For those of you who didn't see my channel post, I've been away because of an eye surgery. It's still unsightly, hence the sunglasses. Also, the ‘flickering’ of the pink lights is not visible in person - it only shows up on video.
I LOVE that it's an auto-springer. The Speedswarm and Swarmfire (that its mechanism is based on) were known to have massive mod potential just from thick wiring and LiPos.
Hello Coop, I never really know how to write these sorts of messages but I just wanted to say thank you for being apart of my childhood. I’ve been watching your channel since 2013 before unicorn tactical was even a thing yet. seeing your modding videos and how to take apart things was a key factor as to why I am an engineer now. Im now 20 so NERF has slowly been absent from my life over the years but I am so thankful I found your content at such a young age. I wish you all the best in your recovery. Thanks again for everything you do you inspire So many people. Take care Frank, Stay Tacti-Cool ❤
and even then, not even sure it was designed to be comfy for the aliens either... You think the covenants care about ergonomics? "It's all about that faith, dude!"
@David janelle eh… the covenant took a lot of artistic liberties with their tech. For example, in one of the novels, I think it was first strike…? They comment on how tall the ceilings on some covenant ships are and how inefficiently they use space. in regards to the weaponry, the sangheili wouldn’t stand for their weapons to be uncomfortable to hold. I mean even from a human standpoint, weapons being comfortable hold has a very, VERY tangible effect on accuracy.
@@ollanius_papyrus80 Well, in case of the needler, the projectiles home-in on their target, so accuracy is somewhat irrelevent. Now that I look more into it, I find that the Halo Reach design makes more sense: there's a single cavity at the back of the handle for the thumb and the handle is curved. No weird bumps... it's almost like if they flipped the handle around... curious.
Hasbro had the luxury on this one, of giving it the correct color scheme without it looking too much like a real weapon. The other Halo licensed blasters so far have been much more "realistic" in terms of looking plausibly like actual guns, so in typical Nerf style, they just made them silly colors so they are clearly toys. Here, being a completely alien design that already includes some pretty crazy colors, Nerf was safe going very true to the original design. The result is stunning.
Definetly a top pick for any hardcore Halo fans who'll have it on a shelf/desk constantly on view and as a cosmetic for a cosplay convention. For the money it is absolutely Hasbro's best looking blaster so far. If it works like the Stampede as a full auto spring loaded gun, I understand the slow fire rate. It's probably more helpful for the target audience to feel like they have a larger firing duration than an effective fire rate. I don't know if the animation at 3:24 is yours or Hasbro's but it looks cool. Good to see you back Coop! Glad the surgery went well. If you didn't tell us the sunglasses are due to your eye, I would've kept believing you just wanted to look cool while reviewing a cool blaster.
Yeah I couldn’t be happier with it, and display mode having a two hour auto shutoff is perfect. Didn’t know I wanted a sleep timer on a video game prop until now.
Dam, the needler looks huge (compared to my boomco one) Also the needlers internals are based off the rebeal power bell and dart tag swarmfire/speedswarm (they look epic when duel wielding)
I preordered this last year. I’m glad you did this review. I’m excited, but it was a tad smaller than I figured, and that grip is gonna be annoying for my wide hand. Oh well. Still gonna love it
Don't worry about the size, Coop is actually a large human, I specifically recall seeing the Nailbiter in stores after his review and just realizing how big his hands are, he makes large blasters look small.
Good to see you back Coop ! Another detailed, straight to the point and yet entertaining review : kudos ! And this one deserves special praise for its finely measured to-buy-or-not-to-buy conclusion : not an easy blaster to rate, and you needled it !
Hey coop, great to have you back. This blaster is quite cool. Remember, if ever need any time off again for any reasons, don’t stress, we’ll all support you.
