NERF Zombie Strike was PEAK!

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ALL 34 BLASTERS REVIEWED! The best line of Foam Dart Blasters NERF ever had, from the Hammershot to the Contractor. NERF Zombie Strike was a sub-series of NERF that launched in 2013, during what could be considered a peak of Humans vs. Zombies, with the Hammershot and Sledgefire; and then went on to spawn dozens of blasters all under the theme of foam darts stopping the zombie apocolypse. It's one of my favorite lines of all time in NERF with some of the best blaster designs Hasbro ever made. NERF Zombie may now be a thing, but it isn't Zombie Strike; and we're going to take a look at every single blaster in the series. How do they work? What were they good at? How would I improve them? And will we ever get a double-barreled Sledgefire?
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The Story So Far 0:00
Hammershot 3:48
Sledgefire 10:06
Crossfire Bow 18:15
Doublestrike 22:36
Fusefire 26:40
Ricochet 31:56
Ripshot 34:17
Jolt Target Set 36:55
Roughcut 2x4 38:39
Sidestrike 40:44
Clear Strike 43:59
Longshot CS-12 45:12
MEGA Magnus 47:33
Slingfire 50:00
Flipfury 55:16
Doominator 1:00:22
Eraser 1:06:01
Abolisher 1:07:57
Clampdown 1:11:27
Crosscut 1:13:19
Brainsaw 1:15:26
SilentStrike 1:18:37
Outbreaker Bow 1:21:44
Dreadbolt 1:23:35
Revreaper 1:29:03
Wrathbolt 1:32:40
Ripchain 1:34:40
Scravenger 1:38:58
Quadrot 1:45:07
Nailbiter 1:47:18
Revoltinator 1:50:27
Alternator 1:54:15
Ghoulgrinder 1:56:20
Contractor 1:59:49
Epilogue 2:02:11

[@WalcomS7]

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[@Hypostasy]

Sling fire was the best one, fight me

[@HANKSANDY69420]

@@Hypostasy *I won't, lever-actions are badass*

[@talonabuser1072]

Mist a bit and put a somewhat thick towel and iron out the wrinkle good luck it usually works for my posters easy on the heat and take several passes spaced out

[@amandalowe8483]

Hopes?

[@flappyjay_gaming]

L sponsor

[@General_Stryfe]

Man zombie strike was just an entirely different breed

[@Glizasaurus664]

Lol

[@SLIM-SH8Y]

Agreed

[@Buddur1]

Fr

[@user-ht4jg4fy4g]

I now

[@EMK230]

I KNOW 😂

[@BoardGamesBricksHobbies]

The reason a lot of the early Zombie Strike blasters have a different aesthetic is because Nerf was reportedly testing both Zombie and Western themes with focus groups and zombies won out. So the earlier molds were made to fit either theme. Zombie Strike eventually switched to the makeshift once it was an established sub-theme, while Doomlands took inspiration from the unused Wild West concepts.

[@gigadrayco84]

Well that definitely explains some of the blasters in the Doomlands line and why both the Hammershot and Slingfire would've been right at home in there. Unfortunately, I personally found that a lot of that series was needlessly oversized for what they did and could've been slimmed down by substantial amounts as the only one that really caught my eye was the Double Dealer.

[@dogdog357]

The worst part about the "Hmm... let's just make money." Is that four basically seperate fandoms all felt it in tandom. Nerf, Transformers, Magic, and D&D all were hit one way or another, what with the layoffs, the whole Pinkerton controversy, and the worse paintjob and plastic quality. How badly does a company need to mess up that four seperate fandoms can hang their heads and sigh with regret?

[@alaeriia01]

Five. My Little Pony killed off the enormously successful G4 designs for the G5 ones and simultaneously lowered the plastic quality.

