NERF ELITE 2.0 was a mistake. 

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It's 3 am, and instead of sleeping, I'm learning about bad nerf guns when I'm completely disconnected from the hobby. What am I doing with my life

The shotgun thing from the loadout pack could be used for really cheap cosplay props. With a bit of paint, some PVC, and a couple LEDs, I could turn it into Mr. Freeze's gun from Gotham. Or a few other things that have a similar design.

i love the concept of elite 2.0 being more 'tactical' in the sense of several attachment points, but i absolutely HATE how cheap they went with the line. it angers me as someone who likes to piece together blaster and attachment combinations in my head and would actually like to modify one of these blasters because they look so cool.

I love how Hasbro is going all "Eco friendly" now with their packaging while still releasing trash like this. They've created more landfill with Nerf the last several years than plastic packaging for the last 5 across 3-4 toy lines. Then there is the part where the new boxes are 100% shop lifter and swapper friendly. Hasbro is really trying to speed run its own demise. Some blasters on the list feel like they could have been a huge hit by just changing how it functions. The eagle point has a great looking compact and sleek shell. That cant be argued with, now imagine it as the Styrfe 2.0, or better yet the Regulator successor with select fire. Sadly, even though this list is all about the mistakes... I still kind of want to find a flip 32 at a thrift store.

I wholeheartedly agree with your opinion on the original Elite 2.0 wave. I also think some of the newer blasters are pretty good (Trailblazer) and sometimes even exceptional (the Motoblitz). I wish they would’ve released those right out of the gate instead of giving us crap like the Warden.

For me, the Trailblazer was the first 2.0 blaster that I actually bought - The gaping hole on the left side is...fine, but that's where modding comes in. The Motoblitz feels like what the entire line should've been based around conceptually - A blaster familiar in function, but bringing something new/interesting to the table (if not borderline gimmicky).

I actually love the rant lol It’s honest, summative, and just fun to watch. ❤

i like to think the Motoblitz is a "messenger" for good times ahead. I agree wholeheartedly with a lot of your points here. i don't necessarily mind Nerf blasters that i get as long as they are different, after sitting here and giving my ears for 40 minutes.with the Trailblazer and Motoblitz being released, i am starting to become optimistic for this series and praying that it releases better blasters. You did very well on this video Walcom,I commend you!(PS: I was here from the announcement, and watched the entire video)

I think Elite 2.0 is getting better. With the Motoblitz, trailblazer, ranger, and eaglepoint. I'm cautiously optimistic for the future!

I really love how you did this video going over each blaster one by one in chronological order. Please do more line reviews like this

Wait until you see elite 3.0

In my personal opinion, Hasbro should bring back Nerf N-Strike Elite.

As always, I'm appreciating your hard work, fun editing, attention to detail, and animated on-camera-charisma!

I think that another thing that made Elite 2.0 a mistake was that it didn't really have that "game changing" factor (for lack of a better term) that the Elite line had. It was amazing when the Elite line was released, since it was such a huge step from the original N-Strike line (as you explained in your video). The Elite line used direct plunger systems, rather than reverse plunger, making springer blasters more efficient over their N-Strike counterparts. There were semi and full auto flywheel blasters, a step above the original motorized plunger blasters like the Stampede and the Vulcan, and a lot of the blasters were mag fed. When the Elite 2.0 blasters started to come out, there was no "game changing" factor that it had over the Elite line. Many of the blasters were just reshells of already made blasters, as you stated in your video. There was nothing innovative in the Elite 2.0 line over the Elite line, like there was in the Elite line over the N-Strike line. It went from making cool and interesting blasters in the Elite line, to making reshells to make a quick buck just to say that it's a "new" blaster in the Elite 2.0 line. I'm not saying that every single blaster that Nerf releases has to be completely different to the previously released blaster. However, if they're going to make a reshell of a blaster, they could at least have some sort of twist over the original blaster. Hell, it went from us complaining that Nerf didn't paint both sides of the blaster in the Elite line, to trying hard to find any redeeming quality of the blasters released in the Elite 2.0 line. The only blaster that I thought what somewhat interesting in the Elite 2.0 line was the new Motoblitz blaster, but the rest of the blasters just don't do it for me. At the end of the day, however, Nerf, and Hasbro respectively, is a business, and they're going to do make and release whatever blasters make them money, and probably won't care what we, a small albeit ever-growing, margin of the Nerf market has to say. I really do hope that Nerf changes, though. I used to really like their blasters, but in recent years, the once knockoff blasters that I probably wouldn't bat an eye at, have now become the blasters that I look at on the shelves first before Nerf blasters. A lot of this was probably stated and explained, at least indirectly, in the video, I just thought that I would throw my two cents in the ring. I also know that I probably sound like a Nerfing boomer, shaking my fist at big Hasbro, but I just thought I'd explain why I think that the Elite 2.0 line was a flop, and that I hope that they can turn around the Elite 2.0 line.