Epic needler, the reason you might have disliked the bottom part of the grip is you need to put your index finger through the hole in the grip and pull the trigger with your middle finger as that is how it is held by Spartans and elites in game
seeing the success of the assault rifle and the needler, i hope nerf collabs more to give us more halo nerf blasters, i.e classic magnum, classic shotgun, battle rifle, etc
For some reason I read your as bean-ged instead of binged. Anyway, I actually didn't notice that he was gone that much until I looked at the comments and realized 'oh yeah, he has been missing'
This is literally everything I want out of a blaster, I bet you could get it to fire faster if it was modded and now I have an amazing looking prop with no diy and its fully functional
That blaster looks SO COOL! Happy to see you back. and happy to see such a well thought out and game faithful design with the bendy needles, and the revolving barrel.
Nerf finally made another auto springer! I've waited... when did the Stampede come out? 2010?! Well, better late than never! Looks amazing. Glad Coop is back too.
Damn Coop we missed you, I hope everything went alright with that hurricane you encountered. And also YOUR BACK AGAIN WITH THE SUNGLASSES LIKE ON YOUR OLD VIDEOS!!!!
Thank you for your honest, and very accurate personal opinion. In my case, I just like the design aesthetic, so it was a very easy purchase. Not a Halo fan/player. As for the price, yeah $100 is definitely more than they needed to charge for it, but Hasbro has learned that people would pay whatever they ask for if items are popular (entire HasLabs is making them millions before anything goes into production = aka risk free). This nerf gun started as a pre order at a $100 mark, and is currently being offered by scalpers $200. So be wary when shopping for it.
@@michau_z_dziczygaming2069 Yeah, I read his post. By eye protection, I meant eye protection post-operation, to prevent further damage. I guess that's a thing?
It looks great. The ammo counter is a really sweet feature. My only nitpick would be that it still look a bit too plastic toy for display purpose. A little paint job would probably help a lot in that case.
In lore the needles of the needler are shards of an explosive crystal called BLAMITE and the reload animation in combat evolved emphasizes this with chief loading a purple crystal into the top of the needler with the shards popping up out of the top of the weapon
I don't normaly buy display peices but this hits home. I only wish they did put some sort of higher fire rate to match the actual guns but I get that's hard and I don't plan on firing it but would be cool to have
I ordered mines as soon as I saw it was up for sale and it actually released a month early on Amazon. This thing looks amazing and a great buy as a Halo fan
Hey Coop glad to see you back. Never hesitate to take your time to take care of your health. We’ll be here for you. I started a descent collection at the time of the Pandemic. It was a joy to watch your videos. Stay Tacti-Cool Dude-Bro!!!
For those of you who didn't see my channel post, I've been away because of an eye surgery. It's still unsightly, hence the sunglasses.
Also, the ‘flickering’ of the pink lights is not visible in person - it only shows up on video.
You do look pretty cool in those shades tho
Glad the surgery went well, also the sunglasses look awesome on you
Just glad your back dudebro praying for a quick recovery stay tacticool bro
Glad you're ok bro
Glad to see you're alright
Ah yes, the 3 firing modes: safe, full auto and safe (but cooler)
True👌
Can confirm needlers work that way
@@masterchief2909 What grunt do you hate the most?
🤟🤟🤟🤟
Welcome back Coop! Your fanbase missed you!
God bless Merica
True
Jesus loves you!
We sure did
GOD BLESS US ALL
I LOVE that it's an auto-springer. The Speedswarm and Swarmfire (that its mechanism is based on) were known to have massive mod potential just from thick wiring and LiPos.
Jesus loves you!
Jebus from madness does in fact hate us
I worship Cthulhu, y’all are losers
It reminds me of the Vulcan.
Atheism won't threaten you!
Hello Coop,
I never really know how to write these sorts of messages but I just wanted to say thank you for being apart of my childhood. I’ve been watching your channel since 2013 before unicorn tactical was even a thing yet. seeing your modding videos and how to take apart things was a key factor as to why I am an engineer now. Im now 20 so NERF has slowly been absent from my life over the years but I am so thankful I found your content at such a young age.
I wish you all the best in your recovery.
Thanks again for everything you do
you inspire So many people.
