Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-37595644-20190118073954/@comment-27306930-20190119023321

ZunaLegend wrote:

... the darts that came with both of them are sketchy too. the ones that came with the firestrike have tips that are more brightly colored and more shiny, but the tips were also harder and alot less squishy. same applies for the hammer shot, except the tips are not green, they are orange. Over the years I have encountered a bunch of different Elite dart variants included with different Nerf blasters.

Classic blue Elite darts have a very soft, rubbery head with a matte finish. There's almost always a vent hole on the side.

But there's another variant that is not rubbery, much harder, and has a glossy finish. The orange color is deeper and more vibrant, and the tip feels like the same vinyl material FVJs are made from. And there's a sub-variant of these that don't have a hole.

There's yet another variant of the hard vinyl Elite with the "Nerf" logo imprinted on the head. It's the same in every other respect to the vinyl Elites.

And that's just classic blue Elites. I'm sure there are probably Doomlands variants, Zombie Strike variants, and BattleCamo variants. So the question is, why all the differences in darts ? You'd think there would be one giant factory in China that cranks out Nerf Elites by the kilo. I guess it's more complicated than that. The subcontractors probably have subcontractors 😜