[@dogdog357]

@@alaeriia01 Oh dang. That's rough

[@brokenswitchpowerbutton]

​​@@alaeriia016 beyblade took a hit as well. They're doing better with Beyblade X now but it could still go wrong

[@thomasjohnson2435]

I can’t wait for the 3 hour Rebelle video!😂

[@WalcomS7]

Rebelle has like half the blasters :P

[@Crowe0920]

But you can add a whole bunch of Girl und Panzer and other anime girl cutaways to fill the time up with!​@@WalcomS7

[@jasonmullin3522]

​@@WalcomS7 still would like a vid. 45 min video?

[@WBO-lp3cp]

​@WalcomS7 we demand our Rebelle video, plus academic insights about creating a blaster line for girls. Empowering or patronizing?

[@Abs0luteCha0s]

Lol

[@JacobHarina]

The rehashed cowboy phase of the Zombie Strike line was literally peak!!! Good thing they didn't trash the concept cuz if they did we wouldn't have gotten the Hammershot, Doublestrike, Sledgefire & Slingfire all of which paved the way to cool and gimmicky priming mechs... Even though some of them lack in the performance department, I think the emotional response you get when you fire this blasters is enough to make up for it...

[@MikeGuerrero]

I am lowkey fascinated by the fact that in an industry where copying features is commonplace, Zuru made multiple versions of the FlipFury without the actual 'flip' mechanism. Pulling the lower trigger simply unlocks the barrel; you still have to manually rotate the second barrel into position. If you time it right, you can twist the blaster and pull the trigger to force the new barrel in. I wonder if Zuru left it out to save on costs or if there was some sort of patent they didn't want to challenge.

[@mauricesoulis1590]

Agreed👍👍 Btw the last 2 ff’s I purchased via Amazon were problematic as heck. Darts jamming & poor consistency. The mechanism has never been an issue but soooo satisfying n unique.🏁🏁

[@TenRingGaming]

My son and I loved the Zombie Strike series. When he was about 4 years old he wanted the Brain Saw but wasn’t strong enough to cock it. A year or so later he got it and still loves it. I wish Doomlands lasted longer, too.

[@TheUndeadslayer221]

The double strike, the Hammershot, the Scragenger, and the RevReaper are honestly my favorite of the line.

[@Unfair_fightPilgrammed]

The revreaper really brings my attention

[@thespaceman4808]

​@@Unfair_fightPilgrammed personally wasnt the biggest fan 8f the revreaper but the magazine was great

[@Unfair_fightPilgrammed]

@@thespaceman4808 true, but I’m just interested in its mechanics

[@dyl_pickle16-mta48]

I still have my Doublestrike, and it's one of my favorite sidearm blasters. It's easy to load, easy to conceal, quick to fire, and the grip is soooooooo comfortable.

[@usnlp100]

Hammershot, Doubleshot, and the Sledge Fire, those were my favorite.

[@amydoesart3724]

Not only the best nerf line but also the one my favorite blaster came out, the nerf zombiestrike scravenger. A lever action modular-ish mag feed blaster with SLAMFIRE (yes, on a lever action), i love this blaster so much, its so fun and still my go to on every single stock level nerf war

[@Glizasaurus664]

I agree entirely and by the way I'm actually holding it at this moment

[@amydoesart3724]

@@Glizasaurus664 Mine is on my bed cause i was plinking around Just a few Seconds before the video premied

[@Glizasaurus664]

That's amazing that we all have this blaster

[@micahh9351]

@@Glizasaurus664 glad to know its so good, gotta find one now.

[@davitdavid7165]

​@@micahh9351apperently expensive. Good luck

[@Letsflingfoam]

Walcom dancing is so wonderfully iconic

[@EpicPico0625]

Glad I wasn't the only one that noticed it

[@dyl_pickle16-mta48]

He's dancing to the Battletoads theme.

[@HANKSANDY69420]

*This will be interesting.* While you do love the Sledgefire, you've been kinda back-and-forth with this line. While I agree many of them aren't really practical, they all are pretty cool. Hammershot is ofc the best thing to come out of this line.

[@betalai5633]

Hi

[@HANKSANDY69420]

​@@betalai5633 *you filthy first-chaser*

[@blackbird3327]

The hammershot was fucking comfortable to use ngl

[@OutOfIdeas9977]

I honestly feel like the sweet revenges was a bit better.

