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I only wish the Walrus had a few drinks b4 making this review....He would've ramped the anger up to 88 mph, and then we would've seen some serious shhhh
Gimmick blasters like the deploy should be exempt from hate Admittingly some gimmick blasters are quite alright like the alien invasion blasters are surprizingly fun
The Battlescout was kinda cool on paper but didn't function well, the Warden is a soulless reshell that doesn't work at all. At least the Battlescout got a redesign, what's the point in redesigning the Warden, a blaster that's already a redesign?
I bought a Warden a while back, and I immediately found out that mine's Smart AR was basically non-existent, it would fire all 8 shots at once. At first, I was stoked, until I primed it in the middle of a battle and the entire frame snapped in half, and the internals fell to the ground.
Some kid is going to get a warden for christmas this year, after all the shit that’s happened this year,and it will break on the first prime. And this is not okay.
I usually go to thrift stores for parts and it breaks my heart daily the amount of broken nerf blasters I usually find. I can imagine the tons of disappointed kids sadly getting rid of their blaster just because they were cheaply made to save just 4 cents
It sucks that Hasbro just can’t realize Let the more they do this from the ultra to the elite 2.0 they’re just ruining the company there’s a reason we call them Nerf blasters at for the hobby.
I'm glad X-shot and other brands are getting better. This way, we have something to look forward to, even as Hasbro refuses to either pass on the torch, or keep it lit. Hasbro may have started all this, but it might be time to move on. Let them stagnate. Let them parade around like the emperor with no clothes. Let them rot while X-shot, Buzzbee, Worker and countless others push forward. All the influence hasbro has now is the name they've dragged through the mud one time to many.
Community: Elite darts suck at accuracy Hasbro employee: If we make the gun such that it cant shoot, then they wont complain Hasbro: GIVE THIS MAN A RAISE
@@IAmEmeraldBtw exactly, I was extremely excited about this specific blaster, and was definitely going to buy it, but decided to watch some videos on it to see, *my disappointment was immeasurable, and my day was ruined*
A funny thing I noticed is that both Walcom and Coop seem to have experienced the exact same pair of breaks: One snapped priming linkage and one seized-up priming handle.
The weird thing is that I’ve had a warden for a year and it still works perfectly fine.Even with slam fire.then I got scared it would break so I got a roughcut,it broke as soon as I used it….so I had to replace my roughcut,and the warden is perfectly fine lol.
It’s because the gun has the same problems as it did for anyone. if I buy a gun with a problem where the barrel snaps off, chances are, other people will have the same problem.
Several years ago, I was browsing some gaming forum and a couple people didn't know "nerf" was more than just a gaming jargon. I think that's what's gonna happen in 10 years. Kids will still be flinging foam, but they won't realize that Nerf was an actual brand and not just the name of the hobby,
Idk it may be longer than that because they have a massive toy company producing them and I think they’ll squeeze everything they can out of the name Nerf, and will keep it alive until the very bitter end
Except that Boomco never got bad, it was just different. And people would not accept non flywheel/pump action springer blasters that were nerf dart compatible.
conspiracy theory here, what if nerf is specifically trying to anger us by making the roughcut super easy to break, and removing the ability to repair it. either that or nerf is just re releasing old blasters while simultaneously cutting costs on their new blasters like the ultra line
What really pisses me off is that kids are going to be getting these as birthday presents this Summer, all excited for their new toy, and the effing thing breaks in minutes. Kid in tears, birthday ruined. Thank you Nerf. They may never buy a Nerf product again. Hasbro need to recall the lot and redesign the inside so it doesn't break. I've looked at this on the shelf when I bought a Saturn, and decided not to bother. It looked a chunkier rehash of the Roughcut for no obvious benefit. Glad I kept my money in my wallet.
@@kriispydud2444 age range doesnt matter, a 5 year old could wield the long shotgun and a 10 year old can use it, and nerf are pussies and put absurd range claims on the boxes while getting 70 fps on elite 2.0 blasters, and rival doesnt hit that hard, try paintball.
@@kriispydud2444 honestly charger or saturn are my reccomedations, $40 blasters with one being a long pump action shotgun and the charger which is an internal magazine flywheeler
Not only did they save money, they earned more too! At this point the only consistently good blasters from Nerf are Rival, and even then some of the decisions they're making with those are questionable.
I already told my son not to ask for this blaster. When he asked why I showed him this video and he said that's not supposed to happen with a new blaster. That's an 8 year old and even he knows that's messed up. Great video and thanks for the warning.
@@Mcnibbus If you are refering to the Brainsaw, that blaster shoots one dart at a time. There are Z-strike roughcuts but they are rare and hard to come by because they are an endangered species
Imagine being a million dollar company who remakes older blasters that function worse than the original. Seriously hasbro, you need to step up your game.
"If people modify our blasters, then we can't control the market. so let's lawyer our competition into making blasters as terrible as ours and make ours unmodable. WE WIN!" -Hasbro, as they lose every single customer to Buzzbee
This is why I think the Pro series is under Walmart's Adventure Force line. Hasbro has a lot of lobbyists, but Nexus Pro money is also Walmart money, and Walmart definitely has the oomph to make sure Hasbro can't try any funny business.
It feels to me like NERF and Hasbro are making their position known; they're a toy company, and not only do they not give a damn about older fans and the hobby scene with modders and 3rd party or home made blasters, they're actively _defying and rejecting_ the hobbiests because we have no unquestioning brand loyalty for them to exploit for easy sales. All I know is that I like the 2.0 aesthetic enough that I _might_ pick one up to turn into a /nonfunctional/ costume blaster prop if I find one on sale at goodwill for $5, because I _am_ genuinely a fan of the blocky, industrial look, which is very sci-fi/cyber punk.
