Elite Dart

Elite Dart
Also known as
Modulus Dart (N-Strike Modulus) Web Dart (Marvel)
Release information
Company	Hasbro
Brand / Series	Nerf N-Strike Elite Nerf N-Strike Nerf N-Strike Modulus Nerf N-Strike Elite Multishot Madness Nerf N-Strike Elite Sonic ICE Nerf N-Strike Elite Sonic FIRE Marvel
Release date	2012
Shelf status	Available
Product features
Ammunition type	Dart
Head type	Streamlined
Dimensions	2.75" x 0.5" (70mm x 12.7mm)

“	Distance	”
	— The Elite Dart tagline, as seen on current packaging

An Elite Dart is a type of Nerf dаrt that was released in 2012 under the N-Strike Elite series.

Details

Like Streamline Darts, Elite Darts are compatible with standard N-Strike clips and drums.

Despite their ability to be used in Streamline Dart clips and drums, Elite Darts have differences from their predecessor dart type. The color scheme is different, as well as having a shorter tip plug than Streamline Darts for better compatibility with more blasters. The weight of Elite Darts are also slightly different when compared to Streamline Darts (approximately 1 gram for Elite Darts and 1.3 grams for Streamline Darts). This difference is because of the longer stem in the head of the dart that Streamlines possess.

Official description

• Standard
• Special Edition
• Personalize Your Darts!

This is an official description from Hasbro.com. Please do not modify it. (view this product's listing)

N-STRIKE warriors lose when they run out of ammo, so load up on firepower with this Refill Pack of 12 N-STRIKE ELITE Darts! These darts work with any N-STRIKE ELITE blaster and most original N-STRIKE blasters (sold separately). Ammo up with the Refill Pack! Refill Pack includes 12 N-STRIKE ELITE darts! Darts are compatible with any N-STRIKE ELITE blaster and most original N-STRIKE blasters (sold separately). Blasters fire darts up to 75 feet!

This is an official description from Hasbro.com. Please do not modify it. (view this product's listing)
Give yourself the edge in any battle with this 12-pack of Elite Darts! Make your mark with these Special Edition Elite Darts, which work with any N-Strike Elite and most original N-Strike blasters. Whether you're replenishing your stock or adding to your firepower, these Special Edition darts will set you apart from the competition and make you all the more dangerous in combat!

This is an official description from Target.com. Please do not modify it. (view this product's listing)
This exclusive 75-dart refill pack features 45 Elite darts designed so battlers can personalize them! The white, undecorated darts give players a place to write their name with a marker (not included). The pack also includes 30 Elite darts. Stock up with the 75-dart pack and stay ready for the next Nerf battle!

Performance

It has been demonstrated that Elite Darts shoot farther than Streamline Darts, most likely due to the aforementioned changes. Commercials claim that these darts fire seventy-five feet from N-Strike Elite blasters; however, like Streamline Darts, they vary in range and accuracy. These darts are more accurate than regular Streamline Darts.

In a test done between Streamline Darts and Elite Darts, blasters used were granted anywhere from a 10% to a 20% increase in overall range boost with the Elite Darts. Blasters with higher stock ranges were also found to yield the highest advantage from the use of Elite Darts. Another discovered edge was that Elite Darts are much more aerodynamically stable than Streamline Darts. At higher dart speed, Elite Darts were less prone to unintended trajectory disruption by "fishtailing"; Elite Darts essentially outperform Streamline Darts in all favorable ways.

Elite Darts still suffer from horrible aerodynamics, like Streamline Darts, despite their improvements. This is all due to the tiny hole in the head of each dart. When an Elite Dart is fired from a blaster, there is considerable force (from air resistance) pushing against the head of the dart. Because of the hole in the rubber tip, the oncoming drag forces the air inside of the tip out through the hole. The dart head compresses, deforming the dart's shape and unbalancing it. And since darts lack sufficient weight to stabilize midair, they cannot recover or fix their trajectory. No longer able to fly properly in this condition, the dart will fishtail, spiral, swerve, etc. The spread and inaccuracy of Elites are easily attributed to this inherent design flaw. Hasbro likely continues to manufacture Elite Darts with the hole in order to meet safety regulations; however, the hole-less design of the Suction Dart improves upon standard Elite Darts greatly as does the spiral-headed AccuStrike Dart. This issue with Elite Darts has lead to the increased popularity of Dart Zone's Waffle Tip Darts.