[@lognoseJhonson]

Dualshot revolver was better but we can all agree scravenger or slingfire were the best

[@oolooo]

Single Action Revolver , Break Action Shotgun , Lever Action Blaster ? .Oh , yes , brilliant .

[@nicholas920us]

WalcomS7: I understand how much work goes into making videos like this, but this is the future of Tagback, man. I really want to see more series overviews like this in your style, where you talk a bit about the blaster's value to the hobby outside of its specs and base function. Good One! and worth the wait.

[@HeathHeil]

Zombie strike was the best, no question. They really tried to innovate with it, in a way they haven't since

[@dustinr1146]

“Let’s just be blunt. This is one of the Nerf Vortex blasters of all time.” Words are hard. Good video. You should do more videos where you provide specific insight to how they could improve it. That’s what Elite 2.0 should have been… an improvement on blasters we love.

[@pwerplazlol725]

My fav nerf gun of all time is actually the hammer shot, it was small, powerful for its size, one handable, and imo looks absolutely sick

[@Giosuke_Giogashikata]

I love every single time you upload, Walcom. Your energy within the Nerftuber community is unmatched, and is a delight to watch.

[@irishfish4001]

I love how you gave a fair review of even the blasters you didn’t like. You also made the first plug for royal match that actually interested me. Keep up the awesomeness and don’t work too hard. We love you Walcom.

[@thisplaceholder]

Dude made whole Zombie Strike movie

[@ethanL337]

I agree with your assessment on the SilentStrike. It was $10 for not enough blowgun. Now specifically for me, I am a classically trained orchestral bass trombonist. I can blow enough air to ignore the shortcomings of the SilentStrike. But in the end, I benched this toy in favor of PVC pipe anyway.

[@rodemus18]

Easily the hammershot, sledgefire, scravenger, revoltinator (wish I had one so I can make the carry handle a full carry handle), longshot, slingfire quadrot nail biter and the clearshot and dreadbolt; zombie strike was SO COOL when it first came out! The slingfire was my very first blaster I ever bought

[@mobert0839]

Respect for creating this long video format ß)

[@Yoshi6400]

I remember when the Slingfire was announced and people were concerned about the lever breaking and were planning all sorts of ways to replace it with a metal part. Then it was released and people were pleasantly surprised that there was a metal piece molded into the plastic lever. So damn good.

[@Anton-de5vu]

God I ADORED the doublestrike as a kid. It was all my family could really afford at the time, either that or all the hammershots were sold out. But that little dude was my bread and butter in nerf fights. It felt so good in my hand that I learned to spin nerf guns just by twirling it in my hand for fun

[@Ohne_Silikone]

2:16 don't you think a sign reffering to the zombie apocalypse looks more authentic with some creases? If anything it is way to spotless.😂

[@RatkingNyxu]

"You could have six, eight [Hammershots]" - CaptainXavier has entered the chat.

[@Windle_Poons]

Zombie strike is the best line! Love the sledge fire, sling fire, hamershot and the double strike. Slingfire is great for playing with kids, it doesn't hit that hard but has major style points..

[@DrZoltarMulvrais]

Hammershot for sure #1, NailBiter was awesome, and I put a longstrike barrel on the Scravenger, along with the axe and blade attachments. Im a Nerf painter, so I made it look super sharp!!

[@nicholasmazzarella2720]

WS7 Amazing video. What a fantastically detailed look at the Zombie Strike line. This line had some pretty amazing blasters. Thanks for all the hard work that went into this one. Keep up the great work. You ROCK.

[@AcinonyxFoxD1]

wonderful video!

[@WalcomS7]

Glad you liked it!

[@AnotherYojimbo]

Awesome video! Zombie Strike was one of my favorite lines from Nerf, growing up. Also, noticed all the FF songs used in the bg; you got some good taste in music.

