What the Heck is NERF Zombie?!?!

[@dreadcircumference]

no trigger guard IS the end of the world. how am i supposed to spin this john? ;_;

[@nickcoltz1526]

My goodness. I remember buying Zombiestrike like... almost everytime, they always have that sense of style that just cool to a 14 year old like i was. Now it's just... damn man

[@ziploc2000]

I got into Nerf just when the Zombiestrike line was starting, my goodness this thing is ugly and cheap-looking in comparison.

[@GunnarTobus]

My main issue with Zombie is that with Zombie Strike, we got all these cool molded details like pliers, screwdrivers, bike chains, and barbed wire to make these blasters look thrown together. And these blaster skins just aren’t the same. There’s so much going on with this blaster, it just looks too busy.

[@BigBongly]

I feel like the best way I can describe the new Zombie line is that it's like a Free To Play mobile phone version of Zombie Strike. Heck it's more akin to one of those awful F2P "temple run but instead of it being temple run its [insert franchise being marketed here]"

[@beni446]

They took away the "strike" because you ain't hitting nothing with it and they didn't want to get in trouble for false advertising /s

[@ianhadlock2405]

Dude that is so cool that you addressed that fum ad. I admit it felt... out of place. I'm sorry that it was getting sketchy for you, but I personally think your channel is better without endorsements like those though. Great video drac.

[@Xenosthewatcher]

Once again, no one gives better advertisements for their competitors than Nerf. The outlaw only costs like 5 dollars more, dumps on it performance wise and fires half lengths, there is no reason to buy this blaster when there are way better options for around the same price point.

[@bagel_guy9495]

Drac: "Really the only option for one hand wieldable revolver on shelves" TMNT sweet revenge reskin: "Am I a joke to you"

[@AlejandroTecman]

well yeah , but is not *new*

[@bagel_guy9495]

It's still in shelves

[@alaeriia01]

The Dart Zone Max Outlaw says hello.

[@BrxIghtside]

And sh6 is still on shelves

[@Shralla]

​@@alaeriia01Drac specified "from Hasbro" in the video

[@CelestialInfinite678]

It was said that the current CEO wants to make toys way more cheaper and weak quality. Plus that they want to make hasbro into a gaming company...he is not the right person to run a toy company man

[@saberwing7930]

And of course, that approach has worked so well and made Hasbro so much money... Oh wait, no it hasn't. But have they learned from their mistakes? Of course not, they're doubling or tripling down, completely unwilling to admit any mistakes. It's a death spiral.

[@Balmung60]

MBAs are the death of basically everything they touch. Just look at what the same kind of people have done at the likes of Boeing where their mindset has much more dramatic consequences.

[@sweetlikechocothai]

You can still buy a trailblazer. I modded mine to rearload short darts. It’s a pretty decent blaster. Hammershot/Sweet Revenge are still the GOAT.

[@xinixini1826]

Only way you can really defend the lack of triggerguard is... drills don't have a button guard typically.

[@bonzupippinpaddleoxacoppil484]

Thing is the blaster looks like a drill but the print hides it. It could have been another cool looking cobbled together style but nope.

[@themagitechie9955]

you know what strikes me as odd? This new blaster looks familiar in some way. Back when Zombie Strike was still alive, the boxart often showed blasters that weren't released yet. I remember one of those looked a lot like a power drill, but it never showed up on shelves. I think that design showed up on the boxart a year or two before elite 2.0 was released. Could the driller have been an old design that got shelved way back then, and is only seeing the light of day now? I don't know, but I find it weird.

[@another3997]

Hasbro is a business, it makes products to sell. Income needs to exceed total expenditure. All the calculations for a product are worked out months in advance, from initial design, prototyping, testing, contacts with suppliers, setting up manufacturing processes and machinery etc. But things can change both locally and globally. Costs go up, market conditions change, profits go down. Cutting costs and charging more money is often a necessity, even if consumers don't like it or understand the reasons.

[@Preston_Wood]

The nerf brand isn’t what it used to be. I’ll stick to stryfes, rapidstrikes, and rayvens

[@Windle_Poons]

Thanks for the explanation etc re the sponsor. Yeah, have to say it didn't sit well with me so I appreciate the explanation.

[@jamesstephenson8539]

Cut that muzzle device and the bottom of the grip,sand it smooth and repaint it and it might look halfway decent

[@yiarkungfu]

Drac you're a good kid. Smoking is being pushed so hard that it's making a comeback in movies, TV and on KZbin. Thanks for always being a great example for kids and adults.

