 "Pretty Nice" | 2008-08-01 |
| - Reviewed By User: A33UDGRY6TS95G |
| The point of the light feature is not cool. If you're in a night war, it gives away your position. Buy the Maverick instead, It's less bulky and is faster to prime. The only thing that separates this from a Maverick is that it's INSANELY comfortable. The Maverick's a better buy for a compact pistol, but if you're defending a fort in Nerf war, this is way better. It's comfortability makes it a great assault weapon, but only when your patrolling a certain area. A Maverick won't do for patrol. You need a strong, fast, and comfortable blaster. A very trusty guard weapon, and it doesn't jam when you're using the RIGHT darts. It also can be easily modded to shoot stefans. Buy if you have tons of patience, if not, buy the Maverick.Hasbro Nerf N-Strike Maverick |
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| "A Dad's Thoughts on the REV-8" | 2008-07-28 |
| - Reviewed By raulybarra2 |
My son is 4-1/2 and has very good saving habits and is very responsible and thoughtful when picking toys. When he wanted a toy gun that went a bit beyond the guns he was building out of Lego's or my old Lazer Tag guns, he bee-lined for the Nerf guns.
Now, I've got a rather unusual son for his age. He checked out all the options carefully at a local store in making his choice. He passed over both the simple cock-and-shoots as well as the biggest-and-baddest. When I asked why, he said this gun was just right because a) it held 8 shots and b) it was small enough for him to use easily. He passed over the copy-cat guns because he didn't think they were made as well and would break. He likes the glow-in-the-dark feature, but that really wasn't a major factor in his selection. Not bad thinking, for 4-1/2.
We got it home and out and he didn't even wait to install the batteries before he had it loaded and firing. He fires it rifle-style two-handed from the shoulder and though he has to drop it from firing position to cock, he's able to cycle the rounds well enough bolt-action style. He tried the darts both with and without the glow-in-the dark stickers and even though they took a bit off the range, he decided he liked the effect with them on.
With regard to some of the comments on range, accuracy and easy of use, I've got to say, that none of the complaints have been seen with my son. He's spent much of the last three days emptying the chamber into me from hiding spots typically 12-15 feet away, nailing me consistently. No has he had problems using the bolt action with his 4-1/2 year old muscles. It's a bit tight for him, but within his strength for extended play. He's popping off shots in under 10 seconds repeatedly with good accuracy. As far as maximum range, I was getting shots across our great room, dining room and sticking to the fridge in the kitchen - easily 25+ feet with enough "bang" to get in trouble from my wife who was cooking dinner and narrowly missed. ;-) Obviously, on the longer range shots you will have to take the flight arc into account - especially if you have the extra weight of the stickers on the dart. However, even my 4-year old manage to figure that out on his own. Unfortunately. For me.
I think a reality check needs to be made in evaluating the REV-8. It is a child's toy not a competition tag piece. I'm certain that there are other Nerf guns that have both greater range and accuracy. That's why Nerf makes two lines of guns: for play and for tag. If you want a toy to have fun with and perhaps a Nerf war, it's good. If you're more competition focused you would be better looking at the Nerf tag line. |
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 "under priced awesome gun" | 2008-06-26 |
| - Reviewed By Anonymous |
| This was my first n-strike gun. it is da bomb. i used it on my friend first who had a night finder. he lost badly. the stock stores 8 extra shots. i was very accurate and fast. but the range was only 25 ft so i got taggers then they went 30-40 feet. The next thing i got was a dart tag set with 80 shot so i had 110 shots. two of my friends faced me with them and lost. A HUGE capcity made my twitch. i say they should sell it for 35$ bit thats i think. |
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 "A so-so addition to the Nerf arsenal" | 2008-06-04 |
| - Reviewed By a_spitzer |
| The glow in the dark darts, though novel, don't fire too well. The gun is somewhat awkward and difficult to cock. A decent gun, but not nearly as good as many of the others. |
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| "Shoot your siblings and Dad!!" | 2008-05-19 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2TXCHD87RD6HN |
| My 11 year old daughter needed to defend herself from her 10 year old brother...shoots straight and fast, glows and flashes nicely...I love nerf |
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| "great wild fun" | 2008-05-15 |
| - Reviewed By ssardi7321 |
| My son loves these guns - he bought two so he can play with a friend. The glow in the dark darts are exciting and the load and shoot features are good. Be sure to have the kids wear goggles or glasses - eyes are the only things that could possibly be hurt with the soft nerf darts. |
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| "Great Gun!!!!!!!" | 2008-05-04 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2RN3FP2VSGGFT |
| This gun is awesome! I had one but it broke. wasnt guns fault it was mine i dropped it like 50 times so now im getting a new one. when i had the gun it was awesome i have at least 15 guns and this gun was in my top 5. GREAT GUN!!!!!!!! |
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 "Firefly REV-8 review ACKWARD" | 2008-04-16 |
| - Reviewed By dogboy101 |
| I got this toy for christmas and im 13 i got it when i was twelve i found it was very awkward and very big i thought that it should have been smaller and the darts are very hard to find i ended up using the dart tag darts the ones with the velcro and found they were to long for the barrel i trimmed them with some scissors and that did but after about a week it wouldnt shoot the darts any more like i loaded up 8 darts all made sure they were fitting cocked and fired nothing happened just the noise you get when you fire a nerf gun without a bullet also the cocking mechanism is hard to pull back and it might hurt a childs hand after pulling it back so much i got a blister as i said its very large and wierd shaped it is very large for an average 8-9 year old. i would not reccomend it. |
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| "Fell apart too quickly" | 2008-03-28 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2QW0CU19HDPLW |
| I purchased this gun to shoot family members and co-workers with. It fell apart after 15 or 20 uses. The "ammo" doesn't stay loaded and half of them pop out the gun every time now. I understand that this is just cheap plastic crap but I was hoping it would last longer than just a few months. |
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| "Not the ideal nerf gun for any enthusiest." | 2008-02-26 |
| - Reviewed By User: ABY2D92REQKOS |
To start, I will announce the Pros and Cons of this product. Pros: This nerf gun is durable, relatively small and is light. It is fun in the dark with its glow-in-the-dark darts and its ability to light up. Cons: This is probably the weakest nerf gun I have ever fired and I have fired a lot of nerf guns. This nerf gun also uses only one kind of dart. The darts it uses are very flimsy and are way too light. They have no weight to guide them and travel about 9 feet. This is not like other guns that you can use other darts with. The gun has a very badly designed piece of plastic that goes right over the chamber that prevents the use of any other kind of dart. Any other dart will jam the gun. Ok, think about this in your head: You go to buy a nerf gun and you see one that looks cool and says it uses batteries. This happens to be that gun. Yes it uses batteries but in probably the most useless way possible. The batteries don't give it more power. They don't allow it to shoot full auto. It wastes batteries because all it uses batteries for is to light up the chamber and make a stupid sound when the gun is fired. If you want to have cool nerf battles with your friends, I know I do, it is worth the extra money to buy the Longshot or the Recon but this gun is a complete waste of money and is a disgrace to the very nature of dart guns. I am very ashamed of you, nerf.
Thank you for reading my review and I hoped it helped you make a decision. I am deeply sorry if I offended anybody. |
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