Why did BOOMco. fail?

[@vytherless]

For such a small channel, i would say this video looks very, VERY professional, keep up the good work!

[@bottlely]

Asdi Thanks man, that really means a lot

[@caproductions1137]

yes, really good video !

[@nope.7392]

Amazing Vid dude! Hope you do more downfall videos.

[@xyoshi1083]

Honestly I thought it was a big channel in my feed but no

[@Jerbt]

Lmao I remember when this had like 300 views and now it got so much

[@LuvzToLol21]

I don't remember ever seeing a Boom Co commercial. I remember one day they just appeared on the shelves at Walmart and that was it.

[@darth3911]

Cartoon network played them maybe twice a day i don’t remember all the details but i remember seeing them right before lunch for a whole week

[@KosherPorky]

I remember seeing a load of commercials when the brand first released, but not much after that point

[@Roblox_Guy_]

but wait boom co is not in australia

[@dryp2830]

in 2013-14 there were some commercials but not many

[@offlinemedia1784]

I saw ONE when it first came out (I think?) it was for the big flagship of their launch line.

[@fluffius5436]

BoomCo should make an M1 Garand since theyre so good at making clips like that. Edit: yes I understand my genius and they should hire me you don’t have to tell me.

[@SansTheDrawer2732]

Yes

[@TheMinecraftfreak668]

That's an good idea. Maybe appeal to instead of kid style blasters. Maybe appeal to older and those more appropriate realistic style of "blaster" that's not an airsoft.

[@Al-cf9qi]

We need the ping sound no matter what

[@dr.dylansgame5583]

@@Al-cf9qi 1000 percent agreed dont know why no blaster company ever thought of this

[@thefifthwall5259]

it better ping

[@jlarsjansson4702]

ngl, boomco could've made a kick ass M1 Garand blaster. Especially with the Cliips, they could've made an entire seris on old historical rifles, but, they didnt go to well.

[@emperorexiled7270]

Damn they coulda made MONEY with dat m1 garand. Other clip fed blasters wouldve been cool too. Imagine a clip fed lever action rifle, with those straw darts. Or a type 100 mechanical full auto smg. Heck, they couldve made side clip fed sniper rifle but with a twist. The clip would be only 1 dart length, but the dart diameter is BIG. Missed opportunities, man :(

[@mikismoose120]

Him: “elite blasters are for comfort” me looks at elite 2.0 looks back at The video me: “Are you sure about that?”

[@bottlely]

Tbf, this video was way before Elite 2.0 was even leaked. I didn't say that they're still comfortable What a shame that Elite 2.0 is

[@lonk0420]

Elite 2.0 will be the beginning of the downfall of nerf

[@LetMeEatIt]

i remember seeing a 2.0 add, and i didnt hear about it before this commercial. I knew nothing about it, and yet the first look at the "primary" blaster in the set threw me off. i kissed my strongarm that night.

[@siei3i37]

...thats Pikachu

[@lonk0420]

@Zhou Zay a little bit better, but still terrible. The design and color schemes are kinda ugh for me, the distance claims on the boxes are fake, and did they really had to make another different type of darts? I'm tired of having to buy a different ammo type for every nerf gun i own.

[@ayushmaanmukherjee2637]

Honestly feels like an old Legitbread video. Amazing job.

[@johnathanthomas9291]

I agree

[@reeces.pieces3]

I thought I was watching one of his old videos until you said that... lol

[@tyrantula2484]

9:05 "Whatever your parental style is,you shouldnt pick D." 99% of the parents: How bout' I do anyway?

[@bottlely]

I never recognised the double entendre until your comment came up

[@Jackalblade9]

Great video. RIP BoomCo, we'll miss you.

[@CDNM_ZERO]

What happened to it?

[@shadowsnake5133]

@@CDNM_ZERO di- did you even make it to the end of the video without skipping?

[@CDNM_ZERO]

@@shadowsnake5133 well i can talk english and litsening to it well, but the i cant hear much from this video because the audio so can you pls tell

[@pous3r]

@@CDNM_ZERO ???

[@thegreatwoodentable552]

The fact that I got here from an actual Gun video is beyond me.

