anyways. I'm a fan of The Mandalorian, but cosmetically turning a DZP Mark 2 into Mando's sidearm would be a lot cooler (and more effective) than this thing. I'll stick to my Modulus Longstrike, thank you very much.
And a lot of conventions are moving away from rigid plastic, many prefer cosplay weapons to be foam now. And for $120 I can pump out several foam ones that look screen accurate.
Why would you even pay 120 for this? Even for cosplay it's just dumb, your not even buying it to shoot just to showcase do I rather just buy a replica, hopefully the Alien blaster is better
I was hyped for this since it’s announcement. This looks almost nothing like the original pictures we were shown, with its “realistic” design. I can’t believe this garbage was actually approved.
I think this is some Mandela effect. I actually cut out a lot of stuff after the, "equations" scene because I thought I remembered it looking different too. Nope, what they showed is exactly what we got.
It seems that the only thing Hasbro has never nerfed is their unreasonable expensive price tags for every good or terrible foam blasters. They believe that their consumers are dumb enough to buy the foam blasters and foam darts at ridiculous prices and get away with cheaping out the quality, building it with lazy ideas and be cocky about how 'innovative and great' their foam blasters are. Hasbro is the EA of the toy industry.
I feel you dude. Whenever Nerf releases new blasters for their toylines, people become super excited, then become Heartbrokened because it doesn't work or function the way they wanted it to. I mean, come on Nerf, Dart Zone and Adventure Force are beating you in your own game with blasters that are way more powerful and reliable to use.
Except that's not true and they aren't beating nerf in the market. If performance was purely the merit criteria, then Buzzbee, which has been beating nerf for more than half a decade, would be on top. But it isn't. You're looking at the market the wrong way. People buy Nerf for the novelty. Performance practically doesn't matter, and we are not the market majority by a long shot.
So far we have an 120$ single shot blaster, a 90$ full auto fly wheeler with an under barrel mega dart launcher, and finally an 100$ full auto springer that’s a reshell of an old dart tag blaster. Hasbro uh really knows how to pick em.
For what's supposed to be a limited, quality product, I can absolutely see where you're coming from. To top it all, the extended wait for an aditional what, 4 months? Doesn't seem worth it at all
Especially finding out that they're going to release one for way cheaper to the general public. It's not even really limited anymore. If it's a bad blaster and it's not a limited edition prop, what the fuck did we pay for
Sorry for your loss. :( This is exactly why I didn't go for the pre-order stuff, from Hasbro specifically. Also, it really didn't look that great to me anyways.
Thank you for saving me $130! Just canceled my order with Hasbro Pulse. Makes me wonder if I should redirect my $$$ to the Aliens Pulse Rifle ltd edition?
Idk about u but i dont think that we should expect blasters like this to be practical, its just a blaster made for people who like the mandilorian, we arent going to a nerf war with a 50 inch blaster
Sending you the like you deserve. Yeah, there was no way at that price point this would EVER meet any reasonable expectations (beyond being a prop). I did get the Alien Pulse Rifle though... knowing it's literally a Stryfe with an integrated bottom part of a Longshot. It'll look cool and suck. Which should be Nerf's new catchphrase.
I thought I had cancelled my preorder after they started showing up in stores. It showed up in my mail, and yes, it is pretty much just a "functional" cosplay prop.
As far as it being one shot as a detriment: that’s how it works in the show. He loads a cartridge the same way as you do in this toy and fires one shot per cartridge. So honestly for me that’s a plus. This is definitely more for a fan of the series, than for a Nerf fan.
I'm not going to defend how bad this thing is. You're right, it's a disgrace. I am, however, going to note two criticisms that I think are *slightly* unjustified; 1. The grey darts. In the show, this rifle doesn't fire visible bolts, hence no glo-darts. The grey darts are supposed to look like the cartridges the character loads into the rifle. 2. The ergonomics on the show prop are also awful. That one is on George Lucas and the art team behind the "Tale of the Faithful Wookie" short, not Hasbro's design department per-se.
