BATTLE OF THE DART GUNS 2012: Nerf vs. Buzz Bee

In the world of dart guns, there are many rivalries, among them being the tight one between Hasbro's NERF line and Buzz Bee Toys' Air Warriors. NERF's got some experience down on their knees- heck, they've been creating dart guns since 1989! But Buzz Bee is a relative newcomer, but they're slowly climbing the dart gun success ladder.

Let the match commence!

RULES:
In this match, there are 3 rounds; 2 normal rounds and a lightning round. Each team receives or loses points; +1 for pros and -1 for cons.

BEGIN!!!

Round 1: The Cluster Crew- Guns that fire in clusters or groups.

Representing Team NERF: Barrel Break IX-2
Representing Team Buzz Bee: RADS 12
Representing Team Air Zone: Triple Shot

Barrel Break's pros:

• Has two firing modes: one barrel at a time or both barrels at once
• Comes with 10 extra darts that you can put on a rack
• Quite accurate
• Very fast and powerful

Barrel Break's cons:

• Jams sometimes
• Loading system is not that easy at times

TOTAL: 2 points

RADS 12's pros:

• Cool and unique barrel rotation system
• Good range when fired properly
• Lightweight
• Fast

RADS 12's cons:

• No options like the Barrel Break
• Hard to cock back 

TOTAL: 2 points

TIE!

Round 2: Big Bad Blasters- The biggest and baddest of them all!

Representing Team NERF: Vulcan EBF-25
Representing Team Buzz Bee: Maniac

Vulcan's pros:

• Totally BA
• What's not to love about belt-feds?
• Shot rate is very good for its time
• 25 darts- decent capacity

Vulcan's cons:

• Unwieldy
• Jams occasionally
• Modders beware- it can get dangerous.

TOTAL: 1 point

Maniac's pros:

• Decently BA
• Decent color scheme
• GLOW MISSILES!!!
• 20 dart capacity- plus 1 glow missile :)

Maniac's cons:

• Takes about 20-35 pumps to get the glow missile ready.

TOTAL: 3 points.

NERF's not doing so well...


LIGHTNING ROUND: Old Dogs and Pop Guns- The nostalgic and popular blasters return for battle!

Representing Team NERF: Maverick REV-6
Representing Team Buzz Bee: Rogue

Maverick's pros:

• Fires easily and quickly

• Tremendous accuracy

• Compatible with most NERF darts- except Streamline

• Easy to cock

Maverick's cons:

• Jams sometimes, but not that often.

TOTAL: 3

Rogue's pros:

• Fires easily

• Seldom jams

• Good range

• Good accuracy

• Looks like a ray gun. :)

Rogue's cons:

• Not visually appealing (clashing color scheme/drab)

• Barrel has to be hand-revolved and hinders the fast nature of a pistol.

• Cocking mechanism isn't easy to use, and hinders the shooting process greatly.

TOTAL: 2

And the results are in!

NERF: 2+1+3=6
Buzz Bee= 2+3+2=7

BUZZ BEE HAS WON!!!

It's quite the close one, but the gold medal has to go to BUZZ BEE, winning by only 1 point! Even though old NERF lost this year's battle, we at Dart Tag Havoc are still faithful to NERF, and you should be too. Buzz Bee, Air Zone, and Lanard are great ventures as well!

Well, that concludes the battle, and congratulations to Buzz Bee! Stay tuned for more reviews!