Recon Pistol

The whole reason I made this is because my magwell got screwed up when I tried to put a laser tag blaster into it. it didn't work out as I had hope but it led me to make a Recon pistol. I kept the hole in the bottom to allow for easier loading. This currently can vacuum load. due to the white lithium grease in the plunger tube. The dart in the video didn't vacuum load because it is an older dart. If you have a newer dart it will vacuum load.

Back home and modding!

I am back!! I have been on a long vacation, (well not from school but you get the picture) in Hawaii. So, I have some new mods coming!!! Such as,

Heavily modified nerf nightfinder

My personal nightstrike.

HvZ themed nightfinder

My crossfinder

Singled maverick

Rebarreled tech target

Highly modded nerf strikefire.

and more!

Well that was fast!!

And we are now at 20 followers! and using a handy random number generator We have a winner! Bobby Boy!! you will be receiving a free commission from me! to everyone else there will be another giveaway at 35 followers, so you will have another chance to win! Thank you to all of you for supporting us and a huge thanks to Imodify for spreading the word about our blog.

Until next time stay cool-Icicle-  

Free commission!! and more news

If you didn't notice the poll on the side of the blog, then you should know that the poll was asking when you would like a free commission. The options were at 10,000 views and at 20 followers. The results showed that you want it at 20 followers, since we are currently 11 followers we need your help. 

If you want this free commission then spread the word about this blog. The more followers we get the more free commissions we give out! I know that the production of this blog has gone down, but I am working on TONS of Nerf stuff so there should be more posts soon.

Also in a past post I said my radioactive longhsot would have a cpvc breech, but I changed my mind and decided to just put a stub of brass in the existing breech However I will be putting a cpvc breech in my Halo Longhsot once I start on it. I plan on it being more of a sniper rifle than a battle rifle as it will feature a prototype cpvc breech that Ice has come up with.                    

Until next time stay cool-Icicle

Modified streamline

An easy and quick way to mod your darts.

Nerf area...er... closet

this is all of my nerfing gear minus the stuff that is in my work shop.

Speedload 6 review

First off, I want to say sorry to Ice for posting a water gun review, I did not know better. :)

Today we are looking at nerf dart tag speedload 6. This blaster utilizes the integrated clip system that the 2011 dart tag uses.

This blaster also has slam-fire. I have heard that this blaster has the slowest slam fire of all the blasters but, I found that not to be true Ranges are anywhere from 25 - 32 feet here in Hawaii and 30 - 37 back at home in San Diego.
Modding potential includes, improving the seal, OMW spring replacement and removing the AR's.

This blaster also has a small jam door on the side to help remove a jam.

My longshot had a nuclear meltdown!

So I have been working on my longshot for over 2 months, when something crazy happened. I found the greatest looking paint ever! It is made by krylon and looks epic. I was hoping this was a different color than it was, but it worked out better than I hoped. Of course there is a down side to all of this. Only one side is done. So I still need to work on the other half but this turned out so well that I had to show this off. I used an enamel paint set to touch up little spots I missed. I cut off the front bipod because I thought it looks better without it. The stock has an identical paint job done too it. All the other parts are still getting painted so they will be awhile as well. Overall I love this blaster so much this I hope will be a NIC quality blaster when I'm done with it. I hope to give it a CPVC breech as well as a k26 spring. So this should pack some punch.

Look out for a halo style longshot after I'm done with this one.

Elite

I'm assuming most of you already know what the "Elite" series is. Here's my take on it. If it does hit 75 feet:

1. That range has to be angled, Hasbro is stupid, they typically measure angled ranges.

2. Looking at the guns size, they use the same plunger system. Thus, the AR must be removed or the prongs that the darts hit must be longer. There also would have to be a more powerful spring. This means that us modders would have very little to do to these guns.

3. These guns will also be more expensive for sure. It probably won't be worth it.

4. If the AR is modified, the plastics will need to be more durable, thus OMW probably can't make kits for these guns because the ranges are already top notch and the plastic will already be more durable.

Honestly, these guns look cooler. But that's the only benefit. Keep in mind that we don't even know if these guns are real yet, but it could be the "Big News" Hasbro was talking about on their Facebook page.

