NERF Doomlands 2169 Vagabond Blaster (Multi-Colour)

According to my son, "I love it!" Has the quality that you would expect from the Nerf brand. Doesn't jam and is the envy of his friends!

Looks and works great. Our son really loves it.

First off, this is not a strongarm reshell. Under examination of the internals, it is apparent that this is actually a Rebelle Guardian Crossbow reshell. The slam fire function for the Vagabond and Guardian are nowhere near as clean and crisp as the Strongarm's (or the Zombiestrike Flipfury, or the Rebelle Spylight, or the Elite Rampage, etc.). This is probably because the internal mechanism needs to reset itself before the next shot can be fired off, forcing the user to wait by seizing up that tenth of a second before it can be primed again for another shot. Both blasters can use the same Elite darts (blue, green, white, orange, and decorated Rebelle darts). I measured the dart Velocities of all the said blasters on my trusty Prochrono Digital chronograph, and have found the Vagabond to have an average feet per second (FPS) of 63. I believe it could be better than that if not for the fact that one chamber sounded defective (made an odd popping sound and consistently gave a rating in the high 40s/low 50s FPS range), but a couple other chambers produced better results (71 and 72 FPS, respectively). Interestingly enough, using the exact same darts my Guardian Crossbow's rating using the same darts just produced similar results (even one 49 FPS shot) but came out with an average at 64 FPS. Stock, this blaster is stronger than it's brethren, the Doomlands 2169 Lawbringer, but it is not so easy to modify. The Lawbringer just needs to be opened up and an Orange Mod Works 8kg spring swapped in it. The Vagabond and Guardian require more work because of their sealed plunger cup design, which is a pain to have to take apart and reassemble (it is not that it cannot be done if you are willing to go the extra mile for a small gain, it's just that it may not be worth it). The Vagabond has several unnecessary barrel holes at the tip for show, and one oversized one on top (which decreases the chance that the darts will rub up against it and lose kinetic energy; obviously it would make ranges shorter if it were otherwise) this is the only true barrel hole used on the blaster, and the darts do not seem to touch it as they are launched. Ergonomics: both the handle grip and the pump-action priming handle are hefty and comfortable for people with any-sized hands. There are two very thick sling points on both ends of the blaster, and one tactical rail in the middle on top to put an optic sight or perhaps an ammo rack (see my LaserGnomes 8-round dart holder in the picture below, Google Laser Gnomes for the website if you like it too). I don't think I mentioned it, but anyway this is currently a Target exclusive item that I purchased online from their website. Buyers beware, do not purchase this with an inflated price tag. Go to Target or wait for it to come down when released at other stores.

this came in real handy during a nine month deployment to Afghanistan since we're not allowed to use our real weapons for LITERALLY ANYTHING.

I was looking forward to buying this gun, but it was broken when I got it. It was upsetting to be so exited to only upon the first use, it wouldn't work as any nerd gun should. When I cocked it it would slip into place. Then when I pulled the trigger, it would not even fire! I wish I could replace this one with one that might actually work!

I love it. It's giant and shoots well. I like using nerf guns for costume conventions.

Nerf gun! Who doesn't need a nerf gun?

The look is awesome, but this thing didn't work at all! I don't know what happened, but it never fired a single dart—right out of the box! We returned ours for a full refund.