[@robertbernahliii6495]

I forgot about the zombie strike version of the long shot.😂 My son STILL has the original blue one w/pointless front gun. At this point it just sits on the shelf because it's "tired" and unmodified.

[@nitebox3609]

the hammershot still to this day is a legendary blaster before mods when you do mod, it creates something *godly*

[@user-rt4tn5hd9m]

Man the nailbitter look cool

[@komraderymcdermott5903]

I watched the whole thing because I've always appreciated your videos (essay incoming), ever since the buzz bee vampire hunter crossbow review, since around 10k subs and back when you used to do livestreams on BO3, I've been around your channel a very long time and I just want to say thank you for sticking to the channel. if KZbin hasn't unsubbed me like it did with a bunch of people I think I've been subbed for around 8 years (around 2015), and I've never gotten bored or stopped watching Seeing it grow has inspired me in many ways to start tinkering and chopping stuff up to make stuff from video games because I saw the double magnus mod or the paradigm shift its always been a fun watch and i want to thank you for being my gateway into modding and just goofy stuff in general (also finding out that we have the same birthday by randomly opening KZbin and seeing 'birthday stream' was a fun surprise). Thank you for all the hard work you do, it doesn't go unnoticed and I'm always appreciative of a new upload. -Some random Canadian fan (also I know you're busy but I'd love to see tag back stuff if it'd be something you were thinking about doing, no pressure tho :D)

[@WalcomS7]

This video was basically two hours of tag back already!

[@komraderymcdermott5903]

@@WalcomS7…the realization hit me, sorry about that😂 I guess I meant I’d happily take more long videos… we’ll go with that

[@atig51]

I have a Nailbiter, since its a freaking cool blaster. One day I took it out and it just didn't work. Pulling the trigger did move the clip, but never fired. Possibly a catch issue, but my dad doesn't trust himself to fix it even though he's found methods to fix it online.

[@Giosuke_Giogashikata]

Well, put your big boy pants on, find a reassembly guide, and open her up. Don’t do it on carpet.

[@harrydude101]

i love these videos ,where you talk about a full line

[@monkeytroncollective3865]

Wow that was a watch. Took me 3 different sessions over two days to get through that video but worth it and really appreciate the effort that must have been involved. Great to see the history of the line and it's rise and fall. Would love to see a Rebelle line video and maybe a Doomlands one in the future also 😊

[@ValTek_Armory]

Sorry I missed the premier! This is the perfect thing to watch over lunch!

[@grosudarius2751]

The little dances 😂😂😂

[@jaytrashwade1-1]

Mount the SilentStrike as a barrel extension on a Slingfire. Done.

[@BraxJanta]

Well done, thank you.

[@SidBurn]

this is the best video ever, thanks walcom! I LOVE ZOMBIE STRIKE BLASTERS!

[@haphazardninja]

What a great video. Love the skits in the background

[@TrueCrimeFromSpace]

One of your best videos! Keep up the good work!

[@yiarkungfu]

Totally awesome video. What a fun retrospective on a killer foam niche.

[@Arro3]

Great video, Walcom! It's nice seeing the chronological history of these releases, as well as the original Elite designs for some of the first few blasters before they had decided on this line and the aesthetic. The little background gags behind the product shots were funny, very nice. Zombie Strike is definitely a line to be cherished, even with the weaker releases. The Revreaper and Brainsaw are some of the favourite items in my small collection! More things like this definitely seem like a good way to evolve your work, although obviously they're very time-consuming so maybe just every... two months? Whatever feels comfortable for you, very important not to get crushed by ambitions. I still enjoy your "here's a new thing it's pretty cool" reviews as well.

[@spideravengermiller3920]

Zombie Strike is one of my favorite series form Nerf the hammershot is one of my absolute favorite blasters of all time it’s what got me into Nerf especially with other blasters like the Scravenger and the Slingfire I completely agree Walcolm I miss when Nerf did these kind of blasters

[@CRNerf]

Thank you for the long form comprehensive video! Take care

[@Dlutheran]

I found my zombie doublestrike randomly laying on the beach. I assume some little kid left it there. it had some sand in it but I cleaned it up and it worked ok not perfect but it was fun to find.

