NECA Motorized Sky-Hook Replica Review

Used for zip-lining... and ripping someone's head off. 

I'm going to keep this one nice and short since I almost never review stuff like this, ever. Being a fan of Bioshock and knowing how expensive these things usually are(Found at Hastings for $40) I snatched it up. First impressions, other than the fact it's absolutely massive, the build quality is pretty good. Its made of the same type of plastic you find high quality Halloween props made out of. Holding it is somewhat uncomfortable because it uses a knuckleduster for it's grip and the trigger pull to spin up the hooks is a little tough. I did also notice that the big gear on the left side of the Sky-Hook was a little loose but I might be able to tighten it's screw down to fix that. Much these little quirks can be overlooked as it is a video game weapon and no real living human was intended to ever use it in real life, but there are a few things like the loose gear and the tough trigger pull that could be a little bit better... electric motor maybe? It's a nice quality prop, there's just some touching up it could use here and there. It still looks absolutely badass on display.

Slow Motion Test Firing

Not to shabby for an experiment. This was done with my Nikon D3200 and Sony Vegas, and the results aren't high speed camera grade as you can expect but it's still pretty cool. I'm looking to get some more use out of this technique in the future when filming.

Nerf Mega BigShock Review (7/10)

You've seen enough of me already.

No I haven't vanished yet guys, I've just been sitting on this one for while now. No real need to explain or anything... I mean just look at it! What about this pistol makes it any different front the millions of Jolt variants that have flooded the market other than that it's twice as big? Oh it's painted red I guess, Nerf hasn't done that to a Jolt yet, but despite it being another iteration of the most mundane blaster on the planet, it's actually quite solid.

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.

Nerf FlipFury Review (9/10)

When we thought the Strongarm couldn't get any better.

My second trip to Target was just as unfulfilling as the first, only this time instead of Sharpfires, I found FlipFurys and bagged one on the spot. After a few minutes of messing around with it, I think this beast is rightfully the best pistol Nerf has made.