I actually just picked up a Battle Camo Roughcut earlier and I honestly understand the frustration. Elite 2.0 makes no sense since the darts are exactly the same and the blasters (from what little I know) are literally just cheap unmoddable reskins that are worse than the predecessors. I'll stick with the Dart Zone V-Twin, Villainator, and Spectrum for now
I haven’t watched the video yet, but I’m hoping Walcom goes on a rant because I love watching him rant Edit: ALSO CONGRATS ON 100K YOU ABSOLUTELY DESERVE IT
@@clone734 Yeah but the target demographic for Dart Zone is slightly higher, so they'll be able to deal with the darts from a modded blaster, kids might not deal with it as well though, and that might be lawsuits Hasbro wants to avoid.
@@WalcomS7 at this point take a dremel and open it and see if it even is a fixable problem and if it's something outrageously 'special' then just burn it and watch it melt but don't worry about the ozone cuz it'll just eject those fumes into the endless void of space.
Yep! I'm a transformers collector and there's been a lot of quality problems and still stupid exclusive bs. It's been getting a little better recently though. Hopefully it improves
dang i saw dracs review of it and thought "wow walcom's signature blaster is getting a reskin i wonder what his opinion would be about it ?" and then this happened
@@notahuman-r4j no the tackdown i would say becuase the atlas is not good but i would rather use that than the warden but your right and walcom meant elite not rival but it would be spatagular like the rival looking front loading roughcut
I appreciated the warnings to the rage. Surprisingly this is a way more mature take than what I was expecting. I see growth in your production (& your majestic locks & beard
I have a 3 year old and used to play with nerf myself I absolutely love watching reviews to know what not to get. Yours is incredible bro great personality great work I subbed
If I were Hasbro, I would straight up just keep selling the classics like stryfes, rapidstrikes, retaliators, and hammershots. They keep discontinuing all the fan favourite blasters and replacing them with, what, exactly? I'm fine if they want to keep selling full length blasters, that's fine with me, but at lease make them good. Seriously, I love NERF, and it was blasters like the stryfe, rapidstrike, and retaliator that got me into the hobby and are still my go-to war primaries. So please Hasbro, either keep doing what you were doing before, or make something totally new and better. This is bullshit.
Fun story: this is the first video of yours I watched. First time I bought a Nerf product new from the store I was choosing between a BC Roughcut and a Warden, and I could not get the Roughcut I bought to single fire for the life of me. Looked up a review to see if that was a change from the original, saw this in the search results, and thought I'd watch to see what I missed out on. I think I made the right choice after all.
GhostlyBlue probably bc we can buy a ton of wardens, melt them down, and drown the guy in charge of quality control and the guy who wanted screw-less blasters
Hasbro: Cutting corners and cockblocking NERF enthusiasts from modding is gonna be good for us! We'll sell more blasters when the unmoddable and impossible to repair Elite 2.0 models break! Actual consumers: Why pay $30 for something that breaks in two shots when we can buy two of the competitor's blasters and a pack of refill darts from an off-brand company for the same price? Hasbro's designers need to stop thinking like Steve Jobs/Apple and their "proprietary properties", and more on the level of embracing quality blasters that are a base platform that entry level NERFers can get into and use just fine, while enthusiasts can modify and upgrade at their leisure. It's not just anti-modding, it's getting in the way of the consumer's right to repair, and it's doubly problematic when faced with significant design flaws that render blasters completely inoperable chunks of plastic from normal and expected use. And the Slam-Fire not properly firing the left-column darts? My goodwill Rough-Cut has problems with the ARs shunting the bottom four darts just enough out to not launch properly sometimes, but it's held up to more abuse than these two Wardens have by miles. Perhaps we need a good old-fashioned Adventure Force equivalent to the Rough-Cut to kick Hasbro in the teeth. I'm glad I keep up on various Nerf youtubers at the same time. Other reviews I've seen of the Warden haven't encountered any issues, but I can't afford to get a lemon when they cost this much per blaster. You're the first one I've seen face these problems and even though the sample size is small, the blasters came from different sources and suffered the same failure. I think maybe the plastic or other materials used in the internal components are more brittle, and if even a single tooth breaks off of a single gear that can spell the end for the whole product.
I love how Hasbro advertises Elite 2.0 as the "next generation" of Elite although in reality they're just cheaper-made reskins of standard Elite blasters. (At least for the springers, the flywheelers are pretty good.)
My mom said XD roughcut is good I got a toys r us with a lot of XD roughcuts Quick edit: it's inexpensive too at like RM119.90 soo that's something and the stryfe is the same price
If I ever find a warden at goodwill, I will buy it and attempt to open it up. If I can find a way to open it up, I will post it to reddit with steps on what to do.
No joke when the dart fell out during the firing test I tried to laugh with just air, but I laughed so hard I couldn’t help but actually start laughing. This thing is terrible
Hasbro is taking dramatic measures to guarantee comfortable incomes for his shareholders. No more metal, too expensive! If a blaster had a slight flaw, its elite 2.0 counterpart will fail epically due to poor material design. Don't buy springers that will turn into plastic garbage faster than it needs reading this comment.
Man I've gotta say, the passion you put into this stuff is very impressive. Whether you're raving happily or raging like this time, the energy and enthusiasm shines through. I only wish that someday I can find a hobby to be so into as you are with this one. And I also know to not bother with this 2.0 shit lol. Thank you, Walcom, for being entertaining, inspiring, and informative all at once.
