HOLY CRAP THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK. This thing showed up a whole day early, but I had to get this video out. ALL HAIL DART ZONE! Yeah seriously thank you Supahvaporeon and Abquitinque from the Fuzzy Walrus Industries Discord Channel! Want to join? It's completely free! The biggest and best place in the hobby! discord.gg/nerf
@@WalcomS7 well, I was inspired by joy. Both in the video, and the "obtained from a dispensary" kind lmao. Plus, I really can't wait to get my hands on it!
Nerf: *stryfe reskins, shrinking the longshot plunger, gluing blasters, Ultra darts* Dart Zone: “Here’s the perfect NIC blaster for the price of a McDonalds Sprite.”
@@WalcomS7 I would love to see their more interesting looking blasters get this kind of treatment. I know not every blaster can be both a full length and half length dart blaster, but it would be amazing if we got, say, variants of the same blasters. Like that new one . . . looks like a tommy-gun? A full length and half-length dart variant would be AWESOME. Also, on the Wardens? Yeah, two days ago was my birthday and I said "Fuck it, let's check this fucker out". This was earlier in the day prior to your video. BOTH BROKE THE SAME EXACT WAY AS YOURS DID.
Mal'Thun Gaming not only a tommy gun, but if they bring out the WW2 version of one (forgot the name) it will both perfectly fit with half dart mags but also finally give a WW2 dart gun
JG Sword Reviews and Costume Weapons had to look it up of course, but the M1A1, mainly just the Thompson with the smaller clip would perfectly fit the mini-dart clip size And if they decide to make a heavy weapon, the BREN has to be it with that top mag feed
I still remember people asking how to mod something to reach super stock FPS without spending $100+. It really blows my mind how easy it is now for everyone to achieve that for ONLY $50!!!
@@stevenbobbybills In germany we didnt even get rival because it was "too powerful mimimi (Im still so mad, like seriously fuck german regulations)". We will never get these I think ever. Not only because of the power but also because the demand in the US is going to be so insanely high.
We got this in Canada, but unfortunately a lot of other Dart Zone products (like the Stryker and Mk2 pistol) aren't. It's a shame, the Stryker is basically the Nexus Pro's pimped out cousin while the Mk2 is what happens when you turn a Glock into a foam thrower).
The biggest issue will be getting the name of the brand beyond the enthusiast side and to the kids who buy this stuff to play in the back yard. If that kid is buying Dart Zone/Adventure Force stuff over Nerf THEN Nerf is dead or at least be forced to lean to what you want, (Modular bodies, Short Darts, Metal tubes, additional mags and darts in package)
@@brotherc8993 that's all fair and well for the "flagship" or tie-in blasters, but the average primary can be more in the $20-40 range (Stryfe, Alpha Trooper or Rapidstrike type blasters) and many kids only get the sidearms as the cheapest and often some of the most "cool" blasters to use. If you compare this to the springer Nerf blasters, it is pricey, more at Nerf's full size flywheel price range. It's worth the price, sure, but maybe not for kids and parents.
0:44 oh *my* the little organ within my skull didn't fully comprehend it would be a *series* and given they've already labeled this as Adventure Force: Tactical Strike, this may mean we're going to get *m o r e* blasters with this type of power and Nerf may be phased out for modders aside from *maybe* shells.
Picture this (And this is just a fantasy of mine I hope becomes a reality): Short Dart Mags in through the pistol-grip, flywheel blaster. Ambidextrous thumb switch for a mechanical change between semi and full automatic. Rev trigger beneath primary trigger (Or extended trigger pull with half-pull starting the flywheels and full pull firing darts). Magazine release in a covered ring in front of trigger guard (Can hit mag release with trigger finger extended if your finger is long enough). Top rail for optics. Bottom rail for foregrip or lights, Side rails for lights or secondary optics/sights. Back mount for a forearm brace or stock. Barrel attachment lug on the end of the barrel. Accessories that come in the box: Barrel Attachment (Suppressor style), Two Sights (Holo, ACOG, can both be mounted on top in a row and the holo's panels can fold down and the ACOG has hinges to fold to one side), and an angled "Steel-Sight" to mount on a side rail. Also, a forearm brace for one-handed shooting, a folding foregrip, two half-dart magazines, and enough half-darts to fill both magazines with one magazine worth of extras. Pure fantasy like I said, but having a proper pistol/PDW that feeds half-dart mags through the pistol grip has always been a fantasy of mine since I first heard of half-darts.
As soon as Nerf wars start up again, I need to try one! This is a game changer and it's almost the only blaster you'll ever need, apart from a jolt in the back pocket. My goodness. I hope these guys start exporting to the UK...
