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Not to be confused with the Cyber Stryke Gear StrongArm.

The Strongarm is a Nerf blaster that was released in 2013[2] under the N-Strike Elite series.

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The Strongarm is a slide-action revolver-style blaster with a six-dart cylinder. This cylinder can be flipped out for quick reloading, by pushing a button on the left side of the blaster. Unlike its predecessor, the Strongarm's cylinder auto-advances on plunger return, not on trigger pull. The blaster can also be slam fired.[3]

A single tactical rail sits atop the blaster, in front of the priming slide. A set of iron sights is built atop the slide and the muzzle. There are also two strap points: one built into the back of the slide and one built into the bottom of the handle. In addition, the handle has a narrow, hook-like extension, which fits into a notch on the front of the priming slide. This, theoretically, allows the Strongarm to be dual-wielded.

It advertises a firing range of up to seventy-five feet (twenty-two meters).

All versions of the Strongarm released in Australia and New Zealand feature a gray instead of an orange trigger, which signifies modified internals that results in a reduced performance to conform to stricter local safety standards. The packaging of the single release advertises a range of only fifteen meters (as opposed to the Canadian version's twenty-two meters and the European version's twenty meters), although the Australian two-pack, which features two gray-trigger Strongarms, still advertises a range of twenty meters.

It cannot fire Streamline Darts without modification because the stems in the Streamline dart heads are longer; they will butt against the chamber posts and therefore not fit all the way in.

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History[]

The Strongarm is the successor to the 2005 N-Strike Maverick REV-6.

It was first discovered on an online eBay auction on July 28, 2012. The seller provided front and back pictures of the new-in-box blaster, and it sold for a record-breaking 1,125.01 USD to an unknown buyer. Within a few days, Hasbro Singapore released a stock promotional image featuring the Strongarm alongside other blasters, proving the blaster's existence. However, the image was shortly removed and replaced.

In December of 2012, it gained a soft release along with the Stryfe and Firestrike in select retail stores.

It was re-released in 2014 with improved Elite XD internals and a white, blue, black, gray, and orange color scheme; this re-release was shown off at the 2014 Toy Fair. That same year, it was also re-released under the Sonic FIRE series with a transparent red color scheme.

It was later again re-released in 2019 in three new color schemes: one with a clear shell, one with a purple and red color scheme, and another with a teal and red color scheme. Each are packaged with special Elite Darts.

Color schemes[]

The Strongarm has been released with the following color schemes:

Value packs[]

The Strongarm was available as part of various value packs and multi-packs:

  • A "Double Your Darts" pack that contains the Strongarm and twelve Elite Darts was available as a general retail release in the United States and as a Real exclusive in Germany. Some promotional stock photos of the packaging depict a special deco for the darts that isn't actual present on the darts when purchased at retail.
  • The Strongarm 2-Pack twin pack, which was a Walmart exclusive in the United States and Canada; in October 2016 this pack was seen in select Canadian Costcos. A twin pack with the same content but a different packaging design, named the 2-Pack Strongarm, was available as a Kmart exclusive in Australia.
  • The Strongarm & Firestrike All-Mission Pack was available as a Costco exclusive in the United States and Australia and as a Galeria Kaufhof exclusive in Germany.

Trivia[]

  • The Strongarm is about one inch longer than the Maverick.
  • The Strongarm is one of the best selling Nerf blasters.[citation needed]
  • The Elite Darts that come packaged with the clear 2019 variant of the Strongarm are similar to the Impact Zone Darts, as they have a white body and black head.

Gallery[]

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

References[]

  1. YouTube logo Randomshadow09 (2013-01-29). Nerf N-Strike Elite Strongarm - Range Test (Stock) (Video). YouTube. Retrieved on 2018-05-21.
  2. Facebook Logo Nerf (2012-11-27). Nation, today we are officially revealing two new... (Image). Facebook. Archived from the original on 2016-03-31. Retrieved on 2012-11-27.
  3. SG Nerf (2012-08-03). More Info on The Nerf N-Strike Elite Strongarm! (Article). SG Nerf. Archived from the original on 2017-01-05. Retrieved on 2012-08-02. “Yeah, its got slam-fire! :)” 
  4. manontheprowl (2014-06-05). Nerf N-Strike Elite Strongarm: Original vs. 2014 (Article). ofensau. Archived from the original on 2016-03-31. Retrieved on 2014-12-19.

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