How nice, but you don't have to criticize the elite 2.0 too much because there are also good pitchers and also in the video why you throw the warden, eh, does your hand itch or that your behavior seems very bad to me, Walcom, we all know that there is shit about pitchers but you don't have to take it seriously
@@alaeriia01 Yeah, at least as of Toy fair this year, two of their blasters actually have full grips for once (Rebel Mech and the Recon/Vulcan Hybrid have such grips) and they might be improving on the Long Distance Dart design (Granted, the latter is from Blaster Hub's preview, so take that as you will)
They're intentionally making blasters impossible to take apart so you need to buy another when it breaks. That negates everyones modding abilities and makes us look like normal consumers returning a broken blaster instead of fixing it.
I've only had 1 of my ~50 nerf guns ever fail, and it was because a dart got jammed in-between 2 pieces of plastic in the mechanism. It took about 25 minutes to repair it and it's worked fine ever since (the gun I'm talking about is the mediator). If two of these broke immediately after buying them with no way of fixing them, they are worse than every nerf gun in my collection, including some 2007 original yellow ones, and some of the cheapest off-brands (including one from chuck-e-cheese), none of which have EVER failed on me. This level of shit is unacceptable, and I will make sure to NEVER buy an Elite 2.0 gun unless they make them repairable.
never ever buy alpha strike wolf. It is horrible and unmoddable. I had one and the dart didn’t fit properly, because of THE AR! ARS are a piece of crap anyways. And I hate when HASBRO makes their blasters unmoddable.
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I might not be able to be nice about Elite 2.0 anymore. This is unacceptable. Two of them have broken on me and I was barely even trying. Let this be a warning. Let me waste money before you waste yours. TOSS A COIN TO YOUR NERFER! Check out my PATREON for sneak peaks and a lot more perks! www.patreon.com/walcomS7
100k!!
Congratz 💯👌
Congratulations on 100k 🎊🍾🎉
I was thinking of getting the Phoenix and the warden. And I’d rather just grab a rough cut instead; HASBRO??? What are you doing???
I’m still getting the Phoenix tho cause I love the shell
Isnt this so much better than elite 1.0. Hasbro esplain
I only wish the Walrus had a few drinks b4 making this review....He would've ramped the anger up to 88 mph, and then we would've seen some serious shhhh
Honestly the first time I saw the leaked 2.0 images I hated them
Damn hasbro really doesn’t care anymore do they?
Elite 0.20 more like
I was wondering when you would comment on Walcom's Warden vid. But Drac, can you recreate the same problem with your Warden?
"It's Nerf Or Nothing"
well then, Nothing it is
It’s Nerf or....
I’ll just use my fists
I will literally go into a nerf war using an airsoft gun or my bare hands and beat someone up before I use any elite 2.0 blaster or the deploy.
Welp off to airsoft
What's the difference...
I want a autopsy to see what happened. I don't care if it gets destroyed in the process infact that is preferable.
I second this
@@Undertaker-xl9to I third
Me and the voices in my head 4th 5th 6th and 7th it
Definitely...
Please let this happen.
Bright side is when it breaks, you can throw it at your enemy like a Tediore reload from borderlands. (Explosions sold separately)
Underrated comment lmfao
Thank you for the nostalgia 👍🏼
69th like
@@bucko2263 wow it had 4 last time I checked
So true 😂😂😂
Bet you can throw the warden Farther than it can even shoot
If I gave it a good spin...
Should have been part of the range test. I was disappointed he went for the short range toss... lol
More accurately and reliably
Ha ha
It's a meele special edition
"It's evolving, just backwards"
its like a mini crappy roughcut
You have been saying that a lot
@@alexiagarcia9173 saying what?
Deploy: I’m the worst new blaster.
Warden: Hold my broken pump grip.
Hey, atleast the deploys Pump grip doesn't break Immediately out the box.
Yeah deploy kinda,cool
I love the deploy
Gimmick blasters like the deploy should be exempt from hate
Admittingly some gimmick blasters are quite alright like the alien invasion blasters are surprizingly fun
The Deploy is quite old actually
It's good they include enough darts to fill it up twice because that's about the amount of times you can use it.
If you’re lucky.
How to murder a billion dollar toy company in a single comment
Screw the Warden
Underrated comment
I want a rough cut for Christmas and after seeing this video I explicitly asked DO NOT GET THE WARDEN
Walcom: “If you buy the Elite 2.0 Warden, you’re an idiot.”
Walcom then realizing that he bought two of them:
If you buy one you’re an idiot that’s why he bought two
haha good one.
He bought so we dont need to.
He's been bamboozled by himself
We've been tricked we've backstabed and we've been quite possibly bamboozled
This blaster makes the buzzsaw look good...
Finally someone who remembers the buzzaw
I think you mean deploy
I have that one, is fun but a little bit uncomfortable ;(
Ah, k hunter. Big fan.
The same thing happened to my roughcut battlecammo
Before the video: "It can’t possibly be worse than the Battlescout."
After the video: "Oh... oh no."
At least the battlescout functioned
It is worse than deploy.
The Battlescout was kinda cool on paper but didn't function well, the Warden is a soulless reshell that doesn't work at all. At least the Battlescout got a redesign, what's the point in redesigning the Warden, a blaster that's already a redesign?
The battle camo battlescout was actually good
@@ghostraptor4594 maybe, but only for target shooting or being in a trench.
I bought a Warden a while back, and I immediately found out that mine's Smart AR was basically non-existent, it would fire all 8 shots at once. At first, I was stoked, until I primed it in the middle of a battle and the entire frame snapped in half, and the internals fell to the ground.
it used up all its life force at once 💀
ka-POW- 💀💀
That sucks
WTF
So, it fell apart during battle?! What the actual hell.