[@leoalcaraz6153]

this was my favorite Nerf series of all time !!!! It wasn't about competition it was about fun and crazy set ups and yet it gave us some the most iconic designs ever and it was far better than it should have been; this was the series that my son loved the most; he would sit and watch zombie movies with his sling fire and hammer shot ready to go

[@Hero-fi9rr]

I love these long documental style videos

[@timokimm]

really enjoy this type of series just listened to this while working, enjoyed all of it

[@Apocalypsejunkiesxtreme]

Well done bud! Nice detailed walk through the Zombie Strike past. The good, the bad, and the ugly!

[@m00k61]

The best line EVER!

[@ryanymous2138]

I probably should have told you sooner but the Crossfire Bow was actually a reskin of a Blazefire. I think it was from either N-Strike or N-Strike Elite hence why it doesn't look like a ZombieStrike blaster!

[@brandonkeller5912]

Loved this video!!! Helpful note: Meijer sounds like MY-er

[@m.roberts2783]

"a sniper rifle... that's a shotgun" me: "oh, so a normal shotgun?"

[@tulsaperson]

This video was incredible!

[@TenPoundBrains]

I don’t even like nerf that much, I just love your energy and passion and that’s why I’m subscribed, keep up the good work man.

[@aquatdog1294]

I dont know if you will see this comment, BUT THIS TYPE OF CONTENT IS PEAK!!! i enjoyed this so much i hope you do this for all of the nerf lines, vortex, doomlands, rebelle, the cheap ass ones, all of it! This video was just amazing thank you for putting that kind of work into it for us to watch! Cant wait for the nerf zombie vids

[@paymentscalendar665]

Thanks walcom For everything

[@TheOptinater]

Impressive work man, very cool to watch an overall video like this, and it turned out great. Love your content bro 👊

[@DartsNStuff]

I really like the Zombie Strike line. Some of the blasters are so so but they all look awesome and the ideas were great. Move into elite 2.0 what happened? Thanks for putting all this together Walcom Thanks Bots for the Revoltinator footage.

[@bishop357]

I love how they are almost all western themed to some extent, the double strike is my all time favorite.

[@Pad-qr4wk]

Walcom is the person to make a 2 Hour video about nerf and I love it

[@steampunkwhale2280]

Walcom movie yes please!

[@Mr.Grimm99]

I took me years to realize that the hammershot looks a lot like the bladerunner pistol

[@theothersimpsons77]

50:43 now that I think about it, dual wielding Slingfires would look so freaking awsome

[@Remlapk197]

Zombie strike was one of the few times nerf tried also love the fandom stuff in the blaster introduction

[@friendbesto2599]

I've never heard you say so many nice things about the hammershot. Be still my beating heart

[@fomny30]

watching walcom grow from 20k to 237k has been amazing!!!

[@waah5960]

3d printing could make a double barrel Sledgefire a reality

[@MinmiGamer]

The flipfurry was my favourite blaster until i got the mega cycloneshock

[@jeffreycarman2185]

21:26 the Nerf Gel blasters show that Hasbro, in fact, _can_ design usable, ergonomic, and aesthetically-pleasing blasters. They just need to make dart blasters that well.

[@Kirikaida]

Slingfire used to be one of my go to’s for hvz. Just loved doing the cool little lever flip every time I primed it lmao

[@Grismane]

Great video Walcom. Wish I had a few more of these blasters

[@ultranovva]

I love the overlord clip, perfectly used

[@user-fw5no1kj5t]

“A select fire springer pistol”, that would be a nightmare.

[@kingstonwvnerfer211]

The best 2 hours & 7 minutes I've ever spent

[@cedricksmith286]

The dreadbolt was my first zombie strike blaster and it was cool

[@WraifGaming720]

I had a dominator once, but my cousin left it outside and it got destroyed by the elements which required it to be thrown away due to rusted internals and apparently the front handle broke off.

