as a father myself, i'd say go with nerf. in my view, amongst nerf, boomco and buzzbee, nerf usually has the cooler, more realistic design. most importantly, nerf design and material are much more resilient to child's play. nerf may under perform, but for sure it will outlast the rest. can't say the same for the darts though .

Yup, like zeroglyph said, Nerf was a good choice.
And for the market easy to found and get should be Nerf again.
Design is good all around, even some are weird, but most are cool.

i see. Thanks for the advice. Went to toys r us before and saw the promoter is promoting boomco, the built seems nice for me. What attracts me is the dart which sticks, I like the dart design which they come up. But again, I do not know how well is the gun from boomco. Thats why asking you guys here for suggestion.

Any recommended model for nerf? prefer pistol types.

As a father myself, i would suggest Nerf over bommco. Reason, easier to collect dart, and availability of cheap china darts.

How old is your kids? Priming might be an issue for smaller kids, but you can buy those motorized blaster.

Just to chime in, BoomCo is targeted more to teens while Nerf is more to younger kids - though their designs are equally applicable to older kids and adults TBH.

And Nerf darts hurt less lol. BoomCo generally hits harder. Unmodified of course ler.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 9 2016, 02:19 AM

Nerf is generally more favorable by most because of the accessibility of parts and ease of modification/repairing compared to BoomCo.

Nerf is also more popular because China totally digs Nerf, BoomCo is almost non-existent over there. As a result, there are literally tonnes and tonnes of modification and aftermarket parts made for Nerf.

Even if you are not into modification, the consumables such as the darts are very very cheap due to the volume they produce to meet the demand.

nerf does have suction darts as well: http://nerf.hasbro.com/en-us/product/nerf-...01-DCA58776BB2D

you can even get 3rd party suction darts from ebay and lelong for even cheaper. and those sticks even better than hasbro's .

for recommendation, it depends on how old. around 8 Y/O, you can't go wrong with a strongarm. flipfury is too large for small kids, and hammershot is not easy to prime.

stryfe is cool too, but motorized blaster needs batteries and lack the punch out of the box. also, stryfe tends to jam a lot when my kids use it. they just can't control the trigger properly.

My kids favourite, speedswarm and vulcan. Because easy, full auto. I also got swarmfire, but way too big for them. Haha

If want to have a 1st try out of the nerf pistol types for your kid, could have try the below pistols.




So far this two pistols is basic and not too big for kids I think...

This post has been edited by strikermac: Jun 9 2016, 08:13 AM

my son only 3 year old, too early for nerf? hahhaha

I am looking at strongarm now, seems nice for beginner. i like the persuader, but too bad i heard the review saying the priming will be hard even for adult

Btw, is retaliator good? it can stripdown to pistol right?

Yup Retaliator also is nice choice.
And yes it can stripdown to pistol if u want.

3 year old, buy full auto nerf. No point buy semi auto because it will jam a lot because he might unable to pull the trigger all the way back while pressing the rev button, or manual as you will end up priming for him.

which is semi auto and which auto? what are the difference?

semi auto need manual trigger to feed dart for fire everytime while holding the rev trigger.

full auto got 2 types, one uses flywheel and the other uses plunger. Flywheel full auto still have to rev trigger which you need to pressed while pulling the trigger. The difference with semi auto is that it keeps firing if you hold the trigger pressed. Plunger full auto only has trigger, which keep firing darts when it is pressed, but without rev trigger, hence easier for kids.

i see, so many types of nerf guns, abit blur now. hahaha, need slowly study them one by one

yeah, hammershot has a smoother prime, but it is still hard for a child's hand. strongarm isn't too hard for a 4-5 year old.

haha....you forgot who's going to do the pickup and reloading on a full auto blaster?

i'd rather do the priming then picking up and reloading a mag blaster.

Rather than hammershot, sweet revenge is easier to prime. Strongarm quite easy to prime if you attach lanyard at the primer (friend did that so his kids can prime it himself).

Thats why i suggest speedswarm. because its turret design easier for kids to reload. But out of 10 darts, 2-3 sure will be missing. Hahah

And yes, mag blaster is a no-no.

This post has been edited by sphiroth: Jun 9 2016, 10:57 AM

just curious, is there any 80-90% look alike clones of nerf in the market?

Yes, usually found brand Raging Fire... And there's also one Chinese name, i forgot.

keep in mind though, like other clones, it doesn't have the same QC as nerf does.