Some kid is going to get a warden for christmas this year, after all the shit that’s happened this year,and it will break on the first prime.
And this is not okay.
Happened to my brothers Apollo scared me so much that I haven't even fired mine and mine is one of the special edition ones for battlefront 2.
Im already crying for this generic, unknown child
ceasarspartacus same
Stars 37 Theres unlocking buttons on some of those. For if the priming handle jams.
I usually go to thrift stores for parts and it breaks my heart daily the amount of broken nerf blasters I usually find. I can imagine the tons of disappointed kids sadly getting rid of their blaster just because they were cheaply made to save just 4 cents
Modders: create interesting unique stuff and actually like and consume older Nerf products.
Hasbro: Execute Order 66.
Several months later...
Modders: "What is it they've sent us?"
Dart Zone: "Hope." (hands over Nexus Pro and DZP)
Long live the boros legion
Nerf:All modders are now enemys of the Nerfublic
Best comment
@@beachthebunny1066 actual Nerfublic: well yes but actually no
It sucks that Hasbro just can’t realize Let the more they do this from the ultra to the elite 2.0 they’re just ruining the company there’s a reason we call them Nerf blasters at for the hobby.
there was a reason we called these toys Nerf blasters
Alex Engle TDR You’re right I messed up on the wording there was a reason
I'm glad X-shot and other brands are getting better. This way, we have something to look forward to, even as Hasbro refuses to either pass on the torch, or keep it lit.
Hasbro may have started all this, but it might be time to move on. Let them stagnate. Let them parade around like the emperor with no clothes. Let them rot while X-shot, Buzzbee, Worker and countless others push forward. All the influence hasbro has now is the name they've dragged through the mud one time to many.
Yeah they're failing hard recently. They need to focus on making great and fun blasters. The cash grab ain't working
Now, Dart Zone shall overtake the foam throne
Community: Elite darts suck at accuracy
Hasbro employee: If we make the gun such that it cant shoot, then they wont complain
Hasbro: GIVE THIS MAN A RAISE
Bro they solved a problem by creating more problems crazy
No, this blaster is decent if you can throw the darts hard enough
Your right
Lol
what
This blaster sucks. It is by far the worst Elite 2.0 blaster.
@@IAmEmeraldBtw exactly, I was extremely excited about this specific blaster, and was definitely going to buy it, but decided to watch some videos on it to see, *my disappointment was immeasurable, and my day was ruined*
A funny thing I noticed is that both Walcom and Coop seem to have experienced the exact same pair of breaks: One snapped priming linkage and one seized-up priming handle.
everyone's did lol you're right
The weird thing is that I’ve had a warden for a year and it still works perfectly fine.Even with slam fire.then I got scared it would break so I got a roughcut,it broke as soon as I used it….so I had to replace my roughcut,and the warden is perfectly fine lol.
@@boi8214 the warden prob has a 80-95 percent chance breaking
@@boi8214 in later warden production they fixed some of the priming issues it had. It's now usable without it insta breaking on use.
It’s because the gun has the same problems as it did for anyone. if I buy a gun with a problem where the barrel snaps off, chances are, other people will have the same problem.
In 10 years NERF is going to go the way of BoomCo and Dart Zone will be the name brand
Jackal Nerf that sad too hear. I think Zuru is up the game too. I start to love Zuru blaster now
Several years ago, I was browsing some gaming forum and a couple people didn't know "nerf" was more than just a gaming jargon. I think that's what's gonna happen in 10 years. Kids will still be flinging foam, but they won't realize that Nerf was an actual brand and not just the name of the hobby,
Idk it may be longer than that because they have a massive toy company producing them and I think they’ll squeeze everything they can out of the name Nerf, and will keep it alive until the very bitter end
Boom co lmao
Except that Boomco never got bad, it was just different. And people would not accept non flywheel/pump action springer blasters that were nerf dart compatible.
conspiracy theory here, what if nerf is specifically trying to anger us by making the roughcut super easy to break, and removing the ability to repair it. either that or nerf is just re releasing old blasters while simultaneously cutting costs on their new blasters like the ultra line
dude, the whole rant section felt like my dad yelling when I get bad grades.
THAT'S why it felt familiar!
“SON, IM GETTING THE SHOTGUN”-
It really did.
Yes
Bruh why you doing this to me
What really pisses me off is that kids are going to be getting these as birthday presents this Summer, all excited for their new toy, and the effing thing breaks in minutes. Kid in tears, birthday ruined. Thank you Nerf. They may never buy a Nerf product again. Hasbro need to recall the lot and redesign the inside so it doesn't break.
I've looked at this on the shelf when I bought a Saturn, and decided not to bother. It looked a chunkier rehash of the Roughcut for no obvious benefit. Glad I kept my money in my wallet.
The saturn is 10 times better.
@@michaelfinlay1412 but thats for like, 14 up
@@kriispydud2444 age range doesnt matter, a 5 year old could wield the long shotgun and a 10 year old can use it, and nerf are pussies and put absurd range claims on the boxes while getting 70 fps on elite 2.0 blasters, and rival doesnt hit that hard, try paintball.
@@michaelfinlay1412 true
@@kriispydud2444 honestly charger or saturn are my reccomedations, $40 blasters with one being a long pump action shotgun and the charger which is an internal magazine flywheeler
12:33 the way he threw the warden and after said " garbage " got me😂
Perfect for reaper from overwatch. He just throws the shotguns when he reloads so any cosplayers, you’re welcome.