I'm sure someone has commented this already, but from what I've seen your lucky yours came in a box. A lot of people's seem to have been posted with the shipping labels stuck onto the blaster box itself
Oof..still waiting on mine, I knew it was just gonna be a collectable for me anyway so I'm not TOO rankled by the performance..hell considering it's a tie-in prop blaster the fact it gets above the low 50's in FPS with a faux barrel that long is surprising. My Gamestop hasn't got them in yet even though they've released and I preordered this thing. Thing that pisses me off though is it took so long for this thing to release they made a consumer version that's half the price, doesn't have the sound or single light and isn't as painted as this one..probably buy that one if I can get my hands on it and try to mod it for some better performance. The lack of light other than the scope is in line with the actual blaster in series..it's not a fancy flashing weapon, it disintegrates targets on contact once the projectile leaves the barrel, even the sound only happening when you close the breech is in line with the scene from the show..it's a prop blaster plain and simple..meant to look good and sound like the thing from the show..and since it's got the Star Wars name tacked on, and The Mandalorian being the big thing for Star Wars right now they can jack up that price for very little added on stuff..honestly I think at LEAST $20 of the price comes from the packaging alone.
Really hoping this video goes wide so people will stop buying these Pulse blasters. Basically kickstarting a product line for a multi-billion dollar company. Please remember this blaster when future pulse offerings are made available and don't buy them. Except for you knew Walcom cause its his job.
I wanted it for the shell anyway - and I’m sporadically rich - so I think I’ll leave my LIMITED edition in box. I thought it’d be more like the Regulator than a dart version of the knockout. Perhaps I’ll buy the Target version to mod. I’ll front you the cash to do that if you want. Thanks for the realistic review.
You can't even defend it from a collector standpoint because they dropped the ball on the shipping (package-wise) and the stock is worthless for cosplay purposes
My plan is to buy the cheap version, chop the faux barrel off, and commission someone to 3D print a better stock for it. The breach is similar to a Springfield Trapdoor, and as a fidget toy I see immense value in it because that is mostly what I do with my blasters these days. I’ll get some entertainment out of it until I get around to doing the aforementioned changes.
Honestly the design is cool and the colors aren't so bad. I genuinely liked The Mandalorian. But holy shit Hasbro has lost their mind in the past year+ or so. Cutting corners nonstop and basically hyping up and parading around things just to sell off at premiums because "look it's __ show Item". ALL of their lines had noticeable quality dips and this is one of the real Golden Turds that stands out it seems
It's finally done. I'm going to bury this thing and forget it exists. Hit the like button for wasted money on bad blasters.
It sucks that they did this to a blaster with such potential
Thank you for your sacrifice.
hope the needler get the same treatment, that'll be hilarious
Then why did you buy that thing in the first place?!?
You took one for the team and we are all grateful for it
Gonna be honest, this shoots harder than I was expecting. I was thinking it would hit 50 if we were lucky.
I was expecting it to hit N Strike FPS levels
Same.
Same
I was hoping 61, I was close but still appalling.
Let's be honest, it wasn't far away from an old N Strike blaster from 2010
You know, the $80 Dart Zone pistol doesn't look like a bad value now since Nerf wants $120 for a jolt with a breech that makes brrt noises when you pull the trigger. I love the Mandolorian, but if I bother with this blaster it's gonna be when the target one goes on clearance because it also isn't worth $50.
@@AdonisTheSpartan pretty sure I can get some plastic pipe and make it function as well as this. I wish nerf made better choices but at the end of the day they're a company making toys for kids they have to ignore the larger community because acknowledging the modders would be acknowledging that people do mod their blasters.
As a Mandalorian and Star Wars Fan, I am incredibly sad to see how badly this blaster functions. Its like Nerf is just trying to suck our wallets dry, but not even give us anything in return. I bet you that someone could make a cardboard version of this that shoots at at least 90 fps and performs significantly better than this dumpster fire "blaster"
Yeah, Even the fucking roblox ones are better
You should get your hands on the 60 dollar one instead. At least That's moddable
@@boid9761
Do you know where or have a link?
