Nerf Elite Pistols for the New Year

Hey Guys it's Thanimal here. I've picked myself up a few Elite pistols and I am very happy with them. I can say that I am no so crazy about the 3 original Elite blasters and my friends and I had many a talk about how if all the new elite blasters were like the Hailfire and just more elite copies, than Nerf was going to be heading down hill.
Since then however, Nerf has put out blasters like the Stryfe (which is becoming one of my favorites now) the roughcut and they are now remaking all the sidearms. Nerf has definitely stepped up their game and is putting out some pretty great blasters. Here are 2 of them. the Triad and the Firestrike:

Review of the Nerf Elite Triad

Review of the Nerf Elite Firestrike

Overall I am very excited about the new pistols that nerf is putting out much more than the bigger stuff at the moment. I still have yet to get my hands on a Strongarm but the review for that will be out as soon as I can grab one.

Cheers,
Thanimal

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas, yo

Metal free darts aren't that safe

Fuck.

Lightning Blitz (1998)

Today I shall be reviewing the Nerf Lighting Blitz ( Hailstorm is the European name).
I received my Lightning Blitz BNIB - The box was in mint condition, and I got it for a very good price.

This blaster was released in 1998 under the Hasbro name and is part of the Air Jet series. It is known for firing five darts at once
On the box there are advertisements for the Secret Shot 2 and Triple Shot. It also has a lot of information about the blaster in English, French and German, when you get to the fine print, there is language for many EU countries.

Included inside the box is the Lightning Blitz, Five Micro Suction darts and an order form for more darts.

The Lightning Blitz is a very large blaster, very wide and bulky. It has five back-pressure tanks linked to one trigger and the pump is located inside the handle. I found that the OPRV on mine kicks in around 8 Pumps.

There is storage for five extra darts on this blaster, but personally it looks stupid when you do.

The darts have yellow bodies and black suction cups, the suction cups are smaller than on modern Micro Suction darts which is standard amount these vintage blasters.

It seems that you have to apply the stickers, but I haven't and don't plan to as I am going to be modding this. My stickers are different because they are the EU version.

There doesn't seem to be your standard AR's inside this blaster as I can fire Streamlines, maybe it's a different system, with just a peg.

I used this at Decembwar as my secondary and stock blaster and it was very fun, I was getting 25-30ft Flat with stock elite darts and getting a nice spread, which was helpful when I 90% of the time was hitting my targets.

When modified correctly this blaster can achieve ranges of 70ft.

Overall I'm rating this blaster as 8/10 because of its fun features and comfy shell.

The New Nerf Elite Stryfe

Hey Guys it's Than and I have recently collected a Nerf Elite Stryfe from my local Toys*R*Us and I am very happy about it. I've made a full review and that review can me seen on my youtube channel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HFAkP8bkuA&list=PLzNw_JZjlWy5CJRtTwGtFMa1dRTSjSjL9&feature=mh_lolz

Ha ha ha, the last letters of my link says lolz. Te he he. Anyways, after playing with this blaster a lot I have come to the conclusion that this would be a great secondary if you did not have a flywheel as your primary. So I would run with blaster as a secondary for my Alpha Trooper, Longshot, Swarmfire, or other non fly wheel blaster. Also it works great with the Nerf ammo strap. The only thing is, while it does tuck the blaster away to hang in the small of your back really nicely. it cannot be quick drawn for fast backup. The way the blaster hangs is upside-down. So to access it for firing you must bring the blaster up and twist it. That being said it is a worthy primary, but if you want to get a dart out there as fast as possible when you main blaster wont work, than stick to a maverick or the upcoming Strongarm.

Again this blaster hangs quite nicely on my back and does not bang into my mag pouches on the side of my pants or any other blaster bits that might make unwanted noise. with most secondary blaster I usually want them to be able to be pulled out to replace my jammed or ammo less primary. but I think when I use this blaster, I feel like I can stick it on my back for any mission or game of capture the flag and I don't have to worry about it until it comes time to use it as a backup. I can't really say that about other blasters. for a while I used a firefly to back me up. and that was alright but it banged into everything. and I tried that with the Rayven but that was even worse. With the Stryfe it is not that heavy, and it tucks in so nice that it doesn't seem to impart or restrict my movement.

Overall I really like this blaster and I can't wait to finish whatever mods I want to do with it. but before I do I want to give it a good old battle testing. I got a party this week and I am going to see how it fairs in those mini wars. :)

-Than Jones

Uh Oh!

You've heard about plunger tubes cracking before, but not snapping off the whole portion before the handle :L

At least I now have a reason to make a new, revised version!
Although I'm still pretty pissed. I'm putting string stops in all my PumpSnaps now.

PumpSnap 3.0

Here is my PS3.0.

I've cut all the body pieces, and started to assemble it, I've installed the bushing, made a handle, made a stock, made the plunger rod assembly.



It's finished!
It works, I just need to make some little changes and get a hopper for it!

It dented my wall.

Radioactive Mavericks

Hey Everyone, This is a re-post of the old NerfUniversal. Just as an update the blasters are still working great and the customer is still very pleased with my work. in fact I am working on more blasters from them for Christmas!!! so be on the look out for more commission goodness!!!

