Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-37595644-20190407175257/@comment-27306930-20190408025155

Hmmm, maybe there ARE some variants. To be honest, I have exactly two yellow N-Strike Mavericks. There were literally hundreds of thousands manufactured during its lifetime. Some variation is inevitable.

That being said, I've seen this exact "half rotation" priming behavior in many off-brand blasters. Virtually all of the World Tech Warrior blasters work exactly that way. And many older Buzz Bee, Air Zone, and Dart Zone blasters exhibit the same behavior.

I've always assumed the priming mech was derived from cloning early Nerf blasters like the Mav. Maybe I've been wrong. Maybe all those off-brand manufacturers developed the half-prime style independently. But as they say, simplicity is often simpler 😉