Adventure Force Brute Pro Review
August 18, 2025Note: Dart Zone was kind enough to send me a free sample for review!
Yet again, Dart Zone has a new release, filling a new niche in the pro space that wasn’t on store shelves. This time, they’ve brought mag-in-grip springers to Walmart with the Brute Pro. So far, I’ve seen reviews ranging from relatively glowing to thinking it’s terrible. My experience so far? It’s exciting and does its job, but it’s definitely not perfect – and initial results may depend on which country you get it from.
Blaster Throwback: Larami Supermaxx Thunder Blast Ball Shooter
August 11, 2025Sometimes, when you’re looking in thrift stores for blasters, or looking online for deals, you stumble across amazing finds. I essentially tripped into this one, because I didn’t even know about it until I went to pick up the blasters. But somehow, I’m now in possession of one of the rarest blasters to see these days: the Supermaxx Thunder Blast Ball Shooter.
Let’s gather some info and open things up!
SillyButts Excalibur 3D Printed Blaster Review
August 7, 2025Author’s note: a big thanks to Out of Darts, who was willing to send me a hardware kit for free!
It’s been a while since I was able to consistently print the parts for a community-designed blaster. So, when I had the chance to both print a blaster and get a free hardware kit to try, I jumped on it.
In many ways, Excalibur is a modern evolution of Captain Slug’s classic Caliburn design (we’ve had articles on the Mega version and a Rival version on here years ago). It’s a large springer platform, operated via pump action and able to take both full length and half length darts. But it incorporates many modern design features, ranging from ball bearings on the priming sled to takedown disassembly to easy spring swaps and more. It’s a great example as any of how far the hobby has come, and it’s reminded me just how much fun making your own blaster can be.
Nerf 360° Battlezone Review
August 4, 2025Has it really been a month since my last post? Wow, work is killing me. Along with being unable to do Nerf events. Let’s fix that, shall we?
Last week, I was fortunate enough to get a free care package from Wilder Toys, one of the companies licensed to make Nerf play accessories. Included in the package was the 360° Battlezone, an electronic target set with different difficulty modes. And it’s by far my favorite of their products coming this fall.
Humans v Zombies: 20th Anniversary Game Announced at Goucher College!
July 4, 2025That’s right! The place where HvZ started is hosting an Invitational to celebrate 20 years! As per the announcement:
Humans vs Zombies was started right here on Goucher’s campus in 2005, and we are excited to celebrate its upcoming 20th anniversary. Join us for HVZ20, our 3-day invitational event, from Friday, October 24th, to Sunday, October 26th. Come prepared to enjoy all things HvZ with missions from Goucher and other select schools’ mod teams, as well as Q&A panels and more! Tickets will be available later this month. We look forward to sharing more information with you as we get closer to the event!
In order to fund HvZ’s birthday celebration, we are on the hunt for sponsors! Sponsors are offered two tiers of rewards with benefits including advertisements on the custom bandanas given to all players, advertisements on t-shirts for our moderators and a vendor table on Saturday. If you or your organization are interested or have any questions, please email us at hvz@goucher.edu for more information.
Tickets will be limited…but that still amounts to a few hundred players, so expect a large, great game.
More info coming soon!
Nerf Topbreaker/Cobaltfury/Jadestrike Review
June 30, 2025Like any other brand, Nerf tends to take designs that work and milk them to death. In past years, we saw endless Jolt reskins (via the collectible Microshots line, among other things), for example. For the N Series, the Ward has that current role – as WalcomS7 noted in a video a little while ago, there have been a lot of blasters based on that specific mechanism.
The Nerf Topbreaker (as well as this year’s additional variants) continue that trend. The same basic mechanism is there, with a pullback priming handle and a two-shot smart AR. The major additions are the break-open barrel and (in the case of the Cobaltfury and Jadestrike) new color schemes. Is that enough for the additional price? Probably not. But as always, the power of the impulse buy can be a strong one.
Adventure Force Boxer Pro Appears! Chain-Fed Pro Blasting!
June 26, 2025It’s that time of year again, where the hobbyists post things they find, the rest of us search and find more photos, and we get a better picture of what’s coming. This time, after a post in the Foam News Collective Discord server and then me searching, it appears we’re getting chain-fed pro blasting this fall!