The trailblazer is interesting to mod. You cannot really remove the air restrictor, only disable it. However, it’s still a fun blaster to use.

I swear, that large blaster in the tactical pack just looks like it's made of hard rubber when you squeeze it like that. Here's hoping that things improve with newer stuff.

I do love the shells of Elite 2.0, I was so hyped to paint these into functioning prop blasters. Sadly I can't do that. Their nice at thrift price. $2 commanders are fun

I wish Hasbro would put vortex discs back on shelves. The knockoff ones don’t work well to build a load out around.

"Shooting things is cool, shooting things safely is cooler." Here here! I've been getting into Nerf collecting for over a year now. Sometimes just for something to look forward to on a weekly basis, even if its a crappy blaster, while the epic limited run pre order blasters are a year away. Been buying some older blasters while I still can online because they're awesome like the Modulus line that I love because 2.0 just doesn't excite. I've been even buying the Roblox blasters recently while their prices drop because they're...at least something different in style. I do like the Commander from the 2.0 line because its affordable and just a modern take on one of the best classics and can be upgraded to a rifle. The Phoenix is just so clunky and a disrespect to the Stryfe...get a Stryfe while you still can.

My theory is that hasbro only tries when they're failing. As soon as they succeed they start pushing out garbage again. You can see this in almost all of their franchises.

The Technician and the Operator are LITERALLY the two worst names to give to blasters with only TWO SHOTS in them and nothing gimmicky about them. Sure, it's fast reload, but you spend more time reloading rather than firing. What the Fantaisie was Hasbro thinking?!

Elite 2.0 was never Elite 2.0. It was Modulus Alphastrike.

Your video of the Warden is what really destroyed my Black and White thinking when it came to Nerf, that was when I really believed that there are problems with Nerf. I didn't want to leave Nerf but after seeing the Warden, that was when I started to seriously look for Adventure Force blasters at my local walmart, and well, I got some

This video feels like Walcom slowly descending into madness lol

I haven't touched Nerf for over a decade, this is a really fascinating exploration of Nerf history. Thank you for all the work you put into this video!

Well elite 2.0 is getting better because of the double punch, motoblitz, trailblazer, and I'm cautious to say the eaglepoint

As someone just coming back into dart blasters (dropped out shortly after the elite line was dropped) I have to say, maybe it's just cause its the first Nerf blaster I've held in around 10 years, but the trailblazer is everything I was hoping for in a Nerf pistol. Was honestly shocked at how well it performed out of the box (then again, my points of comparison are the original recon and nightfinder) aside from that and the motoblitz though, everything in 2.0 seemed pointless to me. Also about them "just being toys for kids" another good response would be something about how kids deserve a quality toy to enjoy for years, instead of something that will fall apart in a week.

There's a reason that the only Hasbro Nerf line that I actually care about at this point is Rival. The blasters are consistently high quality, consistently actually solid performance, consistently solid ammo, and consistently unique designs. I use my completely stock Charger regularly and love it, I used a Helix literally today and found it quite interesting to use, and there's just more and more I can say. Whether they're "older" blasters for the line like the Hades, Artemis, Kronos, Knockout, etc, etc, or newer ones like the Helix or the Pathfinder, they're legitimately solid and useable, worth their prices, and come with good ammunition. (though, I wish the Pathfinder accepted the old magazines....)

The Motoblitz quickly became one of my favorites after picking it up a few weeks ago

Ty for making this video; i was thinking of buying, but i might still buy the phoenix for the rad scope for an ice centurion

Honestly nerf blaster lines are very comparable to new COD games. Some of them hit the nail on the head so hard they can’t get any better. Then there’s others with stupid DLC that is locked behind supply drops or something. It sucks but hasbro will eventually learn what we want and what properly sells.