[@Fwobbed]

Get the feeling nerf is in a slump ATM, real life situations can often have impact in the sales of toy guns. Xshot also seems to be doing really well in terms of shelf space, so maybe they're trying to copy their approach as an experiment (they tend to print lavish designs)

[@Sideshow819]

Hasbro corporatization and being shackled to shareholders has been their downfall, the other companies on the market have a much better understanding of their customers these days

[@saberwing7930]

Ironically, the shareholders have not been getting good returns out of Hasbruh either, yet they still haven't told the board to change course.

[@ziploc2000]

The problem with gateway methods out of an addiction if they can also be a gateway into the addiction.

[@DOUBLEPUNCHPRONERFER]

I happen to love this blaster!!!! Im gonna order the red hammershot for my 1 year review on June 1st. Ill order it may 1st to have it for june 1st

[@JadeyJ4d3y]

I was considering buying this when i saw it on a store shelf but then realized that there wasn’t a trigger guard for me to spin it like a revolver (stupidly lmao)

[@Jmonkeh]

Re: Fum the bigger issue there is the fact that the ingredients in the cartridges don't have to be FDA approved. lol

[@Windle_Poons]

The Xshot skins print matches up beautifully so its a shame Hasbro couldn't get the same quality of print.

[@thepandashadow4641]

Way too expensive, not the highest build quality. very true, but I really like the look of the shell

[@kyleweidenheimer1861]

if i didn't see the packaging i would not have thought "this is a nerf gun" sadly it looks so cheap.

[@pv8685]

i like the down under aussie scope mount!

[@crosssansgaming4218]

An upside to this blaster is it would look really good painted up though It would look really nice with a good paint job It’s definitely moddable though

[@ExtremelyHarry]

Hey Drac, I’ve been a smoker and vaper for the last 10 years, I’ve always struggled quitting. I got a FUM a couple months ago and it’s really working, I’m glad you promoted the product, it’s actually good!

[@LordDraconical]

Stick to it, I wish you all the best

[@ScoobR]

i like it tbh

[@DoubleL11862]

[Looks at the back of the box] Yep that sure is the blaster I have

[@8bitphilosopher286]

It seems like a far inferior blaster to the outlaw. But the outlaw was designed to be a competition blaster, and this was designed to be a toy. I agree that this is far inferior to...basically any of the hammer-primed options out there. But I also don't think it needs to be better than any of those. At the end of the day, it needs to be a toy that a kid can enjoy. If it also happens to be a toy adults can enjoy, that's awesome, but it doesn't need to be.

[@Thereallyinsaneninja]

Lol it took darc about 10 minutes to realize that the hammer goes back up when you prime it

[@Mick5183]

It looks a little bit like Zombie Strike 2.0.🤔

[@kailebdv]

That's exactly what it feels like too

[@Atlantic_dummie]

more like zombie strike 0.5

[@thepandashadow4641]

I wouldnt have picked that ad campaign to endorse, but if you were trying to help people get off nicotine, its not so bad

[@PsychoC4rnivore]

Its a shame that Hasbro, which used to make high quality blasters, is now making cheap garbage, while the old cheapo brands like Adventure Force are not making high quality blasters like their Pro line

[@paulturk8059]

Love your content drac, I didn’t think the fum sponsor was that bad, it’s a non nicotine product

[@jolemaire6629]

Hasbro: dissapointing it's customers since 2020

[@CaelumTheWolf]

This line is the proof that I made the right decision of getting out of nerf after they started selling out to literally everything that should not have been turned into a blaster and then the elite 2.0 line was the last straw Normal Elite,Zombiestrike and First series Rival was peak NERF and now they have the worst lines every

[@andrewt8721]

Well said.

[@davidlitchford7714]

Zombiestrike is the best Nerf series of ALL time....especially the Revoltinator

[@BobOBob]

"The only" WHAAAAAT????? ???? The TMNT (Sweet Revenge) was just 8.50 on Amazon a couple of DAYS ago. back up to 15, but still available. And the Fortnite is just a buck and a half more.

[@Shannonbarnesdr1]

love the art on the gun,. but i hate the bad quality, and not even a trigger guard, how dumb it seems incomplete.

[@Vdratheseraphic]

its basiclly a schfield but with a big barrerl and and scope

[@Highwaym4n]

The extra cost comes from paint on both sides...!

[@am81790]

Might as well paint it yellow and slap a DeWalt logo on it.

[@koolBOY8323]

when your fortnite tie in is a better blaster...