@@haydenfrost2692 It's mostly from American Foam; where he said that the 60 dollar variant is more suited for modding
@@boid9761
Yes and I want it
YES I SAW THE COMMUNITY POST, I CANT WAIT TO SEE AN ANGRY WALCOM
I'm more depressed than angry tbh.
@@WalcomS7 walcom can we start a crusade against nerf, I just watched Monty Python so it’s the perfect time
@@sirsudo0614 now _this_ is the way
Same lol
Amen
You bought it so we don’t have to… hats off to you.
Let’s hope the Aliens blaster is better.
At least the Aliens blaster has a external magazine with a good capacity and have elite standard performance. So yeah I think it should be a lot better
@@DragonScales308 I agree
@@DragonScales308 and a Mega blaster put on to boot. Of course it’s better by default.
@@DragonScales308 Plastic springs can easily be swapped for OOD parts, so that's a bonus
Aliens blaster may be the “Next Stryfe” we are looking for. If you know what i mean.
I can't see a modern Nerf blaster or blaster type product without either sighing in disappointment or wincing in pain.
I think Nerf has run it's course lads. Might as well make a foam-flinger out of some spare PVC bits and some springs cause it'd be a damn sight better that the complete and utter shite that Hasbro has been forcing down our throats this last 2 to 2 & 1/2 years.
I have completely become desensitized to bad blasters
While everyone is having a blast eith Dart Zone or 3d prints, here I am stuck with Hasbro or X Shot, and neither are any good
Lord please end my suffering
@@boid9761 at least x-shot works well and is fun.
@@dylankersten3383 You can only get 6 more variants of the Reflex before you get tired of it
@@boid9761 true. They need to make more guns. Although my favorite xshot gun is probably the crusher.
@@boid9761 I feel your suffering, as a guy from Europe. Also, my problem with X SHOT is that most of their blasters are rip offs of already existing Nerf blasters (except for some bigger ones, like Crusher, that 40 round pump action blaster and that 20 round slide action blaster)
I’m curious, if you could snap your fingers to have it, what would you do to make it worth the $120?
Longer construction to match the show, over compensate a little on the internals a bit (maybe make it a MEGA blaster instead to push the power potential up so it's not literally outclassed by a 3$ jolt), increase the volume of the speaker quite considerably and add in MANY more sound bites (make it something like the CSM releases Bandai where it can include actor quotes and music from the show), re-design the packaging so the damned darts don't require you to literally destroy the box to obtain them, change darts to be glow in the dark darts, and add UV lights to the blaster to charge said darts. I actually had a whole section in the video talking about it, but cut it out.
Functional barrel, Dart Zone style. That could be a kick ass marksman rifle with that setup
@@WalcomS7 Interesting. You should have left it, it would be helpful.
Unbelievable! I can't believe Hasbro has the balls to charge THAT much!!!!
First time?
Nostalgic to hear the soundeffects as bad as I remember being a kiddo
BUT IT`S THE BIGGEST NERF BLASTER, WALCOM JUST DOESN'T UNDERSTAND
@@OwnageNoobify people like you are the reason hasbro gets away with shit like this. You can buy the modolus ultimate castoumiser pack for this price. But I guess the jolt reskin with a bunch of useless plastik on It (It's also super cheaply made)
@@OwnageNoobify please tell me you're joking. cuz the guy above me doesn't think you're joking
It's an incredibly large mold, and large molds are expensive. Especially if you're expected units are in low quantity, so the price difference has to be made up. That's basic economics of manufacturing
The only hope I've had was that gamestop would have one and it would go on clearance in six minths. I've honestly have been ;et down by so many prop blaster it should just be obvious by now.
At least me and my friend have the idea of 3d printing some blasters and see how they would turn out. Me and my friend will try and make this blaster and other blasters so that people like Walcom here can actually have fun with the proper work and not some knock off like nerf does.
As a Star Wars fan, I could get one of these and hope to modify for a “sniper” class. It looks cool but I’d have to find some kind of sale for it… and it doesn’t perform well enough stock.
The fact that Nerf is releasing a cheaper version of this blaster makes me wonder why the price tag for this is twice as much.
