Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27306930-20160814031257

Well gents, a huge box was sitting on the porch when I got home today. Thanks to the vision of Jeff Bezos, the miracle of the internet, and the invention of 2nd day shipping, your late night impulse buys can be here before you even remember ordering them.

So the Mastodon arrived today, and holy cannoli, this is a big blaster. Really big. It dwarfs even the venerable Vulcan in size and weight. I’m sorry for all you 3rd graders that won’t have the upper body strength to wield this weapon, but keep eating those green beans and taking your Flintstones. Your day is coming my little friends.

Lookit, I’m not going to bore you with an inane "unboxing video" (god I hate those). Let’s just say it comes in a big-axe box, there’s 9 simple assembly steps, and it takes 6 D cells. I'm sure you're a smart fellow. Look at this picture and use your imagination. K? Or you can go on over to the youtube and watch someone describing what you're looking at for 8'n a half minutes, as if it was a podcast. Your choice.

Unlike certain other recently released blasters, I was not disappointed by the Mastodon’s performance, even on regular old alkalines. As you can see, we did some damage at the Proving Ground this afternoon. It rained like hades all day, so I don’t have good range data for you, but it’s plenty good for indoor action. 35 feet was no problemo.

I especially like the sound of the Mastodon mech, particularly when intermixed with a few screaming darts. It’s an awesome effect. BTW the shoulder strap comes with, so the C oefficient  of  Rambo is quite high on this baby.

I’m off to the R&D center to experiment with battery upgrades. Sorry purists, my Mastodon is going to be better than yours. Plain and simple. As my high school gym teacher so eloquently said "Tough darts". Now there was a visionary boys  😉  