The giggityness is strong with this one. The way it should be. Excellent way to start off the new year of videos. Welcome back Coop! I hope you're doing well!
Breach weapons have never been practical but I think the Fate is a first for Nerf. You're running around the battlefield with Rival rounds all over the place, and if you have the muscle memory down for loading the Fate then you don't have to stress over picking up a random round and putting it in the chamber the right way. Also it's tiny and super well-shaped so it can fit in a pocket. Great weapon!
@@thefreakhouse it is, but it's a little more annoying to use, it just feels very confused. It is not a very practical blaster, as the jolt makes a lot more sense, but it still feels like it's trying to be normal. The Fate embraces it's weirdness and just lets itself go, that's why it's a better blaster. Also the t-bar priming system in the Fate is way better.
Using the rival fate makes me feel like some kind of bounty hunter right out of Star Wars or something. It has such a cool vibe to it, and I'm so glad I picked it up at Target yesterday!
I love the Pathfinder! With some fairly minimal upgrades it performs exceptionally well. Right now mine has the OOD upgrade spring and the Apex kit from Foam Pro Shop.
@@e90baby Im actually considering returning mine, after firing a ton of offbrand headshot rounds, the mag has hiccups while feeding, it seems like it will only work consistently with the new (pricier) rounds i havent modded my old mags with shims yet but theres a note for you guys
@@puvaaneswaranpathmanathan8111 but if he did change the word the reviews would be less funny. But you do get kinda tired of the same joke in every single Rival blaster.
Bro I agree I sadly wasn’t able to pick up the fate but the pathfinder and bison are really cool and honestly the pathfinder has probably become one of my favorite blasters
I have all 3 and without a doubt the Vision is by far the most accurate, I don't do Nerf games just plink around at home so the Vision is my go too, I gave the Fate to my son as it's totally off putting by shooting far too high with sights adjusted to the lowest setting and by moving the targets way out further by then they've curved off. The Pathfinder is just down right beautiful to behold but when we set up targets the Vision kills em, I'm a real shooter though and these Nerf Rivals are just the ticket for setting up for backyard plinking. But hey we all see different qualities in each as we all have different needs. As to the grip, the Vision's is a replica of one of the most famous handguns ever made the Luger and virtually angled the same so to me it's a thumbs up for the Vision.
I remember when I used to watch these videos as a kid I would get so needlessly upset that he says "painted clear" but now as an adult thats the only way I refer to clear plastic because of Coop lol Great video as always my guy! ❤
I got a pathfinder and tried it with old clear mags. The mags fit just fine, but it wouldn't feed. Checking the older mags vs the orange one, I found the older clear mags lack these extra bits just under the lip that seat the mag properly. I glued some extra bits to the area and now they set fine, but if you have older gear, double check your stuff
Depends on the clear mags, they're not all the same. I have a mag I got with a Hera that fails to feed, but two I bought on their own (Nerf brand) feed just fine. 7 round clear mags and the Finisher mag are hit or miss.
Yeah I swapped mags with my friend who had newer ones and I bought ones I found were older, they worked with his blaster no problem, and his worked for my Pathfinder, I do think any recent rival mags (assumption is around the release of Phantom Corps blasters) will work just fine for the Pathfinder
Great to see you're back! You showed yourself using standard Rival mags but so many other reviewers couldn't get it to feed consistently using the old mags. Did you do anything, like get the mag adapter from Thingiverse?
I got a pathfinder and tried it with old clear mags. The mags fit just fine, but it wouldn't feed. Checking the older mags vs the orange one, I found the older clear mags lack these extra bits just under the lip that seat the mag properly. I glued some extra bits to the area and now they set fine, but if you have older gear, double check your stuff
It seems we're getting more and more away from the original intention of Rival (battle-effective blasters with accurate ammo) and into the "gimmick zone" of Nerf Elite or Zombie Strike. Not disappointed, just interesting
A point about the pathfinder: it doesn’t work with old rival mags. They don’t seat high enough to actually load rounds in. It can be fixed by adding some small bits of plastic to the mag though
I've done my own testing, and I can confirm, these new ones aren't any more accurate, but they do look a little cooler in my opinion. I just really like the color they chose. The only downside is that it's a little harder to find in the grass than the bright and yellow ones. Heck, even the edge rounds were pretty easy to find.
Maybe it's just my point of view, but it looks to me the blue balls do shoot straighter. If not more, they maintain a straighter trajectory for a longer distance.
