Nerf CrossBolt Review (9/10)

The string actually does something for a change.

I was on the way home from the bowling alley when I got a wild hair to stop at the Toys R Us down the street to see if they had anything new. Going down the aisles, the endcaps had absolutely nothing and when I got to the main Nerf aisle there was the usual stuff. However a quick glance at the top shelf next to a few Rhino-Fires were three CrossBolts, probably the most sought after blaster of 2015. Ok the price tag of $37.99 was pretty brutal but I could care less, I snatched one up on the spot and well, here it is.

Nerf Rival: Ball Blasters For the Modern Battlefield?

The Zeus MXV-1200.

This was totally uncalled for. Nerf has decided to ahead and launch a new line geared towards teens and adults. These new ball guns seem to fire a new type of ball ammunition that seems smaller than Ballistic Balls. No word on what they're made of but hey're probably dense foam like the Ballistics used. These blasters are capable of firing these little bastards at around 70 MPH apparently, which is about 102 FPS so you'll feel them alright. The above blaster is the Zeus MXV-1200, a 12 round flywheel assault rifle from the looks of it and no word on its it's full auto or semi auto. There is another blaster called the Apollo XV-700 which is like a large pullback pistol with a magazine in the grip, that's a first. Nerf also has a patent for this ball firing gatling gun out there so it's probably going to wind up here, going with the way these blasters are named after Greek Gods, I'm just going to take a wild guess and assume the gatling gun is going to be called "Ares". I'm really curious to see what these have in store, especially performance wise. The best ball gun I've used is the old Ballzooka MP150 and it had fairly good accuracy and range but it wasn't anything heart stopping. Lets see if Nerf can perfect ball technology here.

The patented gatling gun.

Nerf Mega CycloneShock Review (9/10)

When you need to shoot from your back yard to your front yard, through your house,

The Mega series had been somewhat of a letdown for the most part as it's flagship blaster the Centurion is a dart demolishing pillock and the only two decent blasters are the Magnus and the monsterous Thunderbow. Well, not anymore. Allow me to introduce you to the CycloneShock, a hand cannon like no other.