"Hahaha, we've got the limited edition suckers and their money reeled in hook, line and sinker. Wait a bit until it's shipped and non-refundable, then announce the regular one we always intended to make."
Having pre-ordered it I'm honestly so mad they're releasing a cheap version and that they phoned it in so hard on the expensive version. I clearly didn't pay for quality but now I know I didn't even pay for the exclusivity of a limited edition piece.
walcom this whole video:
my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined
The breech is cool and I want to see someone make this thing a true sniper rifle. Maybe put a mazooka in the stock and use a brass breech in the breech system but it’s going to be difficult to find a way to do so. I’d imagine this thing with a proper breech and air power could hit about 300 FPS.
same bro same
The stock is a disaster, going to work out a tank for a HPA top barrel sniper with a better grip. Am thinking of a 10 shot in line for the unused bottom barrel. Might ask my one time lookalike if he can bless it.
In other words turn it into a air blaster much like NerfoMania's old Project sniper 1
This honestly looks like something you'd win from a fair, like a "grand prize" or something.
We all know how the plastic on those feel, so I'm gonna take a stab in the dark and say this feels the same.
Nerf is officially in a hole they cannot dig themselves out of. It's honestly really sad.
Actually, they can dig themselves out. They just are refusing to.
Nerf is just in denial that it has to actually compete.
@@GeorgeCowsert how nerf can dig themselves out
1. Just being back the rapid strike and retaliator
It's a prop blaster. That's not worth the money or the hype
It's worth as a reselling in a few years due to it's novelty status, and honestly I'm pretty sure that's what Nerf is going for in this blaster; a novelty status blaster that's NEVER intended for serious use
American Foam mentioned that it's outperformed by a Jolt, and let's be real; expecting anything good from Hasbro is just endless masochism at this point.
Just.. buy the 60 dollar version instead, because at least That's moddable without destroying the novelty value
For $120 Nerf should be putting out something at least on par with the *quality* of the competition at the same price point- by the looks of the plastic it looks like it's made to barely hold together. They could have at least bothered to *try* and make it have some metal pieces.
@@bigbrassballs I have severely low expectations because circumstances are just bothering me
Do you watch these videos, look at the disappointing lack of variety you have in malls, and then ask yourself; "Am I in the wrong hobby? Should I just buy airsoft or even real steel instead of wasting my time in this? Should I cave in and waste money on Amazon shipping prices just because people on the Internet told you to?"
I hate Hasbro''s current condition. I hate everything that led to this moment. And I hate the fact that I have to work twice as hard just to get something that'll just be on par with some white kids with Dart Zone blasters.
just mod a blaster to turn it into the disruptor rifle if you really like the mandalorians bad plot
You can't defend it as a prop replica because it honestly looks worse WITH the paint.
For $120, I would rather get the DZP MK 1.1 instead of that thing
You can by a dart zone pro Mk3 for that price just 10 dollars more than this
@@kingstonwvnerfer211 very true
You can by a villanator for $20
You can by a nexus pro for $50
You can by a dart zone pro mk2 for $80
You can buy tamahawk 60 for $30
You can buy aeon pro FOR $25
There are soooooooooooo many things you can buy better than this piece of absolutely garbage,
@@kingstonwvnerfer211 true, I was just going by price point
You aren't purchasing either of these blasters for the same reason though. They fill a completely different niche
It'd be interesting to see from a cosplay perspective how this would stack up against a similar quality prop. I'm assuming given the finish, not very well
The effort it would take to make it cosplay ready would cost in just time more then the blaster is worth which is saying something considering the price tag and a lot of places you'd use it, be it larp or convention, don't allow nerf and any nerf larp you'd be better off with chopping up a jupiter or nexus to the right shape.
You're not wrong at all. I'm a star wars LARPER and we actually look at a mix of performance AND aesthetics and this kinda sucks on the performance end so bad that we can't justify using it.
(We actually mostly use Rival stuff for our blaster firefighters because they're reliable and good for short range.)
I can’t believe that they call themselves the #1 blaster brand when they have this waste of plastic that people had to wait a year for.