Anyone else love how no matter what coop always gives honest to god reviews? Like even when nerf sends him stuff for free he is always super honest and knows what to look for in a good blaster. Thanks Coop!!
it could be possible to mod the fate to have like a 2 or 3 rnd mag, not 10 or 20 bc that takes away from the uniqueness, but a 2-3 rnd mag would be cool
I hope nerf gets back to producing blasters like the Titan, the Mastodon, Prometheus, Nemesis, Perses, and Khaos. Such cool looking blasters which are actually very fun and (depending on situation) practicool to use.
I’m not gonna lie, I think I saw a slight difference in accuracy between the two rounds. Either way I love the pathfinder. It just looks really really cool
The vision is similar to the xshot meteor in form factor, which has a internal magazine in the bottom, and they kinda look the same, Happy that coop is back, welcome back dudebro!
Good to see you up n runnin’, dudebro. Been struggling with physical health myself these days, but all that being said, it’s encouraging to see you still doing your thing. Stay tacti-cool!
I can't help but think that the new dimpling on the accu-rival rounds MIGHT make a difference....if not for the Nerf and Rival logos and the seam line. Maybe not, but those cannot be helping lol. Anyway I dig this line, they all look really slick and clean! Shame the Vision is a bit awkward to hold, because I do love the look it gets making the grip and magazine parallel like that. And somehow I've not seen people really compare the Fate to the Knockout. It's just a Knockout with a back prime instead of in-grip, and removing the extra step of manually opening the breach by adding that to the prime action. I'm just curious if it'll have the mod potential that the Knockout did!
Just a reminder for anybody wanting to buy the pathfinder, you will have to do some modding to your old mags for them to fit into the blaster, the new mag has steps with make it about a centimeter taller
my guess on the rubber ring on the bottom of the pathfinder mag is it's meant to emulate a kinda speedpul/magpul grip you see on the bottom of some tacticool rifle mags
7:17 it’s funny when he says if that’s not obvious enough you need better glasses when he holds it at the one angle that we can’t see if it’s primed or not
Damn how such would it be if they tweaked the back spin of the accu bawls. Like an air powered blaster that added range and accuracy due to the backspin. I mean that would be more realistic to shoot I guess
The firing demo is interesting because it shows the compatibility between the pathfinder and older rival mag. Maybe hasbro secretly fixed the issue or there are different versions of pathfinder.
There's different versions of the clear mags. The 12 round mag I got with my Hera won't feed, but the two extras I have that I purchased on their own feed just fine. They have different feed tabs as well, the Hera mag has a flat bit vs the other two being more pointed.
The second guns grip is 100% based on the P08 Luger pistol. The angle fits but what gives it away are those two round things at the bottom of the grip where the sling mount is. That's where you grip a P08s magazine to pull it out of the gun
Looks cool like a cyber punk 2077 look! The color scheme is fabulous. Thanks, Coop for helping me get back into nerfing! Just getting back into Nerf as a grown ass woman. This along with MMA is a lot more fun than traditional exersize. I don't care how foolish I look, it sure is a hell of a lot more fun than just doing "grown up" exersize. For our anniversary I got my guy and I nerf guns. A Kronos and Takedown for each of us. He was so happy! They are both sort of the same capability wise but we both really like the pump action of the Takedown. He bought himself a new blaster, not telling me what it is and is planning a suprise attack. Meanwhile I just got myself the Adventure Force Sportsman. I found a Zombie Strike Flipfury at the thrift store and we are in love with it. We also have Alpha Strike Claws and jolts. Cheap, but really fun. We play Jenga by shooting the blocks down. Now these new cyberpunk-esque blasters are really friggen rad but we need good primaries. Thinking for my guys birthday getting him a Hades cause he's so tall it will work perfect for him!...Unless that's the blaster he already got while he's planning to do black ops on me!
Oh man the “blue balls” thing is never gonna get old…thanks hasbro😝👍 if your girl gets you some ammo for Christmas you can tell everybody she gave you blue balls😂
As a kid I would've wanted these so bad, just based on the look alone. They're so sleek and fit without looking like real guns while still kind of looking like real guns. A little less into it as an adult, now I'd way rather have the Jupiter.
The Mileage you have gotten from Rival shooting "Balls" is astounding. When you unboxed the Pathfinder and said "balls" plainly, I almost unsubscribed right then. But for the Vision and Fate, you really brought it with increasing Gusto. And when Nerf decided to color their new Accu-rival rounds Blue-- it had to be a personal gift to Frank Cooper. The only time it is acceptable to not say "BAAWLS" is when you say "blueballs" without a hint of a space or a pause. I only wish the new blue accu-rounds were actually more accurate. But any frustrated teenager could have told you that no task has ever been improved by blueballs. Welcome back.
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