@@tomwhite4596 Not during lockdown, but there are community Nerf wars up and down the country. Bristol Blast. Several events in the south east. Grim Up Nerf (that's the one I help run ^_^) and Wolf Pack in Leeds. Quasar Nerf near Manchester. Ace Strike Force high FPS events near York. Foam Dart Thunder in Scotland. There's a lot going on here. Have you been on britnerf.co.uk? Where abouts in the country are you? I'll put you in touch with an organiser. At Grim Up Nerf in Leeds, we run once per month and get around 110 people out. We don't charge anything because our three venues are free, but we ask for a £1 donation for darts and balls, and run games from 1130 till 1700ish. I miss it. Looking forward to lockdowns easing once stuff is under control...
@@justajolt dang that is cool, I'm only a casual fan but that is cool to hear. I'm a few hours away from the closest of those locations but I'm still glad to hear that those events are happening ☺
When you started talking about how amazing half lengths on shelves is I just instantly started smiling, I love this hobby and man I’m so glad Dart Zone is doing this for us.
I was going to take my final exam for a class but I got a notification for this video and decided to get my priorities straight. I'll go take that test now.
If a dart manages to clear the property, I think you need to do the "CRITICAL!" sound effect that you have. or the Rust headshot CRUNCH sound effect, along with the hit marker.
Man, it’s so cool to see this thing exist. I’ve thought for a long time that a pump action high FPS half dart mag fed springer would be the best way to grow our hobby and the fact a company is doing exactly that is so great And, the darts say on them “For use with Adventure Force Pro Series Darts”, meaning we’re most likely gettin more.
No garbage either. How long did we have to wait in Boomco or Rival to get a PUMP-ACTION MAG FED SPRINGER? It should be ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU MAKE. Seriously.
Walcom S7 I totally agree, why did they start rival with the Apollo? Wouldn’t a pump action mag in grip springer make more sense than the goofy top prime pistol thing they made?
I thought if the Nerf brand failed it could be gone, but I just realized maybe adventure force could take over and license their products as nerf products. This would be weird, but not as weird as not seeing the nerf logo :(
@@LtZerge Not to mention all the money Hasbro lost with Star Wars action figures sitting on shelves. The quality of those where actually pretty good though. It was the bad movies that hurt those sales.
@@evilparadigm Black Series was a cool idea at least. They looked nice even if they were kind of stiff and awkward to pose in some cases. Can trash the prequels for plenty of things, but they understood how to create marketable action scenes. The sequels just don't have any droid vs clone army or pod racers etc equivalent to excite people with. Most stuff is done with tie fighters, x wings, star destroyers etc that already existed with small modifications
@@LtZerge They also trashed all the original characters. The weird thing is they let a dark side user like Ren figure out force heal, which was clearly light side, instantly.
JoltKing627 me about the end friendship with Nerf too, I feel so sad (honestly) that Nerf is really downhill. For me now my new friend gonna be Zuru xshot since they become available in toy r us. But if dartzone avialble and it does really good job like people said. Yes definitely I will switch form Nerf to Dart zone as well as Zuru.
@@stevenbobbybills But none of Nerf's competitors has a single shot pistol like the Jolt. The cheapest thing I've seen from BuzzBee is the Springfire, which at $4 gives you four shots.
I can’t believe how far we’ve gotten. It seems like a lifetime ago trying to eyeball putting my hot glue gun in the melted tip of short foam backer rod pieces after dropping a few bb’s in it or rolling up poster puddy and jamming a narrow pen down the center of cut up old darts to pack it in to repurpose them as stefans. Now, we’ve got a 100 ct factory pack for $10-ish. 2020 may have sucked, but at least it brought us the Nexus Pro and it’s half-lengths. Side note, a happy Walcom is just as entertaining as an angry Walcom.
Wal-Mart employee here with a 2023 update on the Nexus Pro: It is still on the shelf, and is kind of still balling. I have one and they have changed the coloring. It is now a purple styled camoflauge, and is a bit less clanky when shaken
*Coop gives a good opinion* Me: mmm intresting *Drac gives a good opinion* Me: maybe i should buy it *my boi Walcom gives a good opinion* Me: alright, i'm sold
I bought this as soon as i can and am thinking about going back and buying another one to keep in box, just for the historical factor this blaster will play in the future of our hobby. I love your enthusiasm for this hobby Walcom, you are such a gift to our community and anybody who thinks otherwise is a hater. We need more positivity and you are the epitome of that.
