Mod: Elite-ified Longstrike

The Longstrike is a fantastic looking blaster, so it's a real shame that internally it's awful. Though a more traditional Longstrike internal overhaul is to just throw an airtank in there, the release of the Elite blasters with their conveniently sized direct plunger systems provided an alternative. This is my take on putting Retaliator internals in my Longstrike.

Melbourne League of Foam (MLF) Game Report 21/2/16

This was my first MLF event, an intermediate level group that acts as a good bridging group from the more casual MHvZ, and the more sophisticated Melbourne Nerf Wars.

Equalz Dee Game Report 20/2/16 - One Sided Bombing Run, King of the Hill

First event of the weekend.

Loadouts 16: Personal Loadouts 5

First new Loadouts post in a while, with new stuff and my standard MHvZ loadout. I've got two Nerf events in the next two days so expect more game reports soon.

Scenario Description: Loadouts that we use, tailored to our needs.
Keys to Victory: N/A
Unnecessary Burdens: N/A

MHvZ Game Report 13/2/16 - Traitors, Sledgefires, Pump Action Resurgence

My first MHvZ event of the year. I have a few more pictures in this album.
I tried four different blasters as primaries this time round - my Stormtrooper Deluxe Blaster, my Elite Rayven, my Rapid Red and my Bullpup Rapidstrike.

Review: BoomCo Breakflip (15m)

The Breakflip is one of the blasters in BoomCo's second wave of blasters, which at least means BoomCo is doing well enough to keep making new blasters (though besides the Halo line, we haven't seen anything new in Australia). The Breakflip generated some early hype from appearing to be a flick-prime clip fed blaster, so let's see if it stands up to that hype.

Adventures in Japan and Malaysia

I just got back from a holiday to Japan and Malaysia. It was fun, we did some skiing, saw some temples and shrines, did a good lot of shopping, the usual stuff. Here's all the stuff I bought:

I'm a massive Star Wars fan, obviously, and Japan has a lot of awesome things that we can't get (for a reasonable price, or at all) in Australia.

Pokemon things! I'm a Pokemon fan too, and in Australia we get basically no Pokemon merch.

Also this awesome maglev model thing that actually floats.

Finally, the Nerf related things. Ironically no Nerf blasters, for various reasons. Japan has a very small Nerf presence, while Malaysia has very high prices. I bought Barons because they're small and fun (and not in Australia), and the Breakflip because besides the Halo stuff, Australia hasn't gotten any of the new waves of BoomCo.
Breakflip review will come soon(ish), but I'll be updating my "Thoughts on 2016 Releases" note (link is on the right side) first. Also because of the emergence of Nerf using an actual clip that they actually call a clip, I'll be updating all posts so that anything in Nerf's clip system (mags that are mislabeled as clips) will have (mag) next to wherever "clip" is used to minimise confusion (though that may just compound confusion). I'll also be editing anything involving Trustfires to not recommend Trustfires and instead recommend IMRs.

Review: Buzz Bee Ultra Tek Sidewinder (15m)

On top of all the awesome new blasters that Buzz Bee released under the Ultra Tek line, they also touched up an older one, the Sidewinder. How does this older design hold up to Buzz Bee's new clip (mag) blasters?

Like with the other Ultra Tek blasters, the Sidewinder was sent to me by Buzz Bee Toys for review. As usual I'd like to thank them for sending it to me, and as usual their contribution will not bias the review in any way.