Review: Nerf Furyfire

Here we have the Nerf Furyfire, part of the now older Dart Tag line. These are a little hard to find, here in Australia. You might find the odd 2 player pack pop up from time to time, usually around the time of the big toy sales, otherwise, much like the new Dart Tag blasters by Nerf, they are very very scarce.

Availability aside, The Furyfire isn't too bad of a blaster, this green one and it's 10 green darts came as part pf the 2 player set, which also includes an orange blaster with orange darts, 2 vests and 2 pairs of glasses. It looks kind of like a Maverick on steroids, with a shotgun-like pump action priming handle instead of a top slide, chunky aesthetic, and a 10 dart rotating barrel instead of the Maverick's 6. It also features an N-Strike rail on top for attachments, though nothing would really be that useful, other than the ammo holder from the Nerf Barrel Break, due to the manual loading. Unlike the Maverick, the barrel doesn't pop out, so you have to rotate it by hand or by pulling the trigger to advance it to load more darts. read on below...

Top mounted ammo rail

Much like most other Dart Tag blasters, it does not have the ability to attach a stock, which would come in handy on this blaster due to it's size and weight. It's not an overly heavy blaster, but th Furyfire is quite hefty when compared to other stock-less blasters. That said, the build is typical Nerf quality, quite strong with fairly smooth operation. Performance is something that isn't lacking either, this blaster will go 35 feet or more, and since it uses the slightly heavier "tagger" darts (or whistlers/suction darts if you so wish) accuracy is very good too. Although it isn't a slamfire blaster, with a little practice you can get a good enough pump and fire action to be able to send a lot of darts very quickly.

Deceivingly large.

Overall, This is a nice blaster that falls short in a few places, but still delivers thanks to the out of the box ranges and accuracy. The Furyfire doesn't fall in to the category of most epic blasters of all time, but I'd still suggest this blaster for the nostalgia factor. In a few years, these might be worth a pretty packet on eBay, seeing as they are a fairly unique looking tagger. 7/10.