Among the many surprises that have come from Chinese toy factories in recent years has been the rise of Feng Jia Toys. Unlike other blaster-building companies (Zecong comes to mind), Feng Jia tends to actually produce unique blasters. Even the blasters with obvious origins tend to have their own personalities. While the actual blaster names seem to change depending on color scheme and translation, their “roles” are consistent. As such, I will refer to this blaster as the Sniper Rifle. The price is high, but the blaster is unique and works well.
Beautifully Deadly
If the turret looks familiar, it’s because it’s virtually the EXACT same mold as the turret from the Buzz Bee Mech Tommy 20 and Automatic Tommy 20. In fact, if you wanted to swap turrets with the Buzz Bee, you could. There’s no reason to do that, though, unless you really want to be a special snowflake.
The NiMH battery pack (four AA-sized cells for 4.8V) has its own plug sitting in the back, and it rests in the battery tray slot. If you have another Feng Jia electric blaster, you’ll see that the battery trays are all interchangeable, and the tray still fits here! The spring contacts present in the others aren’t soldered into the metal tabs as they are here. I added my own so that I could use either a rechargeable pack or whatever AA batteries I had available. Eventually I will replace the entire section of the shell with a LiPo battery.
The Belly of the Beast
Lesson Time!
Performance
Performance of the Feng Jia Cyber Hunter Sniper Rifle is excellent for a stock blaster. Darts velocities tend to hover around 70 FPS when exiting the muzzle, and ranges averaging 65′ (angled) are typical. Rapid firing does diminish range due to the motors not having time to come back up to speed. Even then, it only takes about a second between shots to keep darts going a fair distance.
Conclusion
The Feng Jia Cyber Hunter Sniper Rifle has an out-of-this-world design, and great ranges. Until recently, these blasters had to be shipped from overseas. However, you can now find several Feng Jia blasters at Academy Sports, being distributed under the “World Tech Toys” brand. Both the red and green versions of this blaster are available for $50. It’s pricey, but for such a large and unique blaster, it could be justified.