Backwards compatibility

Blasters that are able to fire Streamline Darts or Micro Darts are able to fire Elite Darts as well. This includes all clip system blasters. They have also been shown to work very well in the clip-fed Dart Tag blasters.

The original Longshot CS-6 has a reputation for unreliability when fed with Elite Darts.

The Quick 16 has a slight unreliability to feed Elite Darts, due to its curved internal clip.

The Deploy CS-6 and the Rayven CS-18 (N-Strike) have a slight unreliability to feed Elite Darts.

History

The Elite Dart was succeeded by the Elite 2.0 Dart with the introduction of the Elite 2.0 series. This successor only differs by name, since the mold and dart design remains unchanged. However, it does seem that the rubber head of the dart is gradually becoming thicker, but this could be speculation.

Variants

The Elite Dart has one variant within the series:

• Suction Dart (blue body with orange suction cup dart head)

Outside of N-Strike Elite, the Elite Dart has been re-released with alternate color schemes to match their patron series. These include:

• Alien Menace Darts (Alien Menace)
• Allegiant Darts (Allegiant)
• BattleCamo Darts (BattleCamo Series)
• Charmed Darts (Charmed)
• Collectible Darts (Rebelle)
• Doomlands Darts (Doomlands 2169)
• Fortnite Darts (Fortnite)
• GlowStrike Darts (GlowStrike)
• Impact Zone Darts (Impact Zone)
• Message Darts (Secrets & Spies)
• Star Wars Darts (Star Wars)
• Zombie Strike Darts (Zombie Strike)

Color schemes

The Elite Dart has been released in the following color schemes:

• N-Strike Elite (blue body and orange head)
• N-Strike Elite "Deco" (blue body with engraved "ELITE" logo with three chevrons and orange head)
• N-Strike Elite Special Edition (blue body with white and black camo and orange head)
• N-Strike Elite Special Edition (gray body with black camo and silver head)
• N-Strike Elite Special Edition (blue body with engraved "ELITE" logo with "tech" design and gray head)
• N-Strike Elite Special Edition (gray body with engraved "ELITE" logo with multiple arrows and orange head)
• 50th Anniversary (gold body and black head)
• Alpha Strike / Bees! (yellow body and orange head)
• Alpha Strike (blue body and orange head)
• Armory / DartFire (light blue body and orange head)
• Boom Strike (white body and light blue head)
• Boxy Buster (green body and orange head)
• Bulldog SG (green body and gray head)
• "Dynamic Green" Disruptor (teal body and green head)
• Flip & Fire Gauntlet / Rocket Power Blaster (black body and orange head)
• Glow-in-the-dark (white body and white head)
• Hawkeye Longshot Bow (purple body and orange head)
• Iron Man Strikeshot Gauntlet (red body and light blue head)
• ICON Series (yellow body and black head)
• Mangler (black body and red head)
• Miles Morales Blaster (black body with white Nerf logo and red head)
• N-Strike Modulus (white body and orange head)
• Needler (pink body and white head)
• Nerf LMTD Gjallarhorn (light gray body and orange head)
• Nerf LMTD M41-A Pulse Blaster (dark gray body and olive drab head)
• Nerf LMTD Needler (purple body and purple head)
• "Personalize Your Darts!" (white body and blue head)
• "Personalize Your Darts!" (white body with engraved Nerf logo with multiple half-hexagons and blue head)
• Plasma Ray (red body and blue head)
• Porcupine Pop (red body and yellow head)
• Porcupine Pop (orange body and yellow head)
• Porcupine Pop (purple body and yellow head)
• Precision Target Set (orange body and blue head)
• Rayven Stinger (yellow body and black head)
• "Reflex Blue" Disruptor (blue body and white head)
• Roblox (light blue body and orange head)
• SPNKr (gray body and yellow head)
• Slide Blast Armor / Stark Strike / War Machine Battle Gauntlet (red body and black head)
• Sonic FIRE (red body and orange head)
• Spider-Man 2099 Blaster (red body with black Nerf logo and blue head)
• Stealthfire Shield (dark blue body and dark red head)
• Strongarm re-release (magenta body and white head)
• Strongarm re-release (white body and black head)
• Strongarm re-release (teal body and white head)
• TerraScout Recon (black body and orange head)
• The Ultimate Nerf Blaster Book (blue body with gold camo and silver head)
• "Translucent Red" Disruptor (dark gray body and red head)
• Web Bolt (yellow body and yellow head)

