Arts + Crafts: Robotic Double Vulcan Nerf Gun Turret

If you're a fan of robotics and overkill, this vid is for you. If you're not one to care for the finer details, skip forward to the 5 min mark and marvel at this beast of a rig..

MailChimp’s Robotic Double Vulcan Nerf Gun Turret | MailChimp

Nerf Mods & Reviews: HVZ Triple Shot, Another HVZ blaster

It's basically a Lanard Triple Shot, but what's cool about this new HVZ branded blaster is.. it shows Humans vs Zombies is now big enough to GET their own blaster, and for it to be a Toys R Us exclusive:) I personally love the aesthetics of this blaster, and the new HVZ paint scheme is pretty schmick. No doubt out of the box they'll be pretty ordinary performance-wise, but you modders are a clever bunch...

Over to you Jerm:)

Nerf Mods &Reviews: HVZ Triple Shot, Another HVZ blaster:

Whiteout Deploy CS-6 spotted (Big W)

The Whiteout series of blasters are our favourite colour schemes and the Deploy just looks so darn pretty in white grey and orange. We got our hands on one several months ago, but they've finally made it to Australian shores and just to prove it, I picked up another from Big W, Woden (ACT). Was around 28 bucks but the upcoming sale will have them for a tad cheaper, along with the Whiteout Maverick and Nitefinder pieces. (Still no sign of the Longstrike though) 

A few more pics of the box art after the jump, and a few older pics of the actual blaster to jog your memory:)

Super Soaker Monster (2001)

The Super Soaker Monster was released in 2001 as a smaller, more practical version of their Monster series- the previous being the X and XL. Sure it’s smaller and more practical compared to its bigger brothers, but it’s like saying a baby elephant is pint sized; it’s just not! It’s still quite a sizable unit that can still dominate any water fight; alas these blasters aren’t available any more and they’re pretty hard to come by, unless you’re lucky- which we were:) We had a rare opportunity to pick up a never been used Monster for our test unit given it was 10 years old but still in original packaging; it was to say the least.. impressive..

Vintage Super Soakers.. SCORE.

Old school Constant Pressure System (CPS) Super Soakers are a precious find; if you can find one in decent condition you'll be able to pretty much outclass any current water blaster available in stores today. The thing is, finding them is never easy and tends to cost a mint- eBay sellers do tend to be opportunists which can mean jacking the price up to in the hundreds and beyond, not to mention the ridiculously high shipping charges that go with it for international postage. It's a fair amount to pay for a blaster that you KNOW has been scuffed, wet and thrown around in the sun.

So you can imagine my amazement when I spotted an ad in the local paper for some "vintage toys still in boxes' and found these two pieces.. just as advertised- NIB. The boxes were a little crumpled, and there were a few scuff marks on the blasters as well as a fair amount of dust, but they were still unopened and never been used.  The lady used to own a toy store many years ago and these were just some units that ended up never selling and collecting dust in her spare room.

Behold a 2001 Super Soaker Monster complete with the quick filling attachment for the hose, and a 2002 Super Soaker CPS 2100. The best part? Both units together for a grand total of 30 BUCKS.  Reviews to come, but I unpackaged them and tested them out and they're operational and the real deal:)

Sometimes in life, you just get really, really LUCKY and this was one of those times:)

Arts + Crafts: Warhammer Lanard Shell Shock X-6

UK props designer "The Model + Props Guy" Does some seriously insane work; he was responsible for the wooden Big Daddy blaster/Barricade RV-10 mod we listed below, and now we're gobsmacked by his Warhammer take on the Lanard Shell Shock X-6. Check out the site below, or more images of this beast of a mod after the jump.

The Model and Props Guy

Arts + Crafts: It's a Barricade RV-10.. but not as we know it..

For a more organic feel to your Nerf craft-, this Barricade RV-10 powered home made spotted on Etsy.com  is "crafted from wood planks that were part of a 75-year-old chair and hand-riveted aluminum, and sports a working scope". More pics after the jump:)