You nailed it right on the head, Walcom S7. This allows non-Nerfers (No, I feel like I can't even say that anymore)...non-hobbyists to experience the joy of super stock blasters. I can't wait to see the ways we will be able to take this platform and run with it. The infusion of fresh blood in the hobby combined with major manufacturer support...it gives me hope. A rare thing in 2020.
@@redroyal4287 😂, I like it. What do we call ourselves, when the Nerf name is sullied and "Nerfer" is no longer appropriate? Dart blaster enthusiasts? Foam flinger fanatics? Soft bullet sharpshooters? Low-impact launcher likers?
with the reactions from other companies we all know nerf is going to do absolutely nothing or they are going to make a half but BUT they are going to make them the worst possible half dart ever also expensive as hell
So, I am new to the hobby, but I have subscribed since buying this rifle which has utterly changed my perspective on nerf as a whole. The only nerf I had access to growing up were my friend's toys, as my parents didn't approve of toy guns. To be honest, I never even had any kind of reference at that point as to what the blasters my friends had could do, as they only ever got the darts they came with and after that, they were just gun shaped hunks of plastic. Fast forward 15 or so years and I develop a passion for airsoft, however never into modding my weapons. Though some of my guns weren't weak by any stretch of the imagination. Finally, about 25 years later, I have a niece and nephew, and the man-child in me began looking at toys even more enthusiastically. For about a year I saw the most realistic profile I had seen on a blaster in some time. My only real experience with nerf being the aforementioned ammo less props for stories my friends and I would use for games and two fortnite blasters (AR-L, SP-L). The Nexus looked cool, and I had to have it. I thought I would be able to play with my sister's progeny... I was sadly mistaken. Instead I got the coolest nerf gun I could have ever hoped for and now want to explore this hobby, and this was the first channel (and video) to expose me to the possibilities. Thanks, Walcom, I love your channel and look forward to whatever happens to this hobby moving forward.
I bought one as soon as it came on to shelf's at my local Walmart last weekend and am absolutely in love. Even worked smoothly with a nerf 25 round drum and AF waffles. Also, apparently to change out the spring all you need to do is take out one screw on the cap at the back of the buffer tube and it fits ceda springs
I NEED ONE. Where can I find this in Canada, or when is it going to come out Also, I would prefer a rival fly wheeler because I can have a high capacity of ammo, and most of my wars are relatively close range. So yeah, that’s my reasoning For rival
While I've never used Stefans before, this is a great opportunity to transition into that space while still allowing me to use my existing gear. Win-win all around.
Just got it today, Locks are out, details are 'painted' with a Sharpie, and testing is going super well. EAT, you served me well, but there's no going back. The Nexus is here to stay. (She's already earned the name of "Dart Yeeter" for being able to clear my property without even trying.)
I wish I could Love ❤️ this video instead of just giving it a thumbs up... I got mine on Thursday. Just firing this in front of my apartment and hitting 90ft+ flat was freaking amazing... I also used the short darts in my modded KO (inspired by you) with a K25... and I hit the wall of the other building 120ft away. So these short darts that came with the Nexus and we CAN BUY AT WALMART separately are every bit as awesome as the blaster itself.
I’d love for them to make a mag in grip pistol, either flywheeler or springer, though making it a springer would need some interesting engineering. Also, this thing is really easy to mod since the end cap on the buffer tube can be quickly unscrewed for spring changes
The minute i see one i'm picking it up, but if Dart Zone made something like this, shooting short and full length darts, buffer tube stock, but with a shorter, compact profile, make it flywheel powered, selector switch for semi and full auto, thing'll fly off the shelves like hotcakes, sweet christ i want that so bad
hmm, so as a non-competetive, non-modder, I can finally try out these new fangled half darts without spending much money? nice. (except they seem already sold out) honestly it almost seems like Ultra was Nerf's hamfisted attempt at like imitating half darts, like it has the same goal of shooting farther and straighter, it just fails miserably to do so.
Honestly the ultra darts just look like a way to stop people from copying their design with the complicated fin structure and change in size. It’s probably gonna wolf coz no ones gonna make 3rd party ultra darts since they’re kinda garbage. Kek
Now what Dart Zone needs to do is make a short dart micro flywheel pistol like the Pigeon and a high cap blaster! Maybe even an auto prime system that works like the Stampede?