My 9 year old son really wanted the elite 2.0 tactical pack for his birthday, I wasn’t throwing that much money down the drain, so I brought him a DZ Max Tomcat instead. He cried about it. I asked him why he was sad and he said because the tomcat wasn’t blue and green, (his favourite colours), so I painted the shell of it for him whilst he was at school and when I gave it to him he looked like he’d just won a million bucks. I still can’t get over the fact that he cried about getting a Tomcat instead of a piece of shit😂😂😂😂

Elite 2.0 is easily summarised in one sentence: ‘If in doubt, make another quad-shot blaster.’

I think people are now realizing how good the roughcut actually is cause when I went to Walmart today I saw that the roughcut was in stock next to the Fortnite flare and rival focus and the roughcut was completely gone. It was $10.99

Welcom really went "Do you use your blaster with or without the shell?" 3:01

I don't usually watch or like negative videos, but Elite 2.0 absolutely deserves every bit of the criticism. The original Elite is my absolute favorite product line in all of Nerf history, but Elite 2.0 doesn't belong anywhere other than in a landfill. Aside from the occasional Rival purchase I've spent the last couple years giving all my foam flinging money to Dart Zone instead of Nerf, since these days Rival is Nerf's only product line that you can take out of the box and bring to a Nerf game with no modifications necessary to have competitive range and accuracy.

Up for making an exhaustive wishlist video of ALL the blasters you'd like hasbro to create/bring back?

I like how some people try to redeem this line by saying it has "a couple" good blasters. Elite N-Strike had like 90% of its blasters be good whereas the elite 2.0 line has like 3 or 5 at most, with some of them not even being original concepts and a bunch of the bad ones being from the Alpha strike line.

The sad part is in contrys like brazil the good blasters dont come to here,and it is expensive to import things like it like a blaster is 30$ dollars you need to pay $50 just in taxes,thank god the xshot brings all good (and bad) blasters like the rage fire and the gel fire blasters

With you 100% on how Elite 2.0 turned out. I think the Motoblitz is the first blaster in the line up that actually feels like it deserves the name of Elite 2.0, as an evolution of the Elite Rayven. Keeping our fingers crossed it won't be the only good one in the line up going forward. 👍👍

For the Ace, there’s way worse : the Slash. It’s a FREAKING STINGER REPAINTED IN BLUE AND QUALIFY THAT REPAINT AS AN ELITE 2.0 WHAT THE HELL HASBRO

With Moto, im hoping that elite 2.0 gets better to the quality of n-strike but with the upgrades on the ultras

I think the turbine is definitely worth picking up just because of the decent fire rate at a low price and ofc purse the aesthetics and ergonomics

honestly the motoblitz is an amazing apology blaster from nerf, its fun, its cheap but not made cheap, if new elite 2.0 blasters come out, they should be at least decent or great

I dropped out of nerf with the N-Strike series because I changed workplaces and Nerf fights weren't a thing anymore, and years later met my partner who's kids had the Elite 2.0 stuff and I was surprised at how average it was. Like, it was better than N-Strike, but not by much and it had all the issues you pointed out. Good to see it's not just me!

happy 2022 happy blasting

They could have done something like the Turbine having a Warden masterkey underneath the barrel (while having internals that don't break and having only screws). Wouldn't that have been awesome?

"Why are you complaining about kids toys" Because today's children deserve quality toys too :v

Recently, when I went to my friends house, we did a Nerf war, he was a lot more experienced than I am, and he felt genuine fear when I pointed my turbine at him for the first time. To bad I can’t aim to save my life

The title is correct, apart from one thing. Elite 2.0 is a mistake except for motoblitz and flipshots i get it flipshots arent battle effective but i just love the gimmick edit: i want to mention i got my motoblitz for like $27 i think. And also, if you have a motoblitz and some old screamer darts i highly recommend using them in the shotgun part as it actually works and makes it a lot cooler. imo, the Motoblitz is just a direct upgrade to the Mediator.

I bet Elite 3.0 will have blasters that are taped together and made of the CHEAPEST possible plastic

This video was great. Really shows how far things have gone. I remember seeing Nerf sledge fires on the shelf’s and getting excited. Ooh how times have changed. Thanks for this one Walcom. Keep up the amazing content as always Cheers.

I loved this video man, I’m a sucker for big breakdown stuff as well as the quick shorts. Hope you can get round to doing more!