[@GunnarTobus]

Some of Zombie Strike’s charm came from all this little details in the shells of the blasters, like screwdriver grips, barbed wire wrapping, bike chains, pliers, screws and bolt, and all the other parts. Made me love those blasters so much. These new blaster for Zombie just don’t do it with the dips/skins on the shell. These printed details feel like cheap clutter and graffiti, and it’s just too busy to look at. I know those details are expensive to add, but it’s disappointing to lose.

[@Sorebore]

great video man love the long form.

[@user-qc4gw3in7x]

My cousin broke my hammer shot 5 years ago. I miss it so much

[@klappstuhl4370]

@24:40 *I actually used a Doublestrike to give an old Warthog with dead internals a new life by combining their shells into one piece. Looks so damn good.*

[@brianoneill4894]

One time i bought a wooden crossbow from spain when i was young it got past security because it had souvenir print It had cork heads for wooden bolts and was decently effective No one was shot at

[@troyazok3089]

The flip fury is honestly underrated. Got one from an arcade earlier today and I honestly find that thing really slick for a potential sidearm.

[@SofaPop.]

Video was an absolute zinger. Made me feel that passion for nerf that I hadn’t felt in a long time. Watched the whole thing in one shot

[@AdventureMonte]

I'm glad Hammershots were still being sold new on Amazon when I got into the hobby in late 2019. I'm glad Hammershots are still available new as I type this! The Red is dope.

[@cam2designs]

The nail gun is my son’s favorite.

[@dyl_pickle16-mta48]

I still have my Doublestrike that I got as a kid, and it's one of my favorite sidearm blasters. It's easy to load, easy to conceal, quick to fire, and the grip is soooooooo comfortable. I also have a Scravenger that I bought in 2021, and that lever action is beyond smooth. I often like to flip it like Arnold Schwarzenegger.

[@roryn4869]

the flipfury is one of my all time favorite blasters because it was the one i got for easter when i broke my arm so even though i had a broken arm i had a blast with it as a kid

[@boomer7784]

Walcom really got into character for this video, becoming a zombie recording probably a dozen hours of footage and no sleep for this, true dedication

[@JustAGuy-vt3lh]

I still own a crossfire with the bow arms. I honestly have no idea how anyone ever lost them, given how i used to do stupid shit like taking the bow arms off of the blaster and using them as a sling and i still have them

[@user-fr9ro3ir8c]

If I made Zombiestrike 2.0... -The Piper: Electronic full auto flywheeler with a body shaped like a pipe and a magazine going in the top. The stock looks like a T-pipe with a wood piece wrapped to the back. There would be a tac rail on either side of the blaster to attach the scope(also pipe-shaped), and a barrel attachment point up front. -The Gravedigger: Four-shot pump action front loader springer with a four-stage trigger. The front of it would be square with the brown wood-like pump handle wrapping around the entire forend. It would have a stock attachment point at the rear with a detachable stock reminiscent of a shovel AK. -The Lancer: Internal mag slide operated springer rifle with a Slingfire-like stock and a bolt handle that can clip into either side of the slide and comes down near the trigger guard for "mad minute" style shooting. Barrel attachment point up front, for a barrel covered for its full length by foam with a foam bayonet at the end(to make the bayonet more melee-safe).

[@jaytrashwade1-1]

That would go well with a personal headcanon idea of the original ZombieStrike line being a paramilitary force created by survivors of the zombie apocalypse standardizing blaster designs to better defend against the zombie hordes. Personally I like to think ZombieStrike 2.0 would be a desperate attempt to rebuild this militia I dubbed the ZombieStrike Corps and upgrading the original ZombieStrike Corps arsenal shown by the original ZombieStrike line and introducing new blasters that are more capable to try and push the zombies back and regain the territories the original ZombieStrike Corps managed to claim to rebuild the world and civilization/society.

[@colesteiner7008]

I remember getting the original crossbow for Christmas one year. I still have I, and it still has the arms