So Hasbro can put this 1:1 scale shell on store shelves for 50 dollars, add a light bulb and a speaker for 80 more, but they put half length lightsabers with stronger bulbs and gyro activated sounds on shelves for 30 dollars?
Wack.
No, you don't get it. That's totally different, and this cardboard cutout of a CEO with a tape recorder stuck to it will gladly explain it to you while the real one runs away.
I was really excited to see this
I can’t believe nerf made a single shot $120 or $50, I thought it would have more capacity and I was excited but no, it’s a single shot and it’s long
Hell, if they made this a functioning barrel length we could've at least been hype about modding it to take advantage of that barrel length, but *nooooo* it's all faux barrel.
@@flametitan100 it’s just that, hasbro doesn’t care, they just want money
Dart zone, wants to make this hobby better and they listen
Well, they directly copied the chamber size (and the way it is loaded) from the Mandalorian tv series, so I was expecting it being a single shot blaster.
I was just expecting the paint job to be tons better, for it to feature a less dopey looking breech cover, and so much more. Especially for the price paid.
if you see mandalorian you know that gun only has 1 bullet and need tp recharge
@@kingstonwvnerfer211 Star Wars is a Disney ip, nothing else to say
I refuse to believe the engineers at hasbro (or whoever actually makes the things) wanted this blaster to turn out the way it did. This just smells corporate as hell to me above anything else.
Let's face it: Hasbro Nerf cares more about looks and gimmicks than actual performance - across the board. Any blaster line. They don't improve accuracy, or for long. They extend range less than half the time. Their trained in cosmetics but still cut corners. To expect this, a direct from manufacturer product at a premium price, to be good, is an uphill battle. The writing was on the wall when it launched. I'll forgive the nearly entire calendar year of wait time but I can't forgive what was at the end of that hype.
The only thing that justifies the self appointed "#1 Blaster Brand" nickname is their marketing and licensing. But it doesn't guarantee quality, value or durability.
The real number one blaster brand is our lord and saviour dart zone
The sad part is . . . you can't even argue that Collectors would want this. You know it's bad when even the *collectors* would be dissuaded from owning this thing.
Silver. Sharpie. Drybrushing. For $120.
@@WalcomS7 Yeah. Absolutely pathetic and disappointing.
Literally the only good thing this blaster brings into existence is possibly turning it into a martini-henry
Yo, that would be absolutely freakin awesome! Love the Martini-Henry! 👍🏻
"Apparently people will pay whatever they want when it fires a nerf dart, and I don't understand why." Me either Walcom, me either. Hasbruh does this time after time and people still pay for it.
Like the Grand joke developer Todd Howard said himself! "It just works!"
There is a reason Bethesda went down and got bought up. Good bye hasbro
You did this to yourself
*neither
This thing definitely suffers from Hasbro's Laziness as well as poor/ ill thought out design choices.
The poor ergonomics are excusable, that originated from the TV show, the single shot breech is excusable, that also originated from the TV show.
But the terrible quality and poor performance are inexcusable, especially for the $120 price tag.
It could have been made better if it shot literally anything besides the standard elite darts, if it had better performance, and if it wasn't such a greedy scam.
Performance is not the focus. Everyone commenting on that is wrong. It's a prop collectible, and it should be judged exclusively on that alone.
@@thanhavictus Would you pay $120 for a premium collectible blaster if you knew that it is completely unusable as a fun blaster?
@@thanhavictus But it's not even $120 prop cosplay item-tier.
Now the gaming term “nerf” and the brand “Nerf” mean one and the same thing, “to be made weaker than it once was.”
Hm. Interesting reload mechanic and moderate dart speed. Could be smart to pick this up secondhand for like $12, cut off about, mmm, 60% of the blaster and use it like a Sawn-off pistol of sorts.
For me the killer was how weak the sound effects seemed to me. Like I know parents complain about the toys that make the noise but damn.
I want the cheaper one cuz I absolutely adore the shell and I would love to make this my first proper pain job
Considering the quality of this blaster, "pain job" sounds about right.
