Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-31275992-20171119051046/@comment-27306930-20171119060453

I know this article on BlasterHub has some, well, factual issues, but it does bring up some interesting points about the price.

Bottom line, I've had an original TerraScout for half a year now. I love it. Sure it has its problems. The latency on the video signal to the remote is annoying, the spin up time for the flywheels gives targets plenty of time to get out of the way, and the left/right joystick has a hair trigger. But its major flaw IMHO is the CS-18 clip it comes with. It sticks way out the left side and bangs into things the tank itself easily navigates past, like door jambs and corners. I replaced the CS-18 clip with a CS-18 drum and it works much better. I hadn't even thought about a CS-35 drum. But I am now.

Apparently the Recon variant is mechanically identical to the original. It's just the color and the high cap drum that are different. In a good way, it seems. Screw the price. The sound of a TerraScout coming at you full bore puts the fear of god in your opponents. It's priceless.