Take care Frank,
Stay Tacti-Cool ❤
Nice comment I really hope he sees it
Screw college, watch a coop modding tutorial.
@@ppgdeliverycharlotte7570 Everything you need to know
Yeah
couldn't have put it better
Love how he basically said “in their defense, the needled literally was not designed for human hands.”
and even then, not even sure it was designed to be comfy for the aliens either... You think the covenants care about ergonomics? "It's all about that faith, dude!"
@David janelle eh… the covenant took a lot of artistic liberties with their tech. For example, in one of the novels, I think it was first strike…? They comment on how tall the ceilings on some covenant ships are and how inefficiently they use space. in regards to the weaponry, the sangheili wouldn’t stand for their weapons to be uncomfortable to hold. I mean even from a human standpoint, weapons being comfortable hold has a very, VERY tangible effect on accuracy.
@@ollanius_papyrus80 Well, in case of the needler, the projectiles home-in on their target, so accuracy is somewhat irrelevent.
Now that I look more into it, I find that the Halo Reach design makes more sense: there's a single cavity at the back of the handle for the thumb and the handle is curved. No weird bumps... it's almost like if they flipped the handle around... curious.
Hasbro had the luxury on this one, of giving it the correct color scheme without it looking too much like a real weapon. The other Halo licensed blasters so far have been much more "realistic" in terms of looking plausibly like actual guns, so in typical Nerf style, they just made them silly colors so they are clearly toys. Here, being a completely alien design that already includes some pretty crazy colors, Nerf was safe going very true to the original design. The result is stunning.
@TxtMeOnTelegrm-_Coop772 I got a special package for you right here buddy
One of the coolest weapon designs from the Halo series also happens to be possibly the coolest Nerf gun ever.
Welcome back Coop! Glad to see you making content again. And what a great blaster from the Halo series to come back with!
Jesus loves you!
@@awesome346 Yes
Definetly a top pick for any hardcore Halo fans who'll have it on a shelf/desk constantly on view and as a cosmetic for a cosplay convention. For the money it is absolutely Hasbro's best looking blaster so far.
If it works like the Stampede as a full auto spring loaded gun, I understand the slow fire rate. It's probably more helpful for the target audience to feel like they have a larger firing duration than an effective fire rate. I don't know if the animation at 3:24 is yours or Hasbro's but it looks cool.
Good to see you back Coop! Glad the surgery went well. If you didn't tell us the sunglasses are due to your eye, I would've kept believing you just wanted to look cool while reviewing a cool blaster.
To me the halo assault rifle is more iconic
Animation is Hasbro’s
Love how they replicated the firing speed of the halo 2 needler
Preordered this last year and it finally came the other day. I absolutely love this thing.
Still waiting on mine. How is it?
@@lotus_r1ce478 Display wise fantastic. Function wise it's fine. Firing full auto is all I could really ask for.
Yeah I couldn’t be happier with it, and display mode having a two hour auto shutoff is perfect. Didn’t know I wanted a sleep timer on a video game prop until now.
Just ordered mine off Amazon yesterday for $70. Getting it tomorrow lol
@@lotus_r1ce478 I paid $70 for mine on Amazon but the quality is more like $40
Dam, the needler looks huge (compared to my boomco one)
Also the needlers internals are based off the rebeal power bell and dart tag swarmfire/speedswarm (they look epic when duel wielding)
I preordered this last year. I’m glad you did this review. I’m excited, but it was a tad smaller than I figured, and that grip is gonna be annoying for my wide hand. Oh well. Still gonna love it
Don't worry about the size, Coop is actually a large human, I specifically recall seeing the Nailbiter in stores after his review and just realizing how big his hands are, he makes large blasters look small.
@@TheSmokingMustache I mean… he’s 6’3”, I’m 6’ so… lol
@@superluigi9490 So am I lol, I'm telling ya, lemme know what you think when it arrives
Love that Coop keeps petting the needles on top of the blaster
I'm a big HALO fan, and I love the Dart Tag Speedswarm! This is a perfect blaster for me!
