Buzz Bee Toys produces many fine blasters for a fraction of the Nerf price. They also tend to produce lots of “gimmick” blasters, some more usable than others. The Air Warriors Demolisher is one of those blasters. It’s fully automatic, magazine fed…and fired by pulling on the rear handle. It’s a silly way to use a blaster, but I can’t help but love it. At the very least, it’s a nice kid-sized “minigun” with decent performance.
A Newer Cyclonic
The trigger, however, isn’t a traditional trigger like we’ve seen on previous Buzz Bee blasters. instead, the entire rear handle slides backward, and is itself the trigger mechanism. The orange “trigger” at the top is simply there for looks.
The blaster comes with two 15-dart magazines and 30 Long Distance darts, as well as a carrying strap. The blaster isn’t that heavy, but the strap helps with the “minigun” aesthetic, especially with kids.
The shell feels solid, and has a decent amount of detail molded into it. Buzz Bee tends to favor different colored plastic components over actual paint, and this is no exception. It still looks nice, however. Sometimes simple is better.
Open It Up!
Note that to access the internals, you will need to break the front white ring, which cannot slide off the front of the blaster due to the faux barrel being present.
Blaster Usage
The AW Demolisher hits 75fps on average with the included darts, and 71fps with Elites during my testing. Dart velocities are par for the course compared to most Nerf Elite blasters. In addition, the Demolisher shoots roughly 2.5 darts per second. Aiming is the real issue with this blaster, being designed for hip firing. The included darts go all over the place, and even accurate darts have a hard time reaching their target. Quite simply, aiming from the hip is hard. You can get used to it – it didn’t take me long, especially after dealing with aiming the Prometheus at a few HvZ events. But users dedicated to a standard layout will find themselves put off by the lack of a real trigger and the lack of proper aim.
Final Opinion
The Air Warriors Demolisher is a fun blaster from Buzz Bee Toys, even if it’s not the most useful one out there. It offers adequate performance on par with other modern blasters, but does so in a unique format that may or may not be to your liking. It’s certainly fun to use, but effective use will take practice.