Reapers shotguns already exists in nerf, also this gun is too bad to be held by anyone
@@Nothing40236 this is a joke
@@Starkiller44545 i know
Except Warden wouldn't do as much damage as the Hellfire shotguns.
Hell, it would even do more damage if u just threw it at somebody.
Hasbro: we gotta save a few cents by cutting out some parts
Results: walcom bought 2 new wardens and they both broke the same way
Not only did they save money, they earned more too!
At this point the only consistently good blasters from Nerf are Rival, and even then some of the decisions they're making with those are questionable.
Same story for coop 772
Same with coop772's wardens
@@jonedward5376 R.I.P warden parts, you had potential
SO DONT SLAM FIRE
Seems like everyone but hasbro is doing their job at this point
At this point hasbro just makes gimmicky bricks.
X-Shot and Dart Zone are doing a much better job than Nerf.
That’s because Hasbro spends more $$$ on marketing than on quality control.
Their so rich to the point that they dont care
they’re just crashing and burning at this point
0:26 I wonder what the range would’ve been if you threw it from the handle.
It would spin like a throwing axe and hit 25 feet or even more
Even the deploy was better
Edit: We peaked at the Saturn
😂😂😂😂
Hopefully Hyper can redeem Nerf in our eyes
Probably not though
at least it FIRED and LASTED MORE THAN 10 SHOTS
The Saturn really is a pretty blaster.... You've convinced me to buy one. I was on the fence about it, and you helped me make my decision. Thanks.
it's just downhill from here.
"nerf rival roughcut"
*my confusion is immeasurable*
I was just thinking the exact same thing.
Same here
Ya
Yes
It would be cool though.....
I already told my son not to ask for this blaster. When he asked why I showed him this video and he said that's not supposed to happen with a new blaster. That's an 8 year old and even he knows that's messed up. Great video and thanks for the warning.
HASBRO, HIRE THAT BOY! He obviously has more brains than your R&D, Quality Control, and advertising sections combined. Good on ya for a bright kid!
Luckily, there are 3 species of Roughcuts to choose from if he wanted a shotgun, blue and white, white and orange, and even battlecamo
Derpy Lion aren’t there 4 because of the zombie strike buzz saw or something like that
@@Mcnibbus If you are refering to the Brainsaw, that blaster shoots one dart at a time. There are Z-strike roughcuts but they are rare and hard to come by because they are an endangered species
Derpy Lion I think that’s it
"Nothing competes with the Roughcut."
*laughs in takedown*
Imagine being a million dollar company who remakes older blasters that function worse than the original. Seriously hasbro, you need to step up your game.
Billion dollar... but still, what's going on?
@@WalcomS7 How have they not lost Billions due to the false advertising.
"Up your game!"
- X-shot
@@sheriff3272 i mean its technically not false advertising just a bad product
@@sheriff3272true
I'm yet to see a warden that hasn't broken soon after buying
Lord draconical
had mine for a month and it hasnt broken. ive literally tried to break mine and i cant😂
@@realslideFN impossible
@@TheRoyalCheez oh its possible
@@realslideFN ok...well if its possible, its illegal
"If people modify our blasters, then we can't control the market. so let's lawyer our competition into making blasters as terrible as ours and make ours unmodable. WE WIN!"
-Hasbro, as they lose every single customer to Buzzbee
And X-shot, and Dart Zone.. hell, everyone is beating hasbro in everything now it’s sad. I loved nerf blasters but.. this is just sad.
@@WolfMan-nf4lv so true
Whoever thought of that should be drowned in a pool of melted-down 2.0 parts.
This is why I think the Pro series is under Walmart's Adventure Force line. Hasbro has a lot of lobbyists, but Nexus Pro money is also Walmart money, and Walmart definitely has the oomph to make sure Hasbro can't try any funny business.
James P. If that’s true then Prime time toys is incredibly smart. Let’s hope nerf doesn’t persuade Walmart to do the same with their lobbying bs.
The Elite 2.0 Warden DB-8: The definition of 1700’s guns but as dart toys, they work a few times, and then they stop working.
It feels to me like NERF and Hasbro are making their position known; they're a toy company, and not only do they not give a damn about older fans and the hobby scene with modders and 3rd party or home made blasters, they're actively _defying and rejecting_ the hobbiests because we have no unquestioning brand loyalty for them to exploit for easy sales.
All I know is that I like the 2.0 aesthetic enough that I _might_ pick one up to turn into a /nonfunctional/ costume blaster prop if I find one on sale at goodwill for $5, because I _am_ genuinely a fan of the blocky, industrial look, which is very sci-fi/cyber punk.
The hobby scene has never been their target demographic, aside from Rival so no they don't care, it's somewhat naive to expect that.
4:50 “Peter Griffin laugh track”
This is exactly why I can’t wait to buy a dart zone nexus pro
Me too!
St this point nerf is hanging by a thread
Nexus pro is honestly incredible, I love it so much
Just got it and I am in love
@@batteryboi2451 CONGRATS
Imagine a kid that has been begging his mom for the warden, and after she bought it for him, it broke right after the kid took it out of the box
And then the kid cries
Probably sadly
so now, you got hasbro covered in money, a crying kid and an annoyed parent
It’s been a long time since we’ve seen walcom actually angry
Absolute whiplash compared to last video.
Walcom S7 agreed!!! The last time you were this angry was in the video about the ultra one and the what’s wrong with nerf video
I've never seen him this angry ever since he threw a Rukkus across the shop.