[@Apocalypsejunkiesxtreme]

I agree with you, loved the Zombie Strike line, and didn't think Hasbro could sink lower with money grabs, but sadly, I was wrong. Like you said, not that it's truly bad, it's just greatly disappointing. I don't know what to expect from Hasbro in the future, but hope it gets better because I want to like their stuff! As far as the Fume thing, you have nothing to apologize for. Your heart was in the right place and that was obvious. Unfortunately in our society today, some people just live to be offended and upset in some way shape or form. Keep your head up and keep doing what you're doing! Keep up the good work bro!

[@roryrdmb6667]

The depriming issue isn’t exclusive to this blaster, I’ve noticed it with my hammershots too

[@speakp4ngolin]

Nerf Zombies is right; its the zombie of the zombiestrike range.

[@EMCEEZAID]

i hope that nerf just bring back the old series

[@xinixini1826]

I saw this a while back on Amazon... instantly thought it was ugly and no amount of a paint job without heavily modifying would make it better.

[@Galaxy613]

Literally just recommended to someone to buy the TMNT revolver over this blaster. It cost less than this blaster and is more compact. :\

[@Bukkarooo]

It's a bummer this doesn't have a bit better build quality, because I actually do quite like the shell of it in general shape. I think it's fun and could paint up nice. The skin is just boring and uninteresting, and the shell is so thin...Man, it's disappointing. Also, I must have somehow missed you were building a new studio, that makes sense. I was surprised I hadn't seen the room and yard I got used to seeing you in since like...wow, the X-Shot Longshot video I think? But you've moved between that and the other yard with the fancy pool before. Hope the new studio build is going smoothly!

[@stijnVDA1994]

Honestly it's to me not the fact you accept sponserships(these are very understandable) but it's more what, i feel like a good phone game is all well and good or like other nerf companies(think like what out of darts did with captain xavier with the k26 springs)

[@SamSquids]

I wasn't offended about the ad-read, I just think Fum is snakeoil, but that could just be my bias against products sponsored by KZbinrs (no offense).

[@GCJACK83]

I have a better line name idea for this new Nerf set. Trash. It's where it'll end up because for a bit more, you can get a better revvie from DartZone.

[@komitadjie]

It looks like a printer threw up on it.

[@aidenlegobatman]

Would people buy this just for the scope?

[@OdiumTV]

it even *sounds* cheap...

[@phj9894]

with many good and famous nerf blasters being out of production many years ago and new blasters mostly being kinda crappy, Dart zone and x shot are way better options.

[@Rongist-ln8ny]

U took #2:38 mins to talk😂

[@nitrosophelin]

the elite 2.0'ed zombiestrike!!😭😭😭😭😔😔

[@blendervendor2220]

The only value I think this has is for scrapping (ironically) and putting the shell pieces and accessories into other builds. On a side note... FUM was fine. I can agree with the first statement about how some nicotine users might have been offended, however those people who thought fum was a agteway thing need to go take a nap or something.

[@bigfootnintendorazr]

Great video.

[@Mr_Blinx_]

I really miss zombie strike because they were the most badass nerf flingers and honestly they can take my damn wallet if they drop nerf zombiestrike rival blasters honestly 😂🤘

[@somerandomdragon4655]

sponsorships bring out the worst in corporations assuming you ignore the african child labor lithium mines

[@RusakovLA]

I think I saw this a about a year ago on Reddit and thought it was just a random AI-generated image.

[@TesserasNerfRoom]

This blaster lost my 20 bucks the moment i saw that it looked like someone threw up on it Every time i see it, i want it less and less

[@explosioncatsandknives7747]

Will you grab a Realm snoiper in the 1st release wave?

[@harvindersingh7786]

I love you all of them unboxing videos blaster brand gun video toys

[@oldschooltommyim]

Nerf fell off with the Disruptor

[@bbriiannz]

This is just sad...

[@codychen9036]

This is just sad

[@josiahmayfield4731]

Whatever happened to your old studio?

[@kingkaijugaming2841]

it looks like he got kidnaped by hasbro and is now stuck inside making videos in the basement of hasbro's HQ

[@thelivingtribunal830]

Am I the only one who’s bothered by the cylinder not being exposed?

[@SoTiredzZ]

hi

[@kingkaijugaming2841]

uhhh drac? did you kidnaped by hasbro and ur now stuck inside making videos in the basement of hasbro's HQ?

[@LordDraconical]

They could never possibly contain me, they can’t contain their actual employees.

[@GeneralGracious]

First!

[@maggostunt]

Just switch to airsoft already, Nerf isn‘t what it used to be. Youre too old for that and as you can see the views also dropped drastically for a channel with over 700K