The Elite dart just won’t go away! There are still a few blasters coming out of the pipeline, including those in the “Junior” line. Well, what was Nerf Jr, and is now Nerf Easy Play.
In any case, we have two Nerf Wild products: the Nerf Venompack (I’ll defer to Maritimefoam’s review) and what I have on hand, the Wolfpack. Both blasters operate the same and come with extra dart storage – only the cosmetics are different. And while they’re made specifically for young children, they just don’t work that great. Other Nerf Easy Play/Nerf Jr blasters worked consistently, at least. These don’t.
Aiming for Simplicity?
The two included blasters each have two barrels (and a smart AR system connecting them) and storage for four darts. Admittedly, the styling is really cute, though my dog thinks she looks tougher. In any case, as with previous blasters like the Sharkfire and Lionfury, styling isn’t the problem.
The blasters themselves are easy to operate. There’s a large priming handle, and a weak spring. Once you pull the handle back and prime the blaster, it retracts. The extra large trigger (made for small hands) makes firing the blaster easy. The top dart fires first.
Given the easy prime and firing sequence, two darts per second is easy to achieve – then again, you only have two barrels. Sadly, given a system that’s designed to be weak, there’s less room for error, and it would seem manufacturing tolerances come into play here.
One blaster averaged 41fps with the included darts. The other, however, averaged 29, and had a much wilder range of recorded shots (ranging from 19 to 34). I can appreciate making blasters for younger kids, but there’s a certain amount of “this needs to work” you have to have.
Final Thoughts
The blasters are cute, but for that price, you may as well skip the cuteness and start the kids on N Series already.