Nerf Zombiestrike Fusefire Review (6/10)

Light them up.

I found this Fusefire alongside the Crossfire bow and picked it up as it's not even officially released in the states yet(Canada has it officially). This glowing Vortex pistol is similar to both a Vigilon and a Proton combined and with cool looks to boot. Only problem is, the goods are even with the bads, and this fight is dirty.

Size compared to a Stockade.

The Fusefire is one of the three Vortex blasters to be featured in the Zombiestrike line, and it is the second Vortex blaster to feature Firefly tech. At first glance, it looks like a Proton met a Vigilon, had hard sex one night and the result actually looked pretty good. I like the Fusefire's aesthetics and it looks like a kind of pistol the Covenant from Halo would use. I actually wish they used the metallic copper colored paint they used on the prototype on this but the orange works. There are two green LEDs on the top of the blaster which is perfect for giving away your position and there is ammo storage in the front and obviously Nerf decided not to give you all the ammo to actually utilize it. Sigh.

Proton-esq priming handle.

So how does this all work? First off, the lights take three AAA batteries which is ridiculous. Ok, now onto how it ACTUALLY works, you load five discs into the loading slot on in the back and prime the blaster, the slide will retract back into the blaster. I said will, I actually meant hopefully the slide would retract back. My biggest concern with the Fusefire is that the new loading system constantly jams when loading and priming. Sure, the inline system is more compact and streamlined than the Vigilon but I've had discs jammed into the magazine and I had to use a screwdriver to get them loose. And I can't fire this in rapid succession without the slide locking up on the end of it's track.

I never bothered opening mine, it was getting late so here's a patent image.

Ok so yes, it will fire, I'm just really annoyed that the blaster decides to lock up on me and in the process, scuff my discs up pretty bad. It fires just like any other Vortex blaster and hits nice ranges, I'd imagine you could reclock the torsion catapult like any other blaster and get more power, but with as jammy the system is, it would probably only make things worse.

So is the Fusefire worth you're time? It's a tough call, I love it's aesthetics and it shoots nicely, its just the new loading and cycling system is very rough and very annoying. The way I see it, this is the Centurion of Vortex, I don't love or hate it. I give the Fusefire a 6 out of 10 because it's a cool concept and it works, just not smoothly, not one bit.

The Verdict

Class- Heavy Disc Pistol

Range- Like a typical Vortex blaster, great. 70+ feet.

Size- Like a Vigilon, but shorter.

Reliability- Jams very frequently and will annoy the hell out of you.

Ammo- 5 Glow XLR Discs, 5 In Reserve

Modding- Torsion catapult can be reclocked.
Value- At $20, it's fairly cheap for a high powered pistol but the jamming will annoy you to death.

Is It Better Than?

Vigilon- No, the Vigilon, although bulkier, is a much smoother operating pistol than the Fusefire and it has a loading system that loads the gun just as fast, if not quicker than the Fusefire. Ouch.

Proton- Yes, as before, the Proton is a smoother operating pistol yet despite the frequent jamming of the Fusefire, you can still prime it faster than a Proton considering you have to load the thing every time you shoot it. That's enough to buy the Fusefire over this.






Diatron- Depends, the Diatron is a weird blaster. It may have more rounds than the other pistols to the naked eye but considering it fires two discs at a time means you really just have a Vigilon that wastes another disc for each trigger pull. It's more of an acquired taste I guess.