[@GK-mr9ko]

Me sitting around my Arsenal watching a vid about toy guns lol

[@eggbag4182]

I miss BoomCO. They had so much potential, but now that the hobby go-to is half darts there is little hope for us. There is a fundraiser for half-size BoomCO darts and blasters made by hobbyists so let's hope that succeeds.

[@illumi747]

I feel like if they didn't add a crazy gimmick in every blaster that made them damn near impossible to use effectively and marketed the straws as a new and revolutionary type of ammo that could out compete foam darts, then I feel like the company would've been a great success.

[@airlinefood5557]

Bruh boomco halo was the shit. Me and my friend would shoot each other in the back yard and it was awesome. So sad to see them gone

[@gamerguy425]

I think the arrival of accufakes, rival, and eventually waffleheads/half darts was a bit of a nail in the coffin. Now they're kind of obsolete because they shoot less far than nerf and their accuracy has been matched or beaten. If they came back they'd have to start out all over again with a new ammo source or ignore the FPS limit thing. The clips were also quite annoying because you could insert them too far unlike a magazine you could just jam in without thinking. They had some worthy ideas and they will definitely be remembered as an interesting footnote in blaster history

[@bottlely]

Yeah, I wished that I had talked a bit more about the existence of 3rd-party foam darts. They made Nerf and other brands much more viable blaster platforms

[@gamerguy425]

@@bottlely that's kind of an interesting progression that could be its own vid. it went from everone buying Nerf darts to "wow look at this cheap ebay shit" to "more accurate but still kinda crappy" to of course the current day and age where elites are a SCAM next to Dart zone waffleheads which are on store shelves.

[@prozystudios1595]

man, as someone who is not even remotely interested in nerf/dart based toys, this video is waaaay too interesting

[@pSykSG]

Dude, wonderful production quality, and good content! I enjoyed it!

[@bottlely]

Oh wow, it's you! Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@AJT-]

The one thing I remember is that I couldn’t play with a gun anymore because the designed it so that you couldn’t shoot it if you didn’t have any darts so it was basically useless.

[@maxs-lz4pn]

I found a primed halo needler at goodwill, I've had it for like 5+ years and it's still primed. I think that was definitely a major design flaw

[@ramennoodles4085]

I still have my Rapid Madness and it’s one of the coolest designs I’ve ever seen. I lost the 20 round clip, so I have a 8 round clip and I have 6 straws left. But I took it to a friends nerf war one day. (2018) They had at least 30 different top of the line nerf blasters. (I had 2 rival Apollo’s that were labeled too powerful) and they said that rapid madness what the coolest gun they’ve ever seen. Even though I didn’t have bullets, we’d fire it off to scare the other team to not move so we could reposition. Best underrated, colt classic, air powered machine gun blaster ever.

[@crodsbye]

I guess it did its job: area denial

[@smallbluemachine]

Absolutely love the rapid madness, bought two of ‘em. Just break cover with one in each hand and a cigar in the mouth. Wonderful.

[@samityyy]

Just realized how nostalgic this was to watch, I remember growing up and seeing the very first BoomCO ad

[@hyakushiki4406]

i thought boom co blaster designs are... unwieldy. maybe its my obsession with fps, but i've always see nerf design as more "realistic" and closer to a real gun. and boom co just made me question "how do i aim with these?"

[@bottlely]

Yeah, that was one of their five fatal flaws. If Mattel had brought out designs like the Blaze of Glory sooner, I think they would have stood a better chance of surviving

[@juaneskator]

BoomCo had Infinite Warfare guns lol

[@TheseBygones]

@@juaneskator bruh

[@noahthonnard293]

Honestly if BoomCo ever came back, they should focus primarily on their airpowered/pump blasters. Few things are more satisfying in the hobby than unloading one of those Halo Assault rifles on your friend.

[@snowyeducation8038]

This is perfect this is my first video that I have ever seen by you and I find you are already as good as coop,drac,legitbread or Aaron Esser

[@Kangaroo_Dev]

9:20 well that's depressing af

[@garbagechannel42]

I relate to this story but they didn't miss me

[@matrixcato]

the editing is great, hope you become popular soon

[@thatoneaziankid7969]

Not a video I was looking for but was glad to find. Great vid!

[@BadAssBusDriver]

Dude, that friendship thing at the end hit different. I wasn't ready for that and now I'm questioning so many life choices.