DAMN, THAT IS THE BIGGEST JOLT I HAVE EVER SEEN
Coop was right all along, they're all jolt reskins :P
I'm honestly waiting for someone to shove a panther tank in this thing and make it an actual Sniper RiFeL, as it should have been but someone has to be crazy enough to do so*stares at amazon listing*
Do it do it do it
I am curious to see about the possibility of a proper sealed breach with this blaster, though the ergonomics are a nightmare and a half.
$120 for a 1:1 scale Mandalorian cosplay blaster prop!? Hasbro believes... this IS the way.
This is ultimately a Star Wars convention fanboy prop that also... kinda fires one dart as a time.
NO ONE brings this MASSIVE, pricey, breach loading, single shot blaster to a Nerf battle expecting to enjoy the experience beyond the first few shots. And unless it has something solid like an aluminum rod or something running the length of it, it's gonna get accidentally snapped in half during a nerf match.
I thought the orange knob on the "scope" was a mounting point for a Nerf optic which would have been hilarious to see.
My expectation was already low but HOLY FUCK
That's EXACTLY how I felt. I expected nothing, and was still upset.
@@WalcomS7 the shitty ass sound effects pisses me the most, Even for a prop this blaster doesn't work
I am taking a moment of silence for Walcom's lost $120. I'm so sorry for your loss sir.
For a limited edition with a $120 pricetag, that thing's pretty embarrassing...
man, I was expecting mad Walcom, but I was unprepared for defeated Walcom at the end.
The first red flag for me after announcement was that they choose elite darts rather than rival for instance as sniper ammunition. But I thought that the main selling point is a prop accurate replica and seeing you trying to shoulder the comically short stock and still having space for your trigger hand is just a sad thing. And what's up with the PVC tubing white?
this might be the closest you will get to a nerf musket...
not anymore now that there is an actual 3d printed nerf musket.
At least the aliens M41A pulse rifle won't be as disappointing as this, cause it was 2/3rds the price, fires not one but two dart types, is full auto, has an ammo counter, uses a magazine, also has lights and sounds, and isn't as long as most middle schoolers are tall
"that is a long boy, that is a VERY long boy"
-Walcom 2021
That’s what she said
the only GOOD thing I think that it could do is that to turn the breech lever into an air pump, make sure theres an actual barrel instead of dead space, and turn it into a cool sniper rifle. but then again, a single dart air blaster is hella dangerous if you aren't careful, and given how thin this thing is, not even sure if it could do that well!
HasBruh really put $1 speakers in this $120 DOLLAR COLLECTER BLASTER! At least make the sounds decent quality. So much for accurate sounds.
Right??? The least they could do is give us a worthwhile sound box
My favorite nerf TH-camr
Walcom now adds the biggest Jolt ever to his Jolt collection
the most expensive jolt reskin ever
My god. Things like this are the reason why the only dart blasters I have on standby are either dart zone, or jolts.
I don't believe I've commented on your page before; with that said, I enjoyed this so much. Keep holding the "mothership" accountable. Thanks for what you do, I appreciate your passion and energy. Let's hope "they" listen and frankly deliver better product then "frozen dog turds"....I laughed so hard!
Companies know that people will pay big for something small as long as it's star wars related
Well. You could use the stock for a MG 42 or something. That’s an upside
Based off of the fact that it has an OVERLY SIZED barrel, it shoots well.. the problem is… IT HAS AN OVERLY SIZED BARREL
Let's think about it for one second. It is not worth how much you payed for it but at least the darts came out the end of the barrel
People shouldn’t just send it back, they should ask for a chargeback from the banks. The only way Nerf will learn is if they are hit in their wallets after the product has been purchased:
Well i can’t say Iam surprised , NERF just keeps disappointing the community, $120 wow omfg. Mk3 is that price and it goes above and beyond our expectations. 💯
And its even more in Australia. There was so much potential for this, it was free real-estate. They could've at least made it look and feel nice and attempt to brass barrel it to make up for the 1 dart shot, even then though the ergonomics are disgusting.
Someone has to chop the barrels off, and convert it to half length darts
7:05 At THIS very moment, I can feel your PAIN, Walcom...
Only reason you might want it is for cosplay, but most conventions (from what I understand) don't let you have dart-functionality anyways.