Walcom: “2021… It got really bad” Now you’re speaking the literal truth!

I wish they would send in RU-vidrs like Walcom to design a blaster of fitting

Thank you for summarizing my thoughts on the entire line in general. I recommend making numerous shorts out of this video so people with the attention span of a five year old can see and understand the point.

Theres an exteme amount of nuance to the leak, reveal, and release of the first wave of Elite 2.0 blasters but if theres just one thing I can clarify it's the timing between Elite 2.0 and the Nexus pro. The first Elite 2.0 listings were leaked in early March 2020, (just right before lockdown). The listings were nothing more names and prices, perfect for rampant speculation. Over the next two months we gradually got descriptions and eventually pictures of each of the blasters. Basically by the start of July we knew what each looked and functioned like, as well as some worrisome whispers of the drastic manufacturing changes. Blasters began showing up on store shelves, at least in the US, in early to mid July, when we got our first reveiws from major channels. The nexus pro was first leaked with a image of the blaster in early July. Listings for the half darts came in mid July, with the nexus actually be found on shelves in late July. Meaning there was very little overlap between what we were speculating Elite 2.0 to be and what we were eagerly hoping was true of the Nexus Pro. Very few people expected it to be a "pro" line at all (that was speculation better reserved for Hyper at the time) and regardless, the nexus didn't play a roll in that speculations since it had not been revealed in any capacity yet What I think this situation is being confused with was the DZP/ULTRA confusion of the pervious year. We saw listings leaking the name of the ULTRA line with distinct refill packs and a new blaster in early to mid 2019 (I think may but I'm not 100% on that). We didn't have any clue what the line was other than a new ammo type so therefore speculation could run wild. Dart Zone revealed the Mk1 in July 2019 and so following that people began to optimistically assume ULTRA was possibly half darts or incorrectly assume ULTRA was some "response" to the DZP. The images of the ULTRA ONE and the new darts were finally leaked in mid September 2019, with an offical reveal a few days later and a product launch that October. If you wanna get even more boring and technical I could talk about how Elite 2.0 had the added focus of leaking right during the start of the pandemic and therefore had way more eyes on it with everyone in the hobby only being online, but that's better saved for a long winded video essay on the subject that would have to include a deep dive into the Alpha Strike line as well as ULTRA and Dart Zones various Pro offerings and that's too grand of a project for the comments section

i cant stop laughing when u say "rlly bad" at 21:21 and u are my go to channel when i wanna know if i should get a gun

The commander is not the new disruptor or strongarm, its the new spectre (bc of barrel attachment and stock attachment)

This is arguably one of your best videos! Gives a good brief history of how nerf has evolved to what it is now. Informative

The transitions getting progressively more dements has me rolling lmfao

Oh I want a double-barrel Sledgefire now. It’d be an excellent DOOM crossover opportunity!

I wholeheartedly agree with pretty much every analysis in this video. Thank you for your extra time in this video, we need it. On another note, with all these ammo types, you would think we might see a blending of innovation. Whether they know it or not, Hasbro has created a very diverse hobby. Even if by trial and error, they could make some very hot factory integrations, with just some thoughtful consideration. And the money would result naturally from that.

WS7 This video was amazing. Thanks for putting this out for all of us. Most of this stuff we knew but as a plee to Hasbro to make cooler stuff it was fantastic. Thanks again for all the enthusiasm and real opinions. Keep up the great work you sir ROCK.

Hasbro: Terrible Jolt reskin for $500 Hasbro's Competitors: A f**king 200 round minigun that fires 10 rounds a second for like $5

I love and appreciate how much work went into this

I'm late, but I watched and agreed along with you. I missed the beginning of nstrike and elite, my hobby started with rival, but had the whiptail scorpion as a kid. I haven't bought anything recently new from nerf since the mega motoblitz. And I don't feel like I'm missing out.

Many thanks, Walcom. With my son reaching nerf age, I’ve pulled out my old blasters and gotten back into the hobby, only this time on the modding side of things too. But I’ve got a lot of catching up to do on where the hobby is now, and what blasters are worth picking up. Videos like this really help me out! Already bought an Eagle Point and Trailblazer unfortunately, but now I can safely avoid the rest of Elite 2.0 and Alpha. It was a shame to get the Eagle Point home and realize I couldn’t just pop the frame off to paint and mod like other blasters

i am happy you had confidence to make this video

I love that you shined a touch of love on the flite, I have one with the stampede shield and the mk2 barrel attachment.