SpringsAndSanity what episode was that
@@rodemus18 ua-cam.com/video/m2_6vF15pxo/v-deo.html
This is better than coop raging at the doomland double barrel
😂 that's exactly what I thought of
@@creepergaming3280 yes
This raises the question: which is worse, the double dealer, the warden, or the deploy
@@CorporateMarineDRG All worse. Jolt is better
@grindorbuzz 795 ok
Meanwhile over in adventure force land we’re getting a pro blaster at $50 and half lengths for .10¢ a dart.
And now one for half the dang price
4:49 That peter griffin laugh XD
4:54 I love how he's just finished saying how the roughcut jams a lot when the blaster decides to commit fucking seppuku.
*Proceeds to die* 💀💀
@@aguytryingtohaveaquietlife2184 You could say it bit the dust
To save money Hasbro has now started outsourcing their designs to Ja Ru
I wonder if they hired somebody from Ja Ru to cut corners...
That remark is like my coffee, quite a dark roast
I lnow this doesnt have to do with Nerf, but hasbro has also been cheaping out on beyblades by replacing yhe metal with plastic.
@@MusicMaster6541 that's... not good at all
@@Gaminggod1997BAGR yeah so i switched to takara tomy a while ago cuz beyblade hypersphere is kinda trash
Me: Mom, can I have a nerf gun?
My Mother: We have a nerf gun at home.
Nerf gun at home:
Nerf gun at home would be a buzz bee blaster tbh
@@afterburner44 buzzbee is not that bad
@@MutantBread8398 it's better than the warden that's for sure
@@afterburner44 Atleast Buzz Bee shoots.
Lololol
I actually just picked up a Battle Camo Roughcut earlier and I honestly understand the frustration. Elite 2.0 makes no sense since the darts are exactly the same and the blasters (from what little I know) are literally just cheap unmoddable reskins that are worse than the predecessors. I'll stick with the Dart Zone V-Twin, Villainator, and Spectrum for now
I haven’t watched the video yet, but I’m hoping Walcom goes on a rant because I love watching him rant
Edit: ALSO CONGRATS ON 100K YOU ABSOLUTELY DESERVE IT
I brought one. It broke on the second shot. Seriously Hasbro!?
Hasbruh moment
Damn, I feel bad for you Gavin.
Tbh, that's your fault.
Mothx12 that’s just not true. It’s the company’s fault. “Fool me once, shame on you,” remember?
@@sebastianjin9817 but why would you buy one of you know they're bad?
“Nothing lasts forever” The “number one blaster brand” is obsolete for nerf. Dart Zone in my mind is number one.
Herin Merino yeah. Unless nerf makes some really good performance serious, dart zone will take over in the modding community
Same here.
@@clone734 Yeah but the target demographic for Dart Zone is slightly higher, so they'll be able to deal with the darts from a modded blaster, kids might not deal with it as well though, and that might be lawsuits Hasbro wants to avoid.
@@clarkgamingplays yeah. Hasbro doesn’t want angry parents trying to sue them because they got hurt from a modded blaster haha
@@clarkgamingplays Would you rather your products have a lawsuit for working too well or not working at all.
I like how Walcom actually shows emotion unlike coop were he's like an AI
Nah, COOP did actually show his fury. Watch his Double Dealer review.
If you talk about COOP back in his early days doing NERF review, yes he was like an AI.
But now, he's hilarious.
@@duyphan4617 bro, I know.
"Elite 2.0"? More like "Elite 2.buy Dart Zone products until Nerf puts effort into their blasters and actually supports their community", am I right?
Your not wrong
@Matt B nerf better step up their game
Nope!
You are totally right. I will stick with Zuru xshot until Nerf step the game up
Matt B yes I love Zuru xshot. I want to get regenerator and crusher
walcom threw that thing like coop when ever a blaster had a bad grip
ah yes, the double dealer (or something like that)
@@Jamesgates355 HUZZA a man of quality!
@@samuelburnham4515 i could never forget that thing, he destroyed it in one powerful throw
@@Jamesgates355 don't forget when he axed a deploy
Couldn't be said better
i'm sorry but that *"SNAP"* while you were complimenting the warden was the best comedic timing i've seen all day and i just died when i heard it
Here in the uk, we only have elite 2.0 and a few stranded elite blasters from an age ago.
Same here in Serbia, I have to buy good nerf guns online
@@columba5627 even online for us - we have to pay £50 shipping for overseas if we try to buy from US sites and otherwise we're stuck with rubbish.
At least it has screws
Edit: watched the rest of the video nvm
YEAH. BAIT N SWITCH.
I am a Person but you only been here for 9 mins, and the vid is 16 mins?????
@@WalcomS7 at this point take a dremel and open it and see if it even is a fixable problem and if it's something outrageously 'special' then just burn it and watch it melt but don't worry about the ozone cuz it'll just eject those fumes into the endless void of space.
It's called Elite line because only elite would be able to afford the replacement one after another when their children broke like 10 or more of them
Hasbro is the UA-cam of the toy industry. Never listening to their own community, always lying, and always showing favoritism....
And roblox the UA-cam of the game industry
@@BongBong-Gaming you comment had me dumbfounded for like 2 minutes then i understood
Yep! I'm a transformers collector and there's been a lot of quality problems and still stupid exclusive bs. It's been getting a little better recently though. Hopefully it improves
And they both used to be 100x better before 2019
My friend said that the warden is a jolt reskin, so i punched him
He insulted the mighty Jolt
All hail the jolt
The jolt … lest we forget
Damn striaght
The jolt, we all pray to it, it is our new god
dang i saw dracs review of it and thought
"wow walcom's signature blaster is getting a reskin i wonder what his opinion would be about it ?"
and then this happened
Walcom: I don’t know if you realize but the nerf rival roughcut...
