In the Summer of 2020, the foam tag hobby fully entered the current age with the release of the Adventure Force Nexus Pro. Yes, things came before it. Yes, many [ … ]
Want to use the MK4 Scar with the Supercharger? Now you can!
The Dart Zone Pro Mk-4 has been out for a little while now. It is a solid release – we’ll talk about that later – but it has a couple [ … ]
BaiHui BIG505 Elite Compatible Blaster
As we’ve said more than once, we like off-the-beaten-path blasters and once again, Bai Hui has delivered another fun entry. As with the BIG101, the blaster is a science-fiction blaster [ … ]
Bai Hui BIG001 Ultra Elite Hand Cannon (Elitra Two)
Here at the institute, we love weird, off-the-path blasters. With this review, we’ve struck gold. The BIG001 is clear what would happen if a Nerf Ultra Two and an Adventure [ … ]
Adventure Force Jurassic Pro
It’s that time of year again – when Prime Time Toys ambushes the hobby with a completely unexpected blaster. 2022 surprises us with the Jurassic Pro at a US $65 [ … ]
Dart Zone Ballistix Ops Apex X2 – Parts 1 and 2.
A little background… In late winter of 2020, two new Dart Zone branded blasters exclusively landed on the shelf at Dollar General stores across the country. Availablity was either limited, [ … ]
Nerf Rival Curve Shot Flex
Rival had a fairly quiet 2020, with only the Edge series Saturn after the spring releases and a few models slipping off into the sunset. 2021, however, is already off [ … ]
Another Blaze Storm HIR Blaster – Blaze Storm 7117
tl;dwr – An okay 21 round HIR flywheel blaster. This may seem familiar… Some of you may remember last year when several channels got their hands on a new to [ … ]
Innovative Toys F846 – Improved? Turbo Advance
One of the side effects of my previous collecting hobbies is I have a (possibly unhealthy) fascination/attraction to off-brands and imitations – particularly those that look well made. Sometimes they [ … ]
How To: Adventure Force Liberator dynamic reload upgrade
In this article, we will step through a simple blaster modification that resolves the biggest drawback in the otherwise excellent Adventure Force Liberator pump-action shotgun-style HIR blaster. This modification is [ … ]