I've been grounded for the past month, but I'll be back soon with posts like:

A pump action, CPVC'd Longshot with at least 100' ranges

A clip system Barricade

An attempt at a Praxis mod

and 

A Drop Clip Barricade.

The Great Dart Swap

Imodify is having a dart swap, which i think is a cool idea. the rules are as follows

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Rules 1.They have to be nerf darts or Stefan’s. 
2.The nerf darts have to have something special about them It could be colored, modded, anything special that you can think of.
3.The darts can not be damaged, but can be vintage.
4.You must send 10 or more darts to your swap partner.
5.You must give me a name to call you bye.


How it works
You tell me you want to join at (nerfmods12@live.com)
You must give me your full mailing address .
You have until January 31^, 2012 to tell me you want to be apart of this swap.
There will be groups of two that will be randomly selected to swap.
I will then email you back and tell you where to send your darts.
And if you would like when you get your darts send a email back to me with a pic and i'll post it.

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Nerf rant

As most of the people who go here know about nerfmodsreviews.com, but what it should really be called is foam blaster mods and reviews since they don't just focus on Nerf guns, but on all types of foam firing blasters. In the current society that we live in when most people see a foam firing blaster they assume it is a Nerf blaster, but when it could be a buzz bee, air zone, or some type of off brand blaster. The reason for us calling all foam firing blasters Nerf blasters is because they are the most well know brand of foam blasters. Take a car for example, just because Ford is the best know car maker doesn't mean that all the other cars are fords. Also just because ford is the best know doesn't mean that they are the best car maker, back in the world of foam blasters that is also true while Nerf is the best know Air zone often makes better foam blasters than Nerf, but often gets over looked by consumers due to their lack of knowledge of the blaster. So next time you see a foam blaster make sure you call it by it's proper name

Commissions starting

Awhile back i said that i was doing commissions after Christmas and now the time has come. Starting now I will take commissions. i will do almost any type mod except homemade blasters because they get very difficult with the machining of parts. But other than that i can do any mod. you can email me your commissions at icicle@arcticnerf.com   

Marshmallow bow or crossbow

So I(icicle) won a marshmallow crossbow a few years back in a contest and thought it would make a cool nerf gun.

Being a bit under the weather I got this idea, I let ice^3 work on it. He did a fine job on he used a marker barrel on it and held it in place with hot glue. The gun got about 35feet flat and 40 angled, this would have made a nice secondary for any nerfer. I left this alone in my closet for about 1 1/2 years until about 2 days ago when I found it and knew how to make it better. I lubed up every moving part and seal with white lithium grease.

Then I added a half inch cpvc coupler that is held in place by hot glue and goop.

The seal on it coupler is air tight and there is no way from to escape. The cpvc barrel causes some leakage because it does not create a perfect seal like the coupler did. The gun is now in bow form which was accomplished by removing the bottom trigger mech. This can be easily put back into crossbow mode. The gun it's self with a better dart seal and smoother barrel movement can punch 85 flat and 100 angled.

 With such powerful rages this gun can now be a primary that is small and compact. I plan on making this my new secondary only because my primary is my longshot. Another side note about this bow is that while it does have a small grip it is extremely comfortable to hold.

Until next time stay cool my friends.

Mav dart holder

My Maverick broke on me and i can not fix it and so this led me to build this:

 

                                                Side view

                                                         Back

The part on the back is a connector from the longshot front gun. It is held in place by hot glue and can fit any gun with one of these  

Mine came from my old deploy which is now broken and is being used for a secret project. I removed the side pieces from it so it may now fit any gun. all you have to do is attach it with hot glue.  Sorry for the long time with no posts, it is just that i have been busy with many nerf related projects and never found time to post. 

What I decided to do with my leaky Magstrike. (Updated! Added a new pic of my Longshot)

I (IceCubed) bought a Magstrike from Icicle's brother. As it turned out there was a leak in the connection between the pump and bladder. I tried fixing it with hot glue and then later I tried epoxy putty. It still leaked. So I decided to bypass the pump AND the bladder. How? Find out after the split.