[@darthdonkus3850]

Huh, I was wondering what happened to these guys

[@CrimsonDevil4790]

Same. Last time i saw an ad or product of BoomCo was like maybe almost a couple years ago.

[@jatinore4626]

This looks like the content a 100k sub channel would make let's try to get you there 🙏

[@ianssjg_gd]

*the fact that I still have the rapid madness makes me want to buy the ammo that I lost.*

[@Andyobsidian]

Omg this is so good you need way more subs this is like top tier for nerf quality

[@qq13563817153]

6:16 ah yes, the "closing down sale but stays open for another year" store. 80 cent lemon tea is always good tho

[@Boomtendo4tw]

I’m trying to bring the ammo back single handedly. I started an indie go go for it. Only 3 days left and haven’t reached the goal so I will likely have to start again

[@bottlely]

I remember that project. Been a while, hasn't it? Maybe if someone does something big. Like a movie about the Nerf hobby, where a main character carries a BoomCo. Totally not writing one right now haha

[@Boomtendo4tw]

@@bottlely :) awesome!

[@Ronderal]

The technology behind the sticky darts was incredibly! It only stuck to photo paper (I think) and nothing else but felt like regular rubber when you touched them. The idea to equip a shield to your arm or gun to snatch enemy darts was clever and unique! Can't say I think too highly of Mattell after BoomCo went down the toilet. They bought Mega Bloks and rebranded them and I'm worried they'll go down too. I love their Halo sets!

[@donerhuhndestodes9411]

Hold up that channel is not even having 1k subs? That Video is so high qulity man thoose little draws you did are so good. You are getting a sub from me!

[@medicwine]

The flipbow was so sick that it was worth using despite the negatives of using alt ammo. If I had access to extra clips it would have been my permanent primary.

[@GarlicGuard]

Epic video and by the way you could do more documentary on others darts brand. As the amount of qualities of these video are excellent.

[@bottlely]

Thanks for the kind words. Sorry though, I don't think I'll be able to do videos like this anytime soon; I've just enrolled in university, and will probably be making more quick skits to improve my filmmaking skills. This video took over a month to shoot and edit, same with the Grand Tour video game review. But, if I can get a microphone that I can link to my laptop, it would make the process a lot faster. I definitely wouldn't mind making more videos like this.

[@GarlicGuard]

@@bottlely All good no need to apologise, good luck at university.

[@davitdavid7165]

One of the best vids in the blaster category.

[@thedorkydoodlesden]

This random video about toy dart blasters suddenly went deep and dark at the end and hit me in the friendship feels. WTF?

[@maxs-lz4pn]

I wish boomco was still kicking, I really liked how high their capacity was. And their halo stuff was really cool. I think they really opened the door for all the current nerf competitors and that was pretty valuable

[@fishii8237]

Boomco walked so dartzone could run

[@philliporozco3342]

the fact that we could have had a m1 garand

[@Zefpyhr]

4:24 i swear i never found it in malaysia

[@SonOfAFridge_]

Same and i'm Malaysian

[@MrAsh1100]

Malaysian here, can't even find it in Tescos....maybe in ToysrUs but I haven't visisted it in a long time. That and BoomCo just looks like a 3rd party Nerf

[@Kaidon0]

Thank you for being the first person that i know of to acknowledge coop and drac

[@tyrongkojy]

This feels like an in universe Cyberpunk gun review, like you'd find in Solo Of Fortune, or on one of the new shows.

[@REPVILE]

Something I’ve noticed from messing around with all these nerf/nerflike weapons my kid has. The off brands like boomco/adventure force fire the projectiles much better than actual nerf weapons.

[@PotatoKernels]

Man when i first saw the thumbnail and watched the beginning i thought you had 30k+ subs since it looks so professional keep it up

[@seanchan7167]

Holy shit bro this is an amazing video, and glad to see Singaporean KZbinrs!

[@RebelFNOS]

Me who still has his mavericks along with a Strong-arm: "so you wanna do this the old fashioned way huh... Draw!!!"

[@SkrubMaster3000]

Damn, this video is excellent. Well presented, entertaining and informative. Keep it up, man!

[@kittykillington3312]

This was a great breakdown, I had wondered what happened to them, thanks for making this!

