NERF N-Strike Elite Retaliator Blaster, Stock, Grip, Barrel, 12-Clip, 12 Darts, Outdoor Toys for Kids 8+ (Amazon Exclusive)

This is a great gun. Can be broken down to large handgun size with a magazine. I personally find the clip to be a bit tedious to take off, but the kids just say, "look, like this" and they are fine. My son used it for about an hour yesterday without any issues during our "in the house, in the dark" battle. As the one who was being shot AT with this gun- with darts smacking off the side of the doorway I was creeping along, I can tell you it packs as good a punch as any other, and seems pretty accurate. We have about 12 guns and a slew of mini 2 or 3 shooters. This was his first pick. I like that it's pump action (no motor) and it has not jammed. Price is a bit high at around $30. When I can snag another for $20 or so, I will do it

My son’s favorite gift! Loves his nerf and this one did not disappoint! Hours of fun and great quality!

We love using this gun in our family! It shoots fast and fairly accurate. It isn't the most accurate nerf gun we have and it doesn't have the most "zing" as our other guns, but man is it fun to unload :) We have 4 other clips that hold 6 bullets each so naturally I use this when me and the kids have our "nerf wars" and I love just goin to town and dropping clips and reloading until I'm all out and I have to run away and try to grab random bullets on the ground as I'm being chased by my kids and being shot at lol. It does sometimes jam, but you kind of know what to look for in the bullets once you load them to prevent jamming (bent bullets will jam it) so we either bend the bullets back or don't use them in this gun. I like to use the gun to its fullest glory with stock and all attached but my son breaks it all down and likes to use it just as a "pistol" with a nice little clip :) All in all pretty good fun addition to our ever growing nerf gun family.

The Blue Retaliator was my first experience with Nerf guns in 2014, and wow was I impressed. No batteries needed, and yet it launched darts pretty far and with good accuracy for a dart gun. I saw that it gave much better distances on it's shots than it's yellow predecessor (the N-strike Recon). But then this blaster started jamming and I found that the darts start to warp over time and get stuck in the chamber a lot. Also, if you play on dirt, it could get on the darts and rub off in the blaster, possibly causing issues you don't want to occur. I also soon found the barrel extension robbed the blaster of dart range and that it was better off without it, just not better off in the looks department. Today it has a white (and shoddily-painted with a crude blue stripe and lettering) successor which is supposed to be an upgraded version with improved advertised distances, but do the white ones performed better than the blue ones that they replaced? I have a lot more knowledge on Nerf blasters now, and I have since purchased a ProChrono chronograph and have clocked the Retaliators' average dart velocities at 65 FPS (feet per second) with consistent readings from several different Retaliators, including this white one (this is the second of two; the defective one I returned to Amazon because the blaster primed once and got completely stuck halfway into the second prime). I was discouraged to read that the new white and blue "Elite" Retaliator to have worse ratings than the first blue one despite having a longer advertised shooting distance (I thought "shame on you Hasbro, making Nerf a liar"). However, my white Retaliator had an average FPS of 71, making it slightly stronger in this case (blue 65, white 71) and putting up numbers to help back the claim. As an update, Orange Mod Works (OMW), Worker, and Blasterparts have upgrade kits which pushes the limits of this blaster to 100 FPS on my Retaliator(s), and with the stock air restrictor (AR) intact! Others sources state that Retaliators and Rampages seem to perform better on the stock AR. As a warning, this blaster can be irritatingly difficult to modify if you are not good at taking things apart and putting them back together. Also, the internal components are being punished by the upgraded pressure from the 5kg/7kg springs, and aftermarket efforts to reinforce key areas and replacement parts most likely to break are included in their sets. But seriously, with the spring alone this blaster is a beast, it's just that it loses it's control after a while and misfires if primed too hard. Perhaps it is best to leave these blasters stock? Nah.

Christmas present for my grandson he just loved it just what he asked for

This blaster is a pretty neat idea - the modular components make it a highly-versatile blaster, and I love that it's clip-fed for fast reloading and expandable capacity. It's a pretty accurate blaster - moreso when the extended barrel is attached - and it launches with pretty good velocity. Personally, I keep the rifle butt and barrel attached, partly because it looks cooler and partly because I don't know what else to do with them (I'm reluctant to throw anything that's even remotely useful out). Overall, I really like the design of this blaster, but in my experience, it has one major drawback. It chews up darts and jams. A lot. If I were the only one using it, I wouldn't mind this. I've found that with the right touch, I can minimize the jam frequency, and I'm personally pretty good at troubleshooting if the blaster misfires. But the problem is that most of the time this blaster is used, it's wielded by either a child or a very drunk adult. In either case, careful use and troubleshooting aren't exactly strong points for the user. On the whole, I like this blaster, and I think the concept is really neat. But due to the jamming, I'd recommend the Zombie Strike SlingFire over this one. It's not modular and therefore loses some versatility, but it looks awesome, jams less, can be operated with just one hand (with practice, so dual-wielding is possible), and hits about the same price point usually.

Bought this as a gift for my grandson. He was thrilled.

Man muss ein bisschen aufpassen beim einsetzen des Magazins und beim Durchladen, da sich sonst ein Pfeil verklemmen kann.

Es un buen producto de Gran calidad pero es importante destacar que al ser el primer modelo en su estilo que estreno NERF puede tener ligeros inconvenientes lo más común que se puedan atascar los dardos o el sistema de disparo se traba y no es que no funcione sino que en este modelo es normal y no va más allá de simplemente desatascarlo con cuidado. Es por eso que NERF fabricó el modelo ELITE 2.0 ECHO sucesor de este donde corrige los pequeños inconvenientes de este modelo, ya que lo hizo más resistente y le incluyó un botón de desatascado. Este modelo requiere de más cuidado para su uso pero personalmente me gusta más que el ELITE 2.0 ECHO. Recomiendo usarla con calma y realizar los movimientos de recarga y disparo con precisión para evitar atascos en su sistema.

bought this because i had a blue one and i wanted to get another and luckily did get the white one. instantly upgraded it with a 7kg spring to make it fair because my other also has a 7kg spring. the spring makes it more accurate and made it better for outdoors. incase anyone wondered if the spring makes a difference, it went from 65 fps stock to 104 fps. (wouldn't recommend modding it *cough* for safety reasons *cough*).

The nerf retaliator is one of the go to blasters when purchasing a nerf gun it is balanced in proportions and is pretty light weight, fires well and is in amazing shape, overall loved it!

Aktuel probiere ich eine Vielzahl von Nerf Blastern aus..... Von verschiedenen Herstellern. Für die 60 Euro habe ich einiges erwartet aber die Verarbeitung, die Reichweite und Präzision ist mangelhaft. Gefühlt ist das kein Nerf Original. Ich habe mir heute im Action für 15 Euro die Sniper und für 6 Euro die 4 Schuss Handgun von XShot gekauft.... Keine Vergleich zu der billigen Ausführung hier von Amazon. Für Kinder ist allein der Magazinwechsel schon eine Unmöglichkeit, davon abgesehen das die ganze Gun wackelt und klappert