Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-46225799-20200701083057/@comment-46225799-20200705174353

I like the idea of high tech blasters with more lights and LEDs for the Zombie Strike line. The Survivor System sub series could easily incorporate those ideas into their designs, but I would like to see ZED Squad come back for that. The Survival System seems like scattered zombie fighters making due with what limited resources they have, whereas ZED Squad felt more like an attempt to turn the zombie tide from a military or even government group. Sleeker more powerful designs like the Mega Magnus handcannons or the Longshot look more like a well funded professional manufacturing facility instead of garage builds. ZED Squad could easily return to provide the survivors with high caliber support. For bringing back blasters with the abandoned Wild West design I think Nerf should lean into it. Call it Ghost Town or Death Valley, something that is instantly recognizable as invoking the Wild West. Maybe the idea is that sometimes the big guns break or run out of ammo, then the survivors have to move on to less hospitable areas. Maybe staking a claim to an abandoned mining town? In the event of an actual Zombie Apocalypse (I know, just bear with me) some people would opt for the BFG as their primary weapon. But military grade ammo is a scarce commodity, whereas any gun shop will have plenty of standard 22s. Older style revolvers and rifles are rough and tough enough for the Old West, easier to clean and maintain, and will see fewer malfunctions due to human error. Or maybe I'm just thinking about zombies too much...