![]() When the flywheels are ready and humming all you have to do is hold down the primary trigger to automatically shoot a barrage of darts down on your enemies. There is a rev trigger that’s present right below the primary trigger on the blaster handle that initiates the flywheels and let them run. You load the ammo drum by shoving in the darts in their slots. In spite of it being the Juggernaut of all Nerf blasters, the operation of the Nerf Mega Mastodon is pretty basic. There are three tactical rails, two on top and one on the bottom of the muzzle for adding on Nerf attachments. The left face of the blaster is surprisingly plain with just the red paint and lacks any patterns or branding. If you’re right handed then the blaster looks immensely cool when you sling it, and with its ginormous size, design, and branding, there would be no ambiguity as to what blaster you’re carrying. And a ‘Mastodon’ stamp is embossed right behind the muzzle, again on the right side of the blaster. ![]() There is a huge 3D logo of the word ‘MEGA’ across the right side of the blaster. The paint job is that of the classic Mega Red, with orange hues on the ammo drum, muzzle, and other smaller parts. Nerf Mega Mastodon Design AspectsĬonsidering the design aspects, the Nerf Mega Mastodon is visually extremely appealing. This allows you to easily aim the blaster and fire at targets at varying angles. The handle has one pivot point where its slotted into the blaster and the handle in itself swivels. The carrying handle is to be fixed in the top slot for easier usage of this blaster. The sling mount has metal clamps at either end to support the weight of the blaster in its entirety as plastic might simply break. 24 darts, a sling mount and the carrying handle are packaged in as well. Also present is a lower cage bar to protect the drum and also to comfortably set the Mastodon on a surface. ![]() The same goes for small shields that cover either upper sides of the ammo barrel. Out of the box, the ammo drum is separated into parts that have to be attached to the main body of the blaster. This rate of fire is pretty close to that of RapidFire CS-18, but considering that this blaster shoots huge Mega darts it is incredible. Also since this is the first flywheels powered Mega blaster, it requires 6 D batteries to operate, which add on to the already heavy nerf gun’s weight. ![]() Close to 4 darts per second and the entire barrel can be unloaded in around 6 seconds. Getting down to the specifics…the ammo drum barrel has 24 dart slots making the Mastodon currently the Mega blaster with the largest ammo capacity. It is capable of rapidly firing an entire barrel of huge red mega darts without any intrusion at just the pull of a trigger. The Nerf Mega Mastodon is the first motorized Mega blaster and fully automatic one too. But all the mentioned blasters are fully manual, mechanical guns that don’t use any motors or batteries. The line up includes a manual sniper rifle, the Centurion, small arms like the Magnus and CycloneShock, a pump action shotgun type RotoFury and a pocket-sized BigShock. To understand this you would have to examine the Nerf Mega Series. But as soon as it is, we will have a link below to follow and purchase your very own Mega Mastodon.īut why the expectations and the hype. And finally, the wait is over now. The Nerf Mega Mastodon is currently available only in a few retail stores as the official online release hasn’t happened yet at the time of writing this article. People were quite excited watching the first look videos at the fair of this huge gorgeous Mega blaster and many have been eagerly anticipating its release. The Mastodon was announced under the Nerf Mega Series in New York toy fair 2016 and ever since had gained immense popularity and hype among Nerfers all over the globe.
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