Cosmic Thruster

The Cosmic Thruster is a Total X-Stream Air ball blaster that was released between 2003 and 2005.

It comes packaged with six Cosmic Balls.

Details
The Cosmic Thruster is similar to that of the Nerf Reactor. It is a pump-action ball blaster that lacks a firing trigger. There is a small handle of sorts on the top of the blaster that slightly sticks out, although one cannot fit their hand underneath it. A large, weak spring is seen in the barrel of the blaster, used in order to advance balls to the next position after one is fired.

It advertises a firing range of up to thirty feet (nine meters).

Reliability
The Cosmic Thruster, in spite of its rather plain design, suffers from a serious design flaw; the balls, when inserted in the barrel, create a seal that prevents the blaster from firing without extreme amounts of force. This causes one to repeatedly slam the priming handle to no avail. While this likely does not effect every model of the blaster it is still a notorious flaw that competitor blasters do not seem to suffer from. The internal plastic seal is also rather fragile and can break easily after prolonged use, leading to the blaster suffering from the inability to fire.

History
The Cosmic Thruster is speculated to have been released sometime between 2003 and 2005 as the Cosmic Thruster was seen in images of the 2005 Lanard product line-up. The original yellow and gray color schemes were later replaced by a blue variant, with the current variant donning an orange color schemes.

Color schemes
The Cosmic Thruster has been released with the following color schemes:


 * Blue, black, green, and silver
 * Yellow, gray, and orange
 * Yellow, gray, and blue
 * Orange, black, and yellow
 * Orange and black

Modification
As the Cosmic Thruster does not have a trigger or the ability to fire darts, modification is extremely limited. While it is possible that small modifications such as air restrictor removals can be completed, potential range increase is rather small due to the overall nature of the blaster. The very similar Nerf Reactor and Buzz Bee Ball Blastzooka can both be modified to high degrees with a lot of experience. One would expect the Cosmic Thruster to have the same modification potential, it cannot be modified to the same extent due to the restrictor ring. This prevents the Cosmic Thruster from any sort of high level of modifications.

Blaster sets
The Cosmic Thruster comes packaged in the Ultimate Triple Shots blaster set, alongside the First Shot and the Zip Shot. It has also been sold in a blaster set with the Sonic Bazooka.

Trivia

 * The Cosmic Thruster is the only Lanard blaster compatible with Cosmic Balls.