Refill sizes

Elite Dart refill packs come in the following sizes:

		Price
	5 (Special Edition)	?
	10	3.99 USD
	10 (Special Edition)	5.99 USD
	12	5.99 USD
	12 (Special Edition)	6.99 USD
	12 (Special Edition)	6.99 USD
	25 (includes 25 AccuStrike Darts)	9.99 USD
	30	9.99 USD
	30 ("Deco" version)	9.99 USD
	30 (includes 45 BattleCamo Darts)	11.99 USD
	50	12.99 USD
	75	17.99 USD
	75 ("Deco" version)	17.99 USD
	75 ("Personalize Your Darts!" version)	19.99 USD
	80	17.99 USD
	84	?
	100	19.99 USD
	200 (comes with a bucket)	?
	250	49.99 USD

Trivia

• It was originally rumored that Elite Darts would have been able to whistle and stick to walls. A concept mock-up claimed that it would have been like a combination of a Whistler Dart, a Micro Dart, and a Streamline Dart. This concept was later partially realized with the Elite Suction Darts and Mega Darts.
• Originally, some packaging for Elite Darts warned that the darts are not compatible with the Maverick and Nite Finder EX-3. However, the dart is compatible with both blasters.
• There are, so far, nine dart letter types: "A", "K", "W", "J", "T", "Y", "E", "K.P.", and "M". Each letter type has a different size hole in the head. Those with a smaller hole are reportedly more accurate. An "S" variant also exists, but is only seen on Alpha Strike-colored darts.
  • A 'Q' variant also exists, but this variant is only known to be packaged with the Scout MKII.

• The blue Special Edition Elite Darts originally came with gray and black camo instead of white and black camo.
• In some Double Your Darts value packs, Hasbro included the "Deco" Elite Darts. However, instead of "ELITE" written on them, there was simply the N-Strike Elite logo, and they had silver deco instead of white deco.
• The third variant of the Special Edition darts version also had a re-release (silver body with engraved "ELITE" logo with multiple arrows and orange head), but these versions haven't been confirmed by Hasbro and never appeared on their website.^{[citation needed]}
• The Sonic FIRE variant of the Elite Dart, packaged with most Sonic FIRE blasters, shares the same color scheme as the Mega Dart.

Gallery

The full image gallery for Elite Dart may be viewed at Elite Dart/Gallery.

External links

• 10-count Elite Dart Refill Pack on the Nerf website (archived link)
• 12-count Elite Dart Refill Pack on the Nerf website (archived link)
• 30-count Elite Dart Refill Pack on the Nerf website (archived link)
• 75-count Elite Dart Refill Pack on the Nerf website (archived link)
• 80-count Elite Dart Refill Pack on the Nerf website (archived link)
• 80-count Elite Dart Refill Pack on the Nerf website (archived link)
• 100-count Elite Dart Refill Pack on the Nerf website (archived link)
• 12-count blue Special Edition Elite Dart Refill Pack on the Nerf website (archived link)
• 12-count gray Special Edition Elite Dart Refill Pack on the Nerf website (archived link)
• 75-count Personalize Your Darts! Elite Dart Refill Pack on the Target website