I'm a fan of The Mandalorian, but cosmetically turning a DZP Mark 2 into Mando's sidearm would be a lot cooler (and more effective) than this thing.
I'll stick to my Modulus Longstrike, thank you very much.
Yeah most conventions don't allow guns that work in anyway which is lame even if you don't bring darts.
And a lot of conventions are moving away from rigid plastic, many prefer cosplay weapons to be foam now. And for $120 I can pump out several foam ones that look screen accurate.
Why would you even pay 120 for this? Even for cosplay it's just dumb, your not even buying it to shoot just to showcase do I rather just buy a replica, hopefully the Alien blaster is better
Most conventions just peace tie the trigger so you can't use it as a dart blaster at the event itself.
@@kittykillington3312 Most conventions i've been to just don't allow nerf guns.
He's channeling his inner John Mulaney. “I gave you $120 and you gave me a cheap overpriced replica, I thought our interaction was over.”
I was hyped for this since it’s announcement. This looks almost nothing like the original pictures we were shown, with its “realistic” design. I can’t believe this garbage was actually approved.
I think this is some Mandela effect. I actually cut out a lot of stuff after the, "equations" scene because I thought I remembered it looking different too. Nope, what they showed is exactly what we got.
Me too
I was waiting to comment “It’s supposed to be a display piece you fool” ….Until I saw it
that must be the most costly jolt ever
Nerf never ceases to amaze me how they ceases to dissapoint me
when you buy a jolt reskin for over 100 dollars
I actually do want to get the Needler from Halo that comes later but..
that's also incorrectly coloured when compared to the weapon from the actual show!
It seems that the only thing Hasbro has never nerfed is their unreasonable expensive price tags for every good or terrible foam blasters. They believe that their consumers are dumb enough to buy the foam blasters and foam darts at ridiculous prices and get away with cheaping out the quality, building it with lazy ideas and be cocky about how 'innovative and great' their foam blasters are. Hasbro is the EA of the toy industry.
I feel you dude. Whenever Nerf releases new blasters for their toylines, people become super excited, then become Heartbrokened because it doesn't work or function the way they wanted it to. I mean, come on Nerf, Dart Zone and Adventure Force are beating you in your own game with blasters that are way more powerful and reliable to use.
Except that's not true and they aren't beating nerf in the market. If performance was purely the merit criteria, then Buzzbee, which has been beating nerf for more than half a decade, would be on top. But it isn't. You're looking at the market the wrong way. People buy Nerf for the novelty. Performance practically doesn't matter, and we are not the market majority by a long shot.
So far we have an 120$ single shot blaster, a 90$ full auto fly wheeler with an under barrel mega dart launcher, and finally an 100$ full auto springer that’s a reshell of an old dart tag blaster. Hasbro uh really knows how to pick em.
For what's supposed to be a limited, quality product, I can absolutely see where you're coming from. To top it all, the extended wait for an aditional what, 4 months? Doesn't seem worth it at all
Especially finding out that they're going to release one for way cheaper to the general public. It's not even really limited anymore. If it's a bad blaster and it's not a limited edition prop, what the fuck did we pay for
Sorry for your loss. :( This is exactly why I didn't go for the pre-order stuff, from Hasbro specifically. Also, it really didn't look that great to me anyways.
Thank you for saving me $130! Just canceled my order with Hasbro Pulse. Makes me wonder if I should redirect my $$$ to the Aliens Pulse Rifle ltd edition?
Idk about u but i dont think that we should expect blasters like this to be practical, its just a blaster made for people who like the mandilorian, we arent going to a nerf war with a 50 inch blaster
This jolt reskin is crazy!
That $50 version is worth it. And you don't have to feel bad for giving it a repaint.
Sending you the like you deserve. Yeah, there was no way at that price point this would EVER meet any reasonable expectations (beyond being a prop). I did get the Alien Pulse Rifle though... knowing it's literally a Stryfe with an integrated bottom part of a Longshot. It'll look cool and suck. Which should be Nerf's new catchphrase.