[@HoloTiger]

BOOMco blaster magazine designs remind me of the Bastard SMG from Metro 2033.

[@Bhdhfhf]

i'm watching this video again and I still think its really good for such a small channel

[@bottlely]

Thanks for sticking around. A new Nerf video's coming up; only problem is that it's currently 20+ minutes long :P

[@Bhdhfhf]

I’ll still be here

[@m.d.sharpe8892]

Idk why this is on my recommended but the nostalgia is real. I had the rapid madness as a kid it was so cool

[@threadworm437]

I remember seeing the halo ones at toys r us before they closed down too, sad

[@ppboy2055]

the name of your channel is amazing, you got yourself a subscriber

[@GeorgeCowsert]

I think part of their problem was focusing on clips instead of magazines. Real life guns use clips to load an integrated magazine, and the closest thing you'll see to what BoomCo did with their clips are the removable cylinders in some revolvers. Hell, BoomCo's Straws are technically far better suited for magazines than darts since they can't be squished and deformed by the spring pressure. It baffles me that they thought clips were in any way a good idea.

[@matt31]

mega chad hearts every comment. Also, loved the video, some subtle soft background music could help a bit to make it seem less monotone, awesome work!

[@girunit94]

The halo replicas were always a dream for me to have i wish mattel had really pushed to slay the dragon

[@BytzDrawz]

Heres a sad story of mine. One day, while I was sitting on a sofa watching KZbin videos. My little brother walked up to me with a BoomCo pistol behind his back. He walked up to me and said, hey there. I said "whats up?" then that was the moment where he pulled out the pistol and shot my eye, I was crawling on the floor crying and my grandpa heard my cries. He rushed over to see me holding my eye and crying on the floor and immediatly knew what happened. While he was trying to do something about my eye, my brother just stood there. Laughing about how he shot my eye. Laughing and talking about how this was be how I died. My grandpa shouted at him and tended to my eye. After all that. My grandpa took all the nerf and BoomCo blasters he found, and just yeeted them into the trash. All of my blasters except the only one in my bedroom.. All of them were freaking expensive. All bought by me, all just simply yeeted into the trash bin outside..

[@dancintilldeath]

I still have the pistol of BOOMco. bought the double set, neighbours kid stole one, and lost the others bullet catcher. now all I have is a gray slided masterpiece

[@Gray79182]

bro I watched this video and wasn't read for the feels man.

[@evantan7796]

Why doesn’t this guy have at least a 100k subscribers for this quality video? I’m pissed abt that fact, so I’m gonna subscribe to help out :D

[@fluffius5436]

Here’s another banger: maybe they should make older guns with BoomCo new stripper clips. Like a BoomCo K98k or Mosin Nagant. Perhaps a Sten could be made.

[@mice7431]

you just reminded me i havnt seen boomco in a store in so long

[@Damian-03x3]

With the clips (that were much better than magazines) BoomCo had a big potential.

[@daciannation5847]

If only you could actually smash the clips into place with no worry of it flying out the other side. That, would have been nice.

[@dr.dylansgame5583]

@@daciannation5847 agreed you think for someone going against a brand as big as nerf you think they would have R&D'd the shit out of them to make sure all these flaws except the darts werent a issue but i guess companies in a feast or famine market never seem to learn

[@PyromancerChicken]

Why does this this guy only have 2.6k subs. He needs more. This is quality content.

[@veritech4884]

Man, I got into the BoomCo blasters REALLY late. I jumped in when ToysRus went under a few years ago and bought myself a MA5 and planned to buy the carbine next, but unfortunately the store closed before I could make it back for more. I always looked around for more BoomCo stuff after the fact, but never really found any and always asked "Why?" I know why now...

[@CatBoyGaming23]

“It’s nerf or nothing” Boom co: Ight ima head out

[@zachnicolas795]

Did not expect to hear Jeremy Clarkson.I'm pleasantly surprised

[@Fl444mingo]

Yeah, unfortunate story. Sad downfall, because I always thought BoomCo blasters were really cool, and they could still be making cool things; it's a big shame they aren't. Luckily, we at least have lots of foam blaster modders and creators to still bring original things to the table. Good video!

