Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27306930-20170416022544/@comment-27306930-20170424021549

Well it arrived. And sure enough, the Heavy Shock Wave has better range than the stock Stampede. But the mechanicals don't sound as nice and smooth as the Stampede, and the firing rate might be a little slower. It kinda sounds like it's straining  during the priming cycle.

Aesthetically, it's just as nice as its Nerf counterpart. There's a bit of extra gold detailing here and there, but all in all it's a handsome blaster. My first complaint - the battery compartment screws are cheap pot metal. The kind that rust at the first sign of moisture.

Tomorrow I'll crack it open and check out the internals. Let's see how close to Hasbro this knockoff dares tread.