Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-28773666-20200423010611/@comment-27306930-20200505041044

I have nothing against ULTRA blasters. Well, other than the THREE 😉  It's the darts I don't like.

First of all, performance reviews continue to show their trajectory and range are not consistent. And the faux fins are cosmetic. According to the Hasbro website, they're "the THE GOLD STANDARD IN NERF DART BLASTING: Experience extreme distance, accuracy, and speed". But that's not true. Any of it.

Second, I don't understand the target market. Presumably these prospective nerfers aren't satisfied with ubiquitous Elite darts, aren't into MEGAs, and want something different than RIVAL. So basically they're not interested in compatibility, capacity, removable magazines, or FPS. And Hasbro is going to convice them ULTRA is the answer with all those cool Nerf House ads with NFL stars and those *cough* staged *cough* ULTRA competitions ??? 🙄  (Nerfers still scratching their heads, what's NFL???)

Third, the cost of the darts is way too high. If ULTRA ever catches on, there will hopefully be a flood of cheap UltraFakes from direct suppliers like NFStrike and AliExpress. Until that day comes, every ULTRA dart is like precious gold.

Look, I've been to a nerf war where I was the only one with a Nerf MEGA blaster. I had to scrounge around in enemy territory for my own darts. It wasn't fun. And if people were stepping on my 50¢ darts, I would have been really angry.