Viewer: Excuse me what?!?
Takedown counts.
Dude, a Rival Roughcut would be SPECTACULAR if done correctly.
That's the rival atlas
@@notahuman-r4j no the tackdown i would say becuase the atlas is not good but i would rather use that than the warden but your right and walcom meant elite not rival but it would be spatagular like the rival looking front loading roughcut
I appreciated the warnings to the rage. Surprisingly this is a way more mature take than what I was expecting. I see growth in your production (& your majestic locks & beard
I have a 3 year old and used to play with nerf myself I absolutely love watching reviews to know what not to get. Yours is incredible bro great personality great work I subbed
If I were Hasbro, I would straight up just keep selling the classics like stryfes, rapidstrikes, retaliators, and hammershots. They keep discontinuing all the fan favourite blasters and replacing them with, what, exactly? I'm fine if they want to keep selling full length blasters, that's fine with me, but at lease make them good. Seriously, I love NERF, and it was blasters like the stryfe, rapidstrike, and retaliator that got me into the hobby and are still my go-to war primaries. So please Hasbro, either keep doing what you were doing before, or make something totally new and better. This is bullshit.
well I bought my Modulus Stryfe off their Amazon page so its not like it's discontinued
Deploy:I'm the worst blaster ever
*Warden was released*
Warden:how about that
Deploy:ur clearly even worse
Deploy: I am the worst nerf gun
Warden: *Hold my beer*
OH NO. HASBRO PISSED SENPAI OFF.
Yeah this Blaster looks like hot Garbage.... :(
For the senpai part I wanna splat your **bulgy wulgy** all over the road and the proceed to kill myself for typing the part in bold. Good day! 👋
0_0
Fun story: this is the first video of yours I watched. First time I bought a Nerf product new from the store I was choosing between a BC Roughcut and a Warden, and I could not get the Roughcut I bought to single fire for the life of me. Looked up a review to see if that was a change from the original, saw this in the search results, and thought I'd watch to see what I missed out on. I think I made the right choice after all.
Rough cut: who are you
Warden: I am you from the future
Warden: I am you but W O R S E
more like better
Paul Halvorson how😂
GhostlyBlue probably bc we can buy a ton of wardens, melt them down, and drown the guy in charge of quality control and the guy who wanted screw-less blasters
0:56
Ah yes, the nerf rival blaster, Roughcut.
LMAO
Lol
It’s not rival it is elite
@@whitneybond6875 that's the joke
Ah yes, the only Rival blaster to shoot Elite darts! Amazing! - said nobody.
Hasbro: Cutting corners and cockblocking NERF enthusiasts from modding is gonna be good for us! We'll sell more blasters when the unmoddable and impossible to repair Elite 2.0 models break!
Actual consumers: Why pay $30 for something that breaks in two shots when we can buy two of the competitor's blasters and a pack of refill darts from an off-brand company for the same price?
Hasbro's designers need to stop thinking like Steve Jobs/Apple and their "proprietary properties", and more on the level of embracing quality blasters that are a base platform that entry level NERFers can get into and use just fine, while enthusiasts can modify and upgrade at their leisure.
It's not just anti-modding, it's getting in the way of the consumer's right to repair, and it's doubly problematic when faced with significant design flaws that render blasters completely inoperable chunks of plastic from normal and expected use.
And the Slam-Fire not properly firing the left-column darts?
My goodwill Rough-Cut has problems with the ARs shunting the bottom four darts just enough out to not launch properly sometimes, but it's held up to more abuse than these two Wardens have by miles.
Perhaps we need a good old-fashioned Adventure Force equivalent to the Rough-Cut to kick Hasbro in the teeth.
I'm glad I keep up on various Nerf youtubers at the same time. Other reviews I've seen of the Warden haven't encountered any issues, but I can't afford to get a lemon when they cost this much per blaster. You're the first one I've seen face these problems and even though the sample size is small, the blasters came from different sources and suffered the same failure.
I think maybe the plastic or other materials used in the internal components are more brittle, and if even a single tooth breaks off of a single gear that can spell the end for the whole product.
Wow..... you typed all of this? Impressive.
(good point tho)
@@quintbenson9479 Coop772 experienced these same problems, one broke and had a crappy smart AR system and the other broke before he could fire it
Yeah dart zone should make a roughcut.
Love how he lays it all out for you, was gonna actually buy this finally until I saw how it broke twice. Thanks Walcom!
Hasbro then: easy,cheap,durable,reliable,good quality.
Hasbro now: gIvE mE yOuR mOnEy
So true
Underrated comment
"And remember to buy our new Hammershot! Is the same as the last one, but this one now has green stripes!"
its cuz shit like dartzone and buzz bee are winning, and they are losing money lol.
Buy dart zone, it's cheaper and better.
I love how Hasbro advertises Elite 2.0 as the "next generation" of Elite although in reality they're just cheaper-made reskins of standard Elite blasters. (At least for the springers, the flywheelers are pretty good.)
Idk, the phoenix is pretty bad. The turbine is great though
We now have an actually good 2.0 springer.