Hey guys it Than. I finally completed  my Radioactive Maverick mod and I am VERY pleased with it and I now my commissioner will like it as well. These are the mods I did to it:

- AR and post removal
- 5 Penny Mod
- Full Barrel Drop
- Semi-gloss black paint job with green enamel paint details
- 4 Green LED's
- Swapped black maverick with sonic series Maverick.

This mod was pretty easy to do but required a lot of time and hard work. I first had to sand down the standard maverick which took a while, and then paint it. After I painted it it was as simple as switching out the parts and making 2 blasters. Which produced something like this:

After that I did some detailing with some green enamel paint to ease the green in with the rest of the blaster.

Next was the LED's

The LED job was pretty standard. 4 LED's that ran on about 20mA each all run off a 9V battery. They have a 30 degree viewing angle which makes it nice to light up a blaster. I placed them in differently that I used to. I usually tried to dremel out a half circle on either sides of the shell, but that never turned out the way I wanted, and there was usually gaps which I had to go over with hot glue making the job look less than professional. This time I decided to put all the holes on one side of the shell. Sure it's a little brighter on one side of the blaster than the other, but it's not by much and the holes are much cleaner. I put in hot glue on the inside of the blaster but you can't even see it. It looks much better and you can barely tell there are LED's in the blaster at first glance.

Overall I am very pleased with my work and now that I know i can produce them I think i'm going to be making many of these. At least til I run out of green LED's. I can make them for $30 per blaster. Shipping will be extra and if you want a pair I may be able to make a discount for that. Comment if you have any questions or are interested in have me make you one of these.

LATHE!!

I got to use my schools lathe today!
So I made this bushing out of nylon!
Not bad for my first try.
It has a perfect fit in 1 1/4" PVC, and the barrel fit is 100%

Snapbow MK V WIP

This is my WIP Snapbow, I need to make so much stuff for it. I think Lathed parts shall look good on this. Anyway there are some pictures attached, enjoy!
It has a fully compressed K26. A very basic plunger head right now, which sucks. More lathed parts! And it has a vent.

Things I need to do:
Attach the metal bracket for the trigger.
Make and attach a handle.done
Lathe a bushing.
Lathe a spring rest.
Lathe a plunger head set up.
Attach a foregrip.
Attach a stock.


LE FUN!

A Barricade

This is a Drop Turret Barricade that failed, so I reverted it back to its original form , tuned up the internals and modded it. Mods done are: Physical Lock Removal, electrical lock removal, thermosistor removed, Jam door removed, 9V connector soldered in, Springs inside were tightened ( rotation was being wierd) and I dremeled out the battery compartment.

Also, I added Etape on the handle, so the ranges are now OVER 9000!!!2!!

Thanks for reading BBV

BBV's Alpha Trooper

Hey guys, here is a post about one of my Alpha Troopers.

Mods that I have done consist of:
AR removal, lock removal, plunger padding , taping over the air release hole, jam door lock sanded, clip lock mod and additional powerstock ( not pictured)

This was my primary for WSNO and it served me well, ranges 40-50ft, the latter being with the powerstock.

I opened up the back of the plunger cover to allow a spring to slide in, and wrapped the heck out of it with Etape so that 1 1/4" PVC slides on. On the stock I put a cut up deploy magwell and foam from a buzz bee missile.
This allows me to hold an extra clip/drum.

Thanks for reading :)

Modding Q's and A's

So in my short time of modding Nerf's I've discovered that a lot of people have the wrong idea for what happens when you do something to a certain thing.

Here are some Q and A's to solve some of these problems

Q: If I single my recon will the range decrease?

A: No , all singling a recon does is taking out the dart tooth and cutting off the magwell. - if anything it will increase your range by pushing the dart in further.

Q: If I single my Longshot , can it still take clips?

A: No- when you single a Longshot you remove the ability to load clips.

Q: Do I need to brass or CPVC my blasters to fire stefans?

A: No. To fire stefans all you need is to remove the Air Restrictor and ppDart Tooth. If you want good ranges then yes you should brass or rebarrel them.

Q: Can I brass breech a Reverse Plunger blaster or an Elite Blaster?

A: No. Reverse Plungers simply don't have the volume to fire through all that deadspace, and Retaliator's/Rampages don't have enough volume for a lengthy barrel.

Q: Will a K26 fit in a Quadshot?

A: No a K26 has a too small of an ID to fit over the plunger rod.

Q: Where can I buy a K26?

A: The K26 spring can only be found at McMaster.com.

Q: Will my hardware store sell PETG?

A: No. Try a pet store or iModify's modding store.

Q: Should I use a tight fitting barrel or a loose fitting barrel for my springers?

A: A tight fitting barrel. In springers the energy is released over a certain amount of milliseconds. Therefore you need a tight barrel so that you don't loose any of that energy around the dart.
In air guns, you need a loose fitting barrel as all the energy is released at once - you want your dart to travel with the air.

Q: Is Drac the best modder?

A: No. Not at all. And if you think that, then you should probably stop modding.



Hope you guys enjoyed this little guide.
If you have any other questions post them in the comments and I'll add an answer!

O HAI

Hello there , Welcome to the new NerfUniversal. I decided that the old one had fallen apart ( Plus with me accidentally removing my adminship) that we could do with a revamp! There will be some new authors and it shall be really good. P.S  I will be bringing over some of the good posts from the Old NerfUniversal

//BBV