[@toriqwildaan4083]

Hi man, just came across this video and your channel in my recommended section today. I think you are a very underrated channel, keep up the great work! P.S. Where you from? Just curious :D

[@13vex]

The boomco Needler and the Magnum were the best guns. Most replica guns are usually built with a wildly different design to be practical or they get proportions wrong but those two were built perfectly

[@rhombus2490]

I remember I had a boomco pistol and minigun. The amount of power the pistol had and the fire rate of the minigun was insane.

[@JadeyJ4d3y]

4:25 as a Malaysian, I literally have never seen a Boom Co product ever or maybe I’m not observant enough, too bad most guns are expensive for us and no one here plays with nerf guns at all Somehow i never expected Malaysia to be mentioned a few times cause again, we don’t have any Nerf events other than Singapore ( really. . . ) but yeah whatever our country is terrible at everything anyways

[@justspartan13]

Very random video to pop up on my recommended, but an enjoyable and fairly interesting watch

[@zachaboy]

The pistol was my favorite one of their blasters with the shield it was so much fun to quick draw

[@thebean3995]

Yeah 3rd bottom (left to right) at 3:07 was what I had, so freaking epic but after some time the darts started slipping out for no particular reason I could think of.

[@sjcommander91]

Great video, man. I would just offer one recommendation: keep those tiny tool-tip texts on screen for a little longer so I don't have to pause the video and scroll back to see what I missed. Keep it up!

[@eyemem5080]

Professional work

[@shroomskates9104]

The gun that’s actually made to go onto other guns is rlly good

[@rb3020]

Hey man it's only been 3 years, now is the time to re enter the toy gun "game"

[@bigchurroentertainment3452]

I own one and I can confirm, the stealth ambush sucks. Had to tape the hidden part down to prevent it from popping randomly

[@jolanxbl-ai]

I picked up the UNSC rifle from a thrift store and am very disappointed at how hard it is to find darts for it.. but read that it uses plastic tubes, so maybe I'll order some drink straws & try making some :)

[@Bhdhfhf]

Why doesn’t this get more veiws

[@thegrate1521]

boomco is the company that would make a Rocket Jumper

[@Superkai66]

Great vid, I can tell you worked very hard on it.

[@randomshooter913]

372 subscribers?! How? The quality here is so good!

[@ziploc2000]

Very interesting, and I think accurate. I only became aware of BoomCo from KZbin reviewers, I think Walden was the guy I first saw with a BoomCo blaster review, and they were already a dying brand. I grabbed a bunch of different blasters, darts and clips off various online sites (you can still get them on Amazon), but I recall barely ever seeing BoomCo blasters on the shelves apart from the Blaze of Glory. Ironic that they went down with a Blaze of Glory. The decision to go with their own dart type that was not compatible with anything else, (even though it was better), plus the weird design choices (cranks, air pumps and flips to prime blasters) really didn't help. They never achieved the necessary market penetration. No idea why this popped up in my feed a year after you made it, but I've subscribed.

[@sergeantneko]

A weird looking water bottle is talking to me.

[@JaCKal_0000]

Bruv you hit me with the ending... Like I do leave them

[@Fer-5059]

Gotta admit that the halo type guns we're amaizing.

[@estlin2001]

I have not held a nerf gun or any toy gun in years why am I intrigued by this

[@ckeekyzekey]

They really weren't lying when they said 'Nerf or Nothing'

[@ratz2886]

No clue why I'm watching this, but I'm interested.

[@Xiiki]

The triggers always catch on the inside of my finger, it just hurts to use.

[@themasterdragonborn2642]

I have 3 finals tomorrow’s, and here I am watching a video about why a dart gun company failed when I don’t even own any toy dart guns.

[@steampunksamp80]

I remember wanting the shot gun so bad, and the pistol too, I still have my rifle, it is by far the best fort that air system, because the sound works well enough to pass off as the sound of a halo assault rifle firing

[@mateovillagomez8328]

damn bro i thought this was from a channel with a mil subs keep up the godly work

[@picturebypicture3598]

You have just earned your 270th subscriber

[@notgray88]

youtube recommendations know me too well. nice vid

[@postindustrial76]

Man I haven't been into nerf guns since I was a kid. This was very entertaining and brought me back.

[@ZionPattersonsprofile]

Boomco sounds like the Keltech of the nerf universe

[@_Stercore]

When you watch a video about BOOMco and realize you recognize one of the guns