Also welcome back coop!
same and I was the guy that was saying nice things on your live stream
@@ScriptedOcean I thought I recognized you pfp!
Welcome back, Coop! Glad to see you're making videos again!
Oh my god I remember watching you while I was a kid. It’s nice to watch one of your videos after such a long time. Keep up the good work man.
Good to see you back Coop !
Another detailed, straight to the point and yet entertaining review : kudos !
And this one deserves special praise for its finely measured to-buy-or-not-to-buy conclusion : not an easy blaster to rate, and you needled it !
I liked how he used the old audio from his older videos, gave me so many flashbacks ❤
Good to see you back Coop!
Hey coop, great to have you back. This blaster is quite cool. Remember, if ever need any time off again for any reasons, don’t stress, we’ll all support you.
Great to see you back Coop!! Hope you’re well 🎉😃
Glad to see you back ❤️
Completely forgot that I pre-order this last year, it arrived and blew me away. Cant wait to see if they do more of these
Epic needler, the reason you might have disliked the bottom part of the grip is you need to put your index finger through the hole in the grip and pull the trigger with your middle finger as that is how it is held by Spartans and elites in game
I did not think he’d be into this blaster, boy I was wrong.
that stand included might be the most considerate and thoughtful extra accessory I've seen in a minute. THANKS
FRANK! I'm so so happy to see you posting again. Wishing you the speediest recovery!
It's great to see you around Coop! Thank you for your time and work!
Omg the legend is back! Welcome back Coop!!!!
Welcome back Coop !!! You look better and more tacticool than ever. Hope you will forever stay healthy, awesome and importantly...tacticool my man !!!
He looks like Tom Cruise in Risky Business. He gets into Princeton by letting the interviewer play with his Nerf Blasters instead of the prostitutes.
Coop is back great to see your doing good man praise good your back
Glad to see you back in my notifications dude bro!!!!!
6:07, truly… truly ravaging footage 😂
COOP IS BACK! I missed you man. Excided for future videos!
seeing the success of the assault rifle and the needler, i hope nerf collabs more to give us more halo nerf blasters, i.e classic magnum, classic shotgun, battle rifle, etc
Finally returned man with a sweet blaster
yessss you're back! also super tacti-cool shades bro!
I am absolutely in love with what hasboros done recently, between this blaster and the legacy metroplex, they've gotten way better.
I subbed just a little before coop disappeared… I was getting worried! Binged so many of your videos while you were away keep up the tacticool work!
For some reason I read your as bean-ged instead of binged. Anyway, I actually didn't notice that he was gone that much until I looked at the comments and realized 'oh yeah, he has been missing'
Lights honestly look great
Glad to see you back!
Just got mine in the mail today it's honestly a beautiful piece. Very well made. My favorite video game gun. 😁
This is literally everything I want out of a blaster, I bet you could get it to fire faster if it was modded and now I have an amazing looking prop with no diy and its fully functional
THE LEGEND IS BACK LETTSSS GOOOO!
Good to know you’re feeling better. Not sure what I’d do without my go-to Nerf UA-camr telling about new blasters.
Welcome back Frank! Good luck and God bless in your recovery from surgery! I thought the glasses looked cool for the coolness of the needler!!
That blaster looks SO COOL! Happy to see you back. and happy to see such a well thought out and game faithful design with the bendy needles, and the revolving barrel.
Happy to have you back
As a Halo fan I would definitely like to buy that 😭
Just sell a kidney and you can get two.
@@s.i.m.poster6823 why do I need to do that?
Nerf finally made another auto springer! I've waited... when did the Stampede come out? 2010?! Well, better late than never! Looks amazing. Glad Coop is back too.
FINNALY ur back after all these years
Damn Coop we missed you, I hope everything went alright with that hurricane you encountered. And also YOUR BACK AGAIN WITH THE SUNGLASSES LIKE ON YOUR OLD VIDEOS!!!!