"Triggers are important"
Alpha strike uppercut: inaccurate laughing
And the Dart Zone Legendfire, and literally any official Nerf Demolisher rocket launcher.
and any other weird nerf blaster
You turned the warden into coops double-dealer XD “HELICOPTER HELICOPTER! *insert helicopter noises*
This reminds me of how Hasbro messed up their Jurassic world toys and got dethroned by Mattel
Then Mattel messed up the Thomas franchise
oh yeah
(being a fan of both i have these in my memory)
They also got destroyed by takara tomy in beyblades
Me: mom, can we have elite rough cut
Mom: no, we already have elite rough cut st home
Rough cut at home:
edit:WTF WHY SO MANY LIKES
Aww cmon, we both know that one is broken. I would rather have a triad then that junk
Lollollollollollollollol
My mom said XD roughcut is good
I got a toys r us with a lot of XD roughcuts
Quick edit: it's inexpensive too at like RM119.90 soo that's something and the stryfe is the same price
@@kermudgeounthepowerful7642 Me, whos first nerf blaster was a triad: sad triad noises
bru
nerf elite 2.0: its evolving, just backwards
Its devolving
Just get yourself original Elite series,bruh
Elite 0.5
elite 0.1
@@alexhamiIton elite 0.0
"...Compared to the Roughcut's kind of inability like it locks up on me all the time when I try to slam fire it" *loud snap*
"nothing competes with the Roughcut"
*laughs in twinshock*
edit: this was supposed to be a shotgun thing and you guys ruined it
Jolt: HAHAHA pathetic!!!
@@Kumo-Yume what?
@@Apple43YT idk
*Laughs in nothing.*
@@cala3406 *laughs in what*
I feel like a giant foam middle finger would be less of an insult to the nerf community then elite 2.0 is
At least the finger would have been funny, coming from a kid-friendly toy gun line
If I ever find a warden at goodwill, I will buy it and attempt to open it up. If I can find a way to open it up, I will post it to reddit with steps on what to do.
Or you could save the money and not buy it at all. Save it for a Roughcut
Coop 772: is calm while reviewing the warden
Walcom: AAHHHHH
No joke when the dart fell out during the firing test I tried to laugh with just air, but I laughed so hard I couldn’t help but actually start laughing. This thing is terrible
I'm so upset...
4:51This is actually really smooth slimefire it's actually way better than the rough cut-
*Snap*
Disappointment
Am I the only one who foresees nerf destroying itself with crappy products and then dart zone taking over as the new dart blaster king?
Fun Fact: The "DB" in Warden DB-8 stands for "Don't Buy"
Underrated comment
db-8
don't buy 8
don't buy eight
don't buy it
IT JUST MAKES SENSE
You can buy 5 or 6 or 7 or 9 But 8 is bad.
Hasbro is taking dramatic measures to guarantee comfortable incomes for his shareholders. No more metal, too expensive! If a blaster had a slight flaw, its elite 2.0 counterpart will fail epically due to poor material design. Don't buy springers that will turn into plastic garbage faster than it needs reading this comment.
Congratz Walcom for the 100 K subs :)
Lol i said congrats for 99.8K subs in an email
In Coop's review he also breaks 2 of them. As we can see, a really well done blaster
The 2.0 in its name is actually the number of minutes in this blasters lifespan before self-destructing
This blaster will be like Coop's Deploy, I predict
Man I've gotta say, the passion you put into this stuff is very impressive. Whether you're raving happily or raging like this time, the energy and enthusiasm shines through. I only wish that someday I can find a hobby to be so into as you are with this one. And I also know to not bother with this 2.0 shit lol. Thank you, Walcom, for being entertaining, inspiring, and informative all at once.
Thanks for such a kind comment. I love this hobby, I think it's great, and it's changing all the time.
@@Un_Altra_Persona when I hold the trigger on my pharaoh the bolt locks.
How nice, but you don't have to criticize the elite 2.0 too much because there are also good pitchers and also in the video why you throw the warden, eh, does your hand itch or that your behavior seems very bad to me, Walcom, we all know that there is shit about pitchers but you don't have to take it seriously
I'm so happy there's other brands on the market taking the right steps forward!
Dartzone, xshot
Even Buzz Bee is doing pretty well.
@@alaeriia01 Yeah, at least as of Toy fair this year, two of their blasters actually have full grips for once (Rebel Mech and the Recon/Vulcan Hybrid have such grips) and they might be improving on the Long Distance Dart design (Granted, the latter is from Blaster Hub's preview, so take that as you will)
They're intentionally making blasters impossible to take apart so you need to buy another when it breaks. That negates everyones modding abilities and makes us look like normal consumers returning a broken blaster instead of fixing it.
Xshot is breast and dartzone too. For nerf I only like Ultra (for real)
4:43 "ey I like that" little did he know what was in store for him
I've only had 1 of my ~50 nerf guns ever fail, and it was because a dart got jammed in-between 2 pieces of plastic in the mechanism. It took about 25 minutes to repair it and it's worked fine ever since (the gun I'm talking about is the mediator).
If two of these broke immediately after buying them with no way of fixing them, they are worse than every nerf gun in my collection, including some 2007 original yellow ones, and some of the cheapest off-brands (including one from chuck-e-cheese), none of which have EVER failed on me.
This level of shit is unacceptable, and I will make sure to NEVER buy an Elite 2.0 gun unless they make them repairable.
never ever buy alpha strike wolf. It is horrible and unmoddable. I had one and the dart didn’t fit properly, because of THE AR! ARS are a piece of crap anyways. And I hate when HASBRO makes their blasters unmoddable.
Rightously pissed
Tomorrow when my friends come for my second annual summer Nerf event I'll have to warn them about this.
That 2.0 elite is shit?
@@ГонщикНелегальный-з1б yeah it sucks pretty bad
@@ГонщикНелегальный-з1б2.0 elite 💀
Dart Zone is the new number one blaster brand. RIP Hasbro.
Alternate title: Man gets angry at a plastic toy gun for 16:46 minutes