Flip Fury and Strongheart Bow

Ready for testin'!

Two?! TWO blasters?! Yes, that's right readers, we got our hands on the Zombie Strike Flip Fury and the Rebelle Strongheart Bow. While we didn't have a ton of time to do a full review (we'll probably discuss them more on the next podcast) we did have enough time to give you some first impressions and chrono results. Hit the jump for our initial thoughts, numbers and a few quick videos. Don't forget to click on the chrono results to enlarge the pictures!

First Look: Slingfire

B.F.U. got his Slingfire in from Amazon.com early and gives us some quick first impressions!

Blaster has off an on availability through Amazon.com, but here's a LINK in case it comes back up for sale again.   No word on when it will be back in stock.

Nerfcast Episode 38: Not Buy A Longshot

After a brief convention hiatus, Nerfcast is back! Josh, Shawn and B.F.U. discuss news of the new Zombiestrike Longshot, new Rough Cuts, Zing care package, and more.

Updates every other Wednesday.

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BONK! Incoming Zombie Strike Z-Bat!

I'm a Force of Nature!

Are you listening? Okay. Grass grows. Birds fly. Sun shines. And brother-

This bat hurts people.

A Jolt Of A Different Color

Hello again old friend.

Either you love it or you hate it, but the Jolt seems to be here stay. With more variations than probably any other Nerf blaster in recent history, there's a little somethin' for everyone. It's no stranger to makeovers, re-shells, or re-release, and the Zombie Strike line is no different. So lets jump right into the Zombiestrike Target Set.

Full review after the break

Put The Screwdriver Down BFU

So today's post was going to be a review on the Fuse Fire complete with pics from the unboxing to the internals. Everything was going great until the dreaded stripped screw. Well, I figured I could get around that if it was the only screw that stripped and guess what happened? The very next screw stripped the same as the previous screw. Well, being a man of little patience I kind of...well I will let the pictures do the talking after the break.

As you can see things started off smashingly and I was excited to renew my love of disc based blasters.

Nerfcast Ep. 24: The Long Halloween

The infamous "Unlucky Charms"

Prepare for a special episode of Nerfcast! To apologize for missing our last scheduled episode due to technical difficulties (We recorded an hour and a half with Bobololo that was a mess of white noise after we listened to it.) and to celebrate Halloween, we recorded an extra long episode for your listening pleasure! We invited B.F.U. back to talk about our latest Halloween game, the end of the season, Nerf news, the Zombie Strike line and more. We even get into some video game discussion as well as what we enjoyed about this season and plans going forward. We hope you enjoy, and have a fun, safe Halloween!


YouTube link after the break.

Bay Area Nerf Exclusive: Buccaneer and Gladiator swords!

It looks like Buzz Bee has entered the foam melee arena with their new offering: the Air Warriors Buccaneer and Gladiator swords. While checking for more random DPCIs at Target to see if we could uncover any new or unannounced blasters we came across these. The Target inventory listing was a cryptic "Foam Swords" under DPCI 087-11-0346 for $9.99. When they pulled these out of the backroom, it surely wasn't what we were expecting.

  

The foam itself is very lightweight, but not as soft and squishy as most of the Nerf weaponry we've seen so far. It's more akin to the Marauder Long Sword, but much lighter. Each sword measures in at roughly 2 feet from pommel to point, with the blades coming in a little under 19 inches. The "blades" are thinner than most of the melee offerings from Nerf (although we haven't been able to  check out the new Zombie Strike Machete). The handles are only meant for one handed use, but aren't so small that those with bigger hands will find the grip too short. The swords themselves feel fairly sturdy, and with the foam being more dense than some of Hasbro's melee alternatives, they may last a bit longer than their competitor. Hopefully field test will yield more conclusive results, specifically against some zombie hordes.

What do you think? Is this a smart move on Buzz Bee? Will you give these a shot? How do you feel about the color scheme? Let us know in the comments below!

More pictures after the break.

Nerfcast Episode 18: Humans vz Zombie Strike

Feast your braaains (and ears) on this episode, where Josh and Shawn discuss the upcoming Zombie Strike line.

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