Thank you for your honest, and very accurate personal opinion. In my case, I just like the design aesthetic, so it was a very easy purchase. Not a Halo fan/player. As for the price, yeah $100 is definitely more than they needed to charge for it, but Hasbro has learned that people would pay whatever they ask for if items are popular (entire HasLabs is making them millions before anything goes into production = aka risk free). This nerf gun started as a pre order at a $100 mark, and is currently being offered by scalpers $200. So be wary when shopping for it.
That thing looks absolutely badass.
glad you came back and glad you came with probably the most amazing looking prop toy i been seen, they put some love on it
Good to have you back, Coop! Hope you're feeling all right after the surgery
Im so glad you are doing ok! Glad to have you back!!!
Halo was on Mattel's competitive line but was literally a toy. this is both a Prop and a LITERAL Toy that has potential for a fun game mode gun
Eyy, Frank is back!!
Rad sunglasses(I believe they are for eye protection?)!!
he had eye surgery
@@michau_z_dziczygaming2069
Yeah, I read his post. By eye protection, I meant eye protection post-operation, to prevent further damage. I guess that's a thing?
Good to see you again Coop!
Welcome back Coop! You were sorely missed.🤝🏼
It looks great. The ammo counter is a really sweet feature. My only nitpick would be that it still look a bit too plastic toy for display purpose. A little paint job would probably help a lot in that case.
Yeah, some dry brushing could take the shine out ;)
So nice to have you back!
The return of the king! Glad to see you're doing well dude bro. The shades are a tacti-cool look for sure.
MY MAN IS BACKKKKK!!!!!!
Welcome back Coop! I hope your recovery is going smoothly. Great review as always!
AYOOOOOOO MY MAN'S BACK!!!!!! KEEP IT UP BRO!!!!! btw i would pick this needler rather than the BoomCo needler cuz its more cooler than the BoomCo one
Yes! He's back! Glad to see you're doing well.
Holy shit its been 2 years since I last saw a coop video
Glad to have you back and the shades look rad.
The legend is back
My heart jumped and filled with joy the moment I saw a new video from Coop!
Welcome back
Hope everything is going well with you and having a good recovery.
I remember checking back every few days to see a new vid, welcome back!
Welcome back! I’m happy to see you again. The best Nerf channel is back baby
Glad that you are back; excited for your complete recovery.
In lore the needles of the needler are shards of an explosive crystal called BLAMITE and the reload animation in combat evolved emphasizes this with chief loading a purple crystal into the top of the needler with the shards popping up out of the top of the weapon
One of the best looking nerf blasters so far
Welcome back we missed u
Thanks coop for constantly making our day with your splendid videos despite your surgery and the hurricane!
Welcome back Coop! Missed your videos so much.
I got one for Christmas and I will now hunt down a second. Not only to dual wield but to mod, paint, and generally mess with.
AYYYY he's back welcome back coop
Welcome back, coop! We all missed your vids!
You dropped this, king.
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🙌
😊
Nice shades btw
I don't normaly buy display peices but this hits home. I only wish they did put some sort of higher fire rate to match the actual guns but I get that's hard and I don't plan on firing it but would be cool to have
It's nice to see that coop has recovered from his eye surgery and everything and is making videos again.
welcome back coop we missed you
I ordered mines as soon as I saw it was up for sale and it actually released a month early on Amazon. This thing looks amazing and a great buy as a Halo fan
Glad to see your back bro!!!!!! So stoked honestly lol
Hey Coop glad to see you back. Never hesitate to take your time to take care of your health. We’ll be here for you. I started a descent collection at the time of the Pandemic. It was a joy to watch your videos. Stay Tacti-Cool Dude-Bro!!!
The king is finally back dudebros ❤️🔥
So good to see you back at it my man!!
Holy shit, this guy is still going!
I used to watch him when I was a kid
Welcome back! We appreciate the effort.
WELCOME BACK FRANK! Looking great! Happy to see you posting again. Hope you come back to Texas next year!
So happy to see you back!!!!
welcome back dudebro
Glad to have ya back, man!
Glad to have you back, sir! I hope the healing us going well. Excellent review!