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— The Elite Dart tagline, as seen on current packaging
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An Elite Dart is a type of Nerf dart that was released in 2012 under the N-Strike Elite series.
Contents
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).
Official description
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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! |
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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) |
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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 go seventy-five feet when fired from an N-Strike Elite blaster, but 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 new (and hole-less) design of the Suction Dart improves upon standard Elite Darts greatly as does the spiral-headed AccuStrike Dart.
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.[1]
The Quick 16 has a slight unreliability to feed Elite Darts, due to its curved internal clip.
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)[2]
- 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)
- N-Strike Modulus (white body and orange head)
- Needler (pink body and white 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 blody 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)
- 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)
- 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:
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5 (Special Edition) |
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10 | 3.99 USD |
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10 (Special Edition) |
5.99 USD |
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12 | 5.99 USD |
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12 (Special Edition) |
6.99 USD |
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12 (Special Edition) |
6.99 USD |
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25 (includes 25 AccuStrike Darts) |
9.99 USD |
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30 | 9.99 USD |
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30 ("Deco" version) |
9.99 USD |
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30 (includes 45 BattleCamo Darts) |
11.99 USD |
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50 | 12.99 USD |
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75 | 17.99 USD |
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75 ("Deco" version) |
17.99 USD |
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75 ("Personalize Your Darts!" version) |
19.99 USD |
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80 | 17.99 USD |
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84 | ? |
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100 | 19.99 USD |
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200 (comes with a bucket) |
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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.[3]
- 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
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| The full image gallery for Elite Dart may be viewed at Elite Dart/Gallery. |
References
- ↑
TheWiredDJ (2012-12-28). Fix for Elite dart jams in Longshots (Forum thread). NerfHaven. Archived from the original on 2018-10-01. Retrieved on 219-09-18.
- ↑
Jared_Guynes (2019-03-07). 2,500 Nerf “50th Anniversary” Golden Darts. Until now only seen at New York Toy Fair. 1969-2019 printed on each dart.. Reddit.com/r/Nerf. Retrieved on 2019-03-22.
- ↑ P13c30fch33s3 (2012-10-04). Nerf Elite Dart Review/Test Results. Outback Nerf. Retrieved on 2019-07-13.
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
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