Back to Nerf

I've been away a long time, but thanks to several different reasons, I've started Nerfing again. Whilst this blog has been inactive, there have been a few new notable changes in the UK Nerf scene, these are:

• The glorious Long Shot CS-6 has been re-released at Toys'R'Us. This is a great blaster if you didn't already know. The price tag is high, but it's worth it if you are a modder or want the best of the best (which isn't fully-automatic like the Stampede).

•  The Nerf Barricade RV-10 has been released and is a reasonable price at Play.com. As they are semi-automatic and a low price, if you have big hands and don't mind some noise, they are fantastic for dual-wielding. Here's a great review by SG Nerf.

• The Nerf Alpha Trooper CS-18 is available at Argos, although is over-priced if you include the £5.95 delivery cost. Here's another review by SG Nerf.

• Orange Mod Works, a new company providing Nerf modding resources, have set up a website with an in-depth modding guide for the Nerf Recon CS-6. They are also releasing high performace replacement internal parts for several Nerf blasters, starting with the Recon. I'm being sent the first kit now and will have a review up of it in the next couple of weeks. I'm expecting great things!

In other, less important news:

• The Nerf Barrel Break IX-2 is available at Toys'R'Us, but is overpriced unless your REALLY love double-barrel shotgun toys.
• The beastly Nerf Stampede ECS has gone down in price over at Play.com, it's now only £42.79 with free shipping.
• Nerf have released several different colour schemes for existing blasters, and some new Dart Tag blasters, but not in the UK yet.
• Nerf/Hasbro have released a good looking, but generally under-whelming set of Super Soakers this year.
• The Nerf N-Strike Havok Fire EBF-25 has become rare, and very expensive.
• The Longstrike CS-6 is still over-priced everywhere (still more expensive than the Raider CS-35.

About this blog:
The UK stocklist is currently very outdated. I will probably be taking this page down or simplifying it because I cannot spend as much time as I used to managing it. The Location Database, on the other hand, is still relevant and I urge any avid Nerfers from the UK to put themselves on it too.

It's good to be back!

UK Dart Tag Tournament

Nerf4Hire is holding the first large unofficial Dart Tag tournament in the UK this year. Here's what's going on:

On the 3rd of July we will be starting the qualifying rounds for the UK's first dart tag tournament. We are looking for teams of 4 Aged 8-15 to battle it out for the UK champion title and a £400 cash prize. The final will be held on the 4th September 2011 .

Parents may stay to watch the tournament, go home, or there is a lovely tearoom next door. There will be food, drink and nerf guns for sale all at reasonable prices. If you can't get a team together contact us anyway and we will try and find a team for you to join. All players are welcome no matter there ability. So please send us an entry form, take a look at the schedule and terms and conditions.

More qualifying rounds will be held between July and September 2011, entry for the qualifying rounds will open around March but there are three ways of making sure you get a place:

1. Subscribe to our Youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/Nerf4hire

2. Click "attending" the Nerf event on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=100138913391453&num

3. Email the Nerf4hire Team at Nerf4hire@hotmail.co.uk and we will happily put you on the list of possible contestants.

4. Call the Nerf4hire team on: 07833 223 596

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Nerf Stampede!

First of all, anyone who followed the blog in the past will (hopefully) be glad to know, I'm back!

Nerf have released the Stampede! One of the most expensive and complex Nerf blasters ever made. The Stampede is the first fully automatic clip fed Nerf blaster, the first Nerf gun to come with more than 2 clips and is probably the most anticipated product Nerf has ever created. The blaster comes with one 6-dart clip, THREE 18-dart extended clips (it can also take 36-dart drum mags), a removable "shield" and a pop-out bi-pod/grip.

Like the Nerf Vulcan/Havok Fire, the blaster uses a 6 D-type battery compartment for its power, which can easily take alternative batteries to produce higher rate of fire.

Unlike the Nerf Vulcan, the Stampede is able to fire reliably from any angle, and is lighter and more maneuverable.

For a great review of the blaster go here
For increasing RoF information and videos go here and here
For internal pictures and mod guide go here
Very, very big thanks to Sgnerf for all of this information.

The best place to BUY the Stampede is at Play.com for £48.97.

Keep checking here for more Stampede info as I come across it.

Deploy CS-6 and Flip Clip, coming to the UK soon!

Thanks to an anonymous poster on my UK Stocklist page, I have discovered that the Deploy CS-6 and Flip Clip accessory are being released in the UK far sooner than expected. I consider this important enough news, that it gets its own post!

The Deploy CS-6 is due to be released on Play.com on the 28th of May and costs £17.99. It comes with a carry strap (a first for a Nerf blaster, a welcome change in my opinion) and has a torch which requires 3 AAA batteries. Here is a great review by SG Nerf of the blaster.

The Flip Clip is being released on Play.com on the 11th of June and costs £11.99. It comes with two standard 6-dart magazines, a flip clip section, and 30 Streamline darts. This product makes clip-system Nerf guns far more cost-effective in the UK, as before there was no way to get multiple clips other than to buy several Nerf blasters.