The loadout pack shotgun is basically the zuru hawkeye with 1 more capacity or the vigilante without the cool rifle look

I feel as if the motoblitz is a course correction for nerf. I’m hopefully optimistic about the future of nerf with that release and I do hope that the team at hasbro can ride the coat tails of this and make some new interesting blasters worth the pickup.

Great video man! Lets pray they hear it. What a great break down and comparison.

I always enjoy Walcoms longer vids keep up the great content

I understand all the downside😂 But elite2.0 is actually not bad for casual players (except warden, a piece of garbage) And in my country dart zone products are way more expensive than nerf, like twice of the nerf price Moreover, n-strike, elite, zombie and all the other nerf series are hyped by scalpers in our country, only elite 2.0's price is at MSRP Therefore i choose x-shot🤣🤣

Thanks for your time and information man! It was a trip through hell, but maybe one day Elite 2.0 can see the light.

Thanks for the effort to make such a long video, but full of great reviews and even a time line of lauches. Apprecieted man

Eaglepoint scope + nerf Phoenix + Zesty Fortnite SMG attachments + 18 round stick mag = Pure awesomeness

personally the reason i liked nerf was the constant innovation and retooling elite 2.0 seemed to go entirely against that hopefully the motoblitz is a return to form with that innovation.

My turbine broke in 50 minutes I bought a new one and broke in 3 days😂

fun fact: the four dart front loading smart ar blasters are actually a bad version of the zombie strike quadrot

7:52 it was the Disney live action remake of nerf blasters

... but it's better to Ultra.

I really hope they make continue to make better quality products like the Motoblitz and Trailblazer, or even make an Elite 3.0 with short dart compatibility and a focus on performance.

The problem I have with the trailblazer is that a hammer prime blaster is supposed to be be usable with one hand, but for some reason the trailblazer has the hammer way too far away from the grip to be used one handed without drastically changing my grip. This problem doesn't exist for me with every other hammer prime. I own every other one of them that I can think of, and it's just with the trailblazer.

Great video! Thanks for putting in the effort. I appreciate it. I really enjoy compilation videos and your passion for this hobby shines through the negative tone. Keep up the great work.

"The Flip-8 is essentially an 8 shot Jolt" And thus, Walcom summons the "everything is a Jolt" train of thought Remember, the Motoblitz is a magazine fed, semi auto flywheeler with an air tank that fires a bunch of Jolts... So is an automated Jolt that reloads automatically, with 6 Jolts under it... So it's just a Jolt :D Also the editing is pretty weird in this video, at times it makes the transitions make it look that the coming segment is gonna be worse than the previous one and it ends up being more positive, like with the Motoblitz or Ranger. Just pointing that out

i only have the bolt actions eagleshit thing or something and i HATE IT!!

"A rayven is pretty hard to get your hands on" I'm new to nerf collecting, I did not know that, and am Incredibly happy I got my hands on one, from a *goodwill.* I swear the biggest reason I got into nerf collecting is because Goodwill always has something, I've gotten like half the original N-Strike lineup from Goodwill. Good stuff, my Rayven doesn't shoot very hard, it's obviously been thrown around a bit, but I love the design, and i love the feel, too. Great blaster.

Glued together? Pinned together? Stapled together? If they were made in China, then that makes sense

I think elite 2.0 was a good concept but Hasbro ruined everything

The three i think that are salvajable are the turbine, motorstrike and the commander

I think this is just an attitude Hasbro are applying more generally to their products across the board. I have a bunch of DnD friends for instance, and they've been complaining about a lack of care and a decrease in quality of products from hasbro. *granted* it's a massive difference between a TTRPG and a plastic toy gun, but if two totally separate things, managed overall by the same parent company have this problem then I think the company as a whole is just nosediving into profiteering.

After being out of the hobby since before covid, this video did an awesome job of recapping what has been going on! I'd love to see one about all the other stuff nerf and other brands have been up to. Great video!

why does he look like caseoh. yes I liked my own comment

With the recolor spectre coming out, I have a theory that all of this is just new coke and their going to just release old blasters again. Also I left lego for Nerf

“Script what script I don’t need a script because this video is sponcered by raid shadow legends. ”I screamed that out loud in school last week😂

I used your reviews befor getting my nephew a blaster for Christmas

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