I thought I had cancelled my preorder after they started showing up in stores. It showed up in my mail, and yes, it is pretty much just a "functional" cosplay prop.
As far as it being one shot as a detriment: that’s how it works in the show. He loads a cartridge the same way as you do in this toy and fires one shot per cartridge. So honestly for me that’s a plus.
This is definitely more for a fan of the series, than for a Nerf fan.
That blaster feels incomplete like maybe 99% just needs the handle
Yo sick. A $120 ten pack of darts
You can get this without the dart shooting part for $120 and it will be much higher quality
this looks really cool tho
My expectations were low and I was STILL disappointed. Good job Hasbruh. Good job.
I'm not going to defend how bad this thing is. You're right, it's a disgrace.
I am, however, going to note two criticisms that I think are *slightly* unjustified;
1. The grey darts. In the show, this rifle doesn't fire visible bolts, hence no glo-darts. The grey darts are supposed to look like the cartridges the character loads into the rifle.
2. The ergonomics on the show prop are also awful. That one is on George Lucas and the art team behind the "Tale of the Faithful Wookie" short, not Hasbro's design department per-se.
I do think the length plays a big part because you should be able to shoulder the rifle whilst you hold it
I'm sure someone has commented this already, but from what I've seen your lucky yours came in a box. A lot of people's seem to have been posted with the shipping labels stuck onto the blaster box itself
Oof..still waiting on mine, I knew it was just gonna be a collectable for me anyway so I'm not TOO rankled by the performance..hell considering it's a tie-in prop blaster the fact it gets above the low 50's in FPS with a faux barrel that long is surprising. My Gamestop hasn't got them in yet even though they've released and I preordered this thing. Thing that pisses me off though is it took so long for this thing to release they made a consumer version that's half the price, doesn't have the sound or single light and isn't as painted as this one..probably buy that one if I can get my hands on it and try to mod it for some better performance. The lack of light other than the scope is in line with the actual blaster in series..it's not a fancy flashing weapon, it disintegrates targets on contact once the projectile leaves the barrel, even the sound only happening when you close the breech is in line with the scene from the show..it's a prop blaster plain and simple..meant to look good and sound like the thing from the show..and since it's got the Star Wars name tacked on, and The Mandalorian being the big thing for Star Wars right now they can jack up that price for very little added on stuff..honestly I think at LEAST $20 of the price comes from the packaging alone.
Really hoping this video goes wide so people will stop buying these Pulse blasters. Basically kickstarting a product line for a multi-billion dollar company.
Please remember this blaster when future pulse offerings are made available and don't buy them. Except for you knew Walcom cause its his job.
I wanted it for the shell anyway - and I’m sporadically rich - so I think I’ll leave my LIMITED edition in box. I thought it’d be more like the Regulator than a dart version of the knockout.
Perhaps I’ll buy the Target version to mod.
I’ll front you the cash to do that if you want.
Thanks for the realistic review.
Let’s do a tribute to it’s destruction in the show by blowing it up and turning it to ash!
Came here to support the sad walrus.
Also slightly surprised the dart came out of the barrel at all.
You can't even defend it from a collector standpoint because they dropped the ball on the shipping (package-wise) and the stock is worthless for cosplay purposes
Only way I can defend it. Put it on a wall after you spray paint the whole thing. I’m sorry, it’s Star Wars
My plan is to buy the cheap version, chop the faux barrel off, and commission someone to 3D print a better stock for it.
The breach is similar to a Springfield Trapdoor, and as a fidget toy I see immense value in it because that is mostly what I do with my blasters these days. I’ll get some entertainment out of it until I get around to doing the aforementioned changes.
I'll eventually be completely happy with 1 for $50.
This blaster honestly genuinely just screams "We're running our course and going out with a whimper."
Honestly the design is cool and the colors aren't so bad. I genuinely liked The Mandalorian. But holy shit Hasbro has lost their mind in the past year+ or so. Cutting corners nonstop and basically hyping up and parading around things just to sell off at premiums because "look it's __ show Item". ALL of their lines had noticeable quality dips and this is one of the real Golden Turds that stands out it seems
When nerf nerfs hard, you get this