[Unboxing] Nerf Modulus - Targeting Light Beam

This is my unboxing and impressions of the Nerf Modulus Targeting Light Beam. 

First of all, this is basically a modular version of the Firestrike light, though green as opposed to red. This also takes 3 triple a batteries where the Firestrike only needs 2. As with the Modulus Tactical Light, I bought this to modify it so it's stock performance wasn't that important. Saying that, it's very over priced for what it is. It is currently priced at $15CAD. You can buy legitimate laser pointers for less than that, in a smaller form factor (this attachment is relatively large). I wanted the stock look, so for me it was acceptable. I intend to install a laser module into the attachment, but still use the battery tray as well as the stock switch. 

To that point, my modification will be quite difficult due to the fact Hasbro has glued the shell together as opposed to mechanically fastening it. This won't stop me, but it will make it more of a hassle.

On to the unboxing; (As with the tactical light, I took these pictures with my phone hence the lighting).

[Unboxing] Nerf Modulus - Tactical Light

This is my simple unboxing and first impressions of the Nerf Modulus Tactical Light. First and foremost I bought this light with the intention of modifying it, so it's performance out of the box wasn't that important to me. Now even saying that, for the cost it's simply not worth it unless you want the Nerf 'look' like I did. At $15CAD, it's horribly overpriced. You can buy many much better flashlights online for a fraction of the cost. Though they won't come with the Nerf rail attachment, nor will they look 'factory'. 

The tactical light runs on 3 triple a batteries that are housed behind the panel with the Nerf logo. For my purposes that's perfect, as the 3watt LED I plan to install has a forward voltage of roughly 3.5-4V, The typical LED has a lower forward voltage, so I'm assuming that Hasbro has a limiting resistor in the light, and I will likely just re-use that. It would mean my 3watt LED is running under what brightness it's capable of, but it will also extend battery life and stay much cooler.

What I hadn't expected though was that Hasbro glued the light together. The only screw is for the battery door. This will make my modification to the light slightly more difficult, as I will have to cut/pry the shell apart (hopefully I will be able to preserve the shell).

Now, on to the unboxing; (The pictures taken were with my phone, hence the not so great quality).

[Disassembly] Nerf - Accustrike Falconfire

Today we're going to be looking at the Nerf Accustrike Falconfire. This is a single shot breech loaded pistol. Out of the packaging mine did not seem to be getting stellar performance. My old Nightfinder would shoot harder. I found out why, and you'll see in the pictures below.

[Disassembly] Nerf - Zombiestrike Doublestrike

The Nerf Zombiestrike Doublestrike. This is by far my favourite pistol that Nerf has ever produced. It fits in my hand perfectly, is easily primed with one hand and is quite powerful for its small size. The grip is a little small for my hand, but otherwise it's a fantastic blaster.

Disassembly is quite simple and straightforward;

[Disassembly] Nerf - Mega Doublebreach

Here we have the Nerf Mega Doublebreach which is supposed to be the Mega Shotgun everyone wanted. Unfortunately it is essentially more of a "Mega Doublestrike" due to it being a smart AR system. One pump primes and fires the upper barrel, while the second pump primes and fires the lower barrel. It does NOT fire both at once, although that would be an easy modification to do, although you would need to upgrade the spring to have both darts fire reasonably well.

On to the disassembling;

[Disassembly] Nerf - Mega Cycloneshock

The Nerf Mega Cyclone shock is a 6 dart revolver style blaster. Quite a fun blaster in my opinion. It's very comfortable, although hand guards on pistols has never been something I've liked. This blaster is not as simple as many other blasters, but it's generally not too difficult.

[Disassembly] Nerf - Mega Bigshock

I finally fixed my camera, and have now been able to do more disassemblies and should have more coming soon.

First up is the Nerf Mega Bigshock. This is one of my favourite Mega blasters mainly due to how simple it is and how comfortable it fits in my hand. It's rather simple to disassemble, but we'll go through it anyway.

[Disassembly] Nerf - Mega Rotofury

The Nerf Rotofury is a pump action, 10 shot Mega blaster. The blaster primes on the pump, but to make the pump distance shorter the unit has a gearing system which can make disassembly and reassembly a little more difficult than some blasters, but I hope to make it easier for you.

[Disassembly] Nerf - Doomlands Lawbringer

This is presently the only Doomlands blaster that I have purchased. I mainly purchased it for an integration I plan to do but first I figured to add it to my disassembly list. This is a rather straight forward blaster and isn't very difficult to dismantle.

On to the disassembly of the Lawbringer.

[Disassembly] Buzzbee - Panther/Air Max 1

This is the disassembly of the Buzzbee Panther, or as it was later sold the Air Max 1. There are a few differences, mainly that the Air Max 1 is much less powerful as you'll see below.

[Disassembly] Nerf - Elite Spectre

This is one of my guilty pleasure blasters. It's performance is sub par and it only has a 5 dart capacity. There is just something about the aesthetic that I like. The new Accustrike Alphahawk is very similar internally, though there are some differences. For instance, the Spectre rotates as you prime the blaster, whereas the Alphahawk rotates after firing when the trigger is released. The Alphahawk has a very differently designed sled assembly, and catch assembly as well.

So to those who keep calling the Alphahawk a reshelled Spectre, that's not entirely correct.

Enough rambling, on to the disassembly of the Nerf Elite Spectre.

[Disassembly] Nerf - Accustrike Alphahawk

This is a very recent blaster that I just happened to find randomly sitting alone on a shelf at Toys"R"Us, so I bought it. It's not the best performing blaster, but in my opinion it is one of, if not the most comfortable blaster out there.

The turret is supposed to rotate after firing, once the trigger is pulled. This is where mine had some issues. Roughly once every 5 or 6 shots, it wouldn't rotate. Instead it would make a loud bang as if it had no air restrictors. I attributed this to the rotation mech possibly skipping out of its grooves. I took the blaster apart about 5 times trying to figure out the problem only for the blaster to start working normally. I guess it must have been something out of alignment, though I'm not sure what.

In my experiments trying to solve the problem I found out something. Do not remove the small 'finger' that holds the turret in place until you release the trigger. If you do, the turret will start to rotate as soon as the blaster fires which caused many of my darts to veer left, and in some cases shot out completely sideways without going down the barrel.

Without further ado, on to the disassembly of the Nerf Accustrike Alphahawk.

[Disassembly] Nerf - Elite Firestrike

This blaster is a few years old but considering it's my favourite I'm going to start this blog with a disassembly of the Nerf Elite Firestrike.

Remove all 8 screws. 7 on the left hand side of the shell, and one in the grip that holds the batteries.

Where to start..

My plan for this blog is to document the modifications I plan to do to my foam blasters, as well as reviews and disassembly/reassembly information.

Initial updates may be slow as I prepare my work space. I have many projects that I want to create, and hopefully they will all be shown here as they proceed and ultimately finish (if any project is really ever finished).

From last check, in my "Build one day" excel spreadsheet I have quite literally hundreds of ideas/projects that I plan to make ranging from combinations (ie. Strayven) to remotely fired blasters, and even automatic blasters that will fire based on motion/sound/light without user input.

First mods/disassembly posts should be coming soon.