Came across your channel last week and I was just watching a few of your reviews on different guns, went online to do my own research and came across the nexus pro without watching your review on it and I just bought it and had to immediately check if you made a review on it and I am blown away at how positive you spoke about this blaster. I can’t wait till it comes in the mail tomorrow :) 22 and getting my first blaster because my mom never let me have one as a kid lmfao
i got mine a few days ago, and i can now also say that this is THE best store bought "nerf" gun you can buy. it's just SO good, there is no exaggeration in this video. it will literally bend full length darts if you shoot a wall with it at close range, and it is extremely accurate
I’ve been just lurking the hobby for the last 4 years due to me kinda growing out of it, plus the potential for mods kinda reached its peak in the early 2010s. But after seeing this, at an age where I make my own money year round, i might go all in again.
Remember what I said on the Warden video about Hasbro's BS with making Elite 2.0 nigh impossible to mod basically being a middle finger to the hobby community? This is what it means to _embrace_ the fact that your product has a market outside the "intended" target demographic. Yeah, this is a bit much for kids, but it's ideal for someone getting into the hobby scene; not as easy to mod as the DZP with the takedown function, but no harder than modding any other split-shell springer. It has the versatility to use every standard and half-dart dart magazine currently on the market _and it hits war-worthy range and FPS out of the box_. It is, effectively, a beginner-friendly and WALLET-friendly option for anyone who wants into the "big kids" side of Nerfing and wants a super accurate pump action rifle-style blaster, without dropping the money for something like a caliburn.
Wow, this is an awesome blaster! I got mine today and am super satisfied! I feel like the stock is a but high, but is overall a great blaster. Best $50 ever spent!
One of my best friend's Dan got me back into nerf recently and we're forming a squad and this weekend we're heading to a war and so my mate lent me some money cost me about 200 AUD with express shipping. But man was it worth it, the the thing even comes with a free spring compression kit and that changes the game my dude. You could say my neighbour now has some darts the didn't know they needed haha I can't wait to field test this bad boii and keep up the videos man, I love your content
When I went to my local Walmart, almost the entire nerf/adventure force section was deserted. Hoping I can get a nexus pro before I go to college in 2 weeks!
Yes Dart Zone You Are Killing it, anybody can go and get a blaster from Walmart that hits 90fps with a 40 dart capacity for $20 (villainator) or a blaster that hits 150fps accepts long and short darts, and costs $50... Hasbro... In your face, Dart Zone just took a huge dump on your front lawn. Thanks again sir for the great video and keep up the great work. Stay safe.
I have had this blaster for a year now and I still it! A Wunderwaffe in its own right even though I have a caliburn, even though I have a half dart rampage with a 9kg spring or even my "retaliconda" (Recon with retal internals and an alpha rt kit). I love this hobby.
haven't been on youtube for awhile (nothing personal) but I was in walmart a few days ago and I saw packs of half darts, and then saw this, and it blew my mind, I preceded to get two of them along with a couple packs of darts.
I don't even really Nerf competitively or really go to wars, but I bought one of these because it's just such an AWESOME BLASTER. I just want to support this blaster as much as I can. The fact that one of the major retail players in this sphere went ahead and said "Hey, let's make something like what the die hard fans are making on their own", just shows how much better Adventure Force is at connecting with their buyer base than Nerf is.
Hey, there's always a way to get started in wars... this blaster will definitely make people want to get out there and fling some foam; so it might be a good idea to start looking at making your own groups!
@@WalcomS7 I want to at some point in time. I'm primarily a sword guy, so LARP and HEMA have always been more my speed, but I hope to host my own Nerf war one day, or maybe go to one of the big events. Who knows, maybe once all the BS from this year blows over I'll try to do something. At least with the Nexus Pro we got something good out of this year.
Both, since the foam is shorter there is less drag from the barrel and in the air. The shorter foam also allows it to fishtail less. This means it can reach higher FPS without fishtailing or needing help from some sort of rifling. Basically, short darts are always better for springers. They have some draw backs on flywheels but the same advantages apply there too.
i think i know what i'll be spending half of my 100 dollar bill on. . . what amazes me is that these things are STILL on walmart shelves 3 and a half years later. they really want as many people as possible to get these things, they are dart zone's signature blaster
Been away from the hobby for a while now and yours is the first video I come back to, and I gotta say: REALLY digging the longer hair and the beard, Walcom! Looks great on you! Also, that blaster friggin' rules and I need one ASAP.
Got to say, as someone for who modding Blasters is as much a part of the hobby as actually using the things, this (and its successors over the next couple of years), is going to change the way I look at my hooby. After all, why bother brass breaching a retaliator... when you can just buy better performance?
At first I I thought the blaster twirls in the intro were a bit cheesy, now I sit eagerly waiting for the *twirl blaster and walk out of shot*. God damn love it
