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[kevne]

The 2013 UK Toy Fair had many new secrets for those who attended.

Fortunately, here is one of them I can divulge without risk of a lawsuit.

I am proud to present my a review of the Dart Tag, Target Tag set. Featuring the brand new Dart Tag Stinger.





The set includes a new blaster called the Dart Tag Stinger along with a large target, designed for use with the Dart Tag 'Tagger' Darts. This set is the perfect solution to boredom on those wet and windy days when there is no one else to play with. Much like the Tech Target of old, but without the 'Tech' part. The target is quite large and very stable on it's stand. Best of all, tagger darts stick really well so aslong as you hit the target, you won't have to scurry around to find the ones that bounced off.

I used to have a Dart Tag jersey on the wall for my Dart Tag silliness. That has now gone and been replaced by the target. Not for the obvious reasons, but because the darts hit it with a loud thud. That makes me smile.

For me (and I'm sure you) the most interesting part of this set has to be the blaster. The Dart Tag Stinger.





The Stinger obviously looks a lot like the N-Strike Jolt IX-1 but with a bit of a facelift. It has a bit more of a 'spacey' feel which this guy likes a lot. The two holes on the top serve as dart holders and the colourscheme is really appealing.

But enough with all that. Let's get beneath this pretty frock and see what's new!





The Plunger head of the Stinger is exactly the same as that of the Jolt. Hopes for a stronger spring or improved plunger design have all but been dashed. Next I began to remove the rest of the shell. Like some of the other Dart Tag blasters, the shell comes away in sections to reveal something very interesting...


It's a Jolt... in a Space Suit!





So there you are. The new Dart Tag blaster is actually an old N-Strike blaster in a fancy hat. At this point I couldn't believe it. There is obviously no point at this stage doing a side to side review with a Jolt (as I intended) since they are the same thing. I wanted to hate this blaster when I discovered it's secret. A little more than a shameless repaint as we saw with the Elite Jolt, but shameless none the less. However I can't deny that I really like the design of the Jolt's new outfit, even more than the design of the original. In fact, it will replace the Jolt on my loadout simply because the new space suit looks so cool. What's even better is that I can simply put my old, modded Jolt in the new shell and off I go.

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Edited by kevne, 26 January 2013 - 11:06 PM.
teaser with link to off-site blog

[XproXglassX]

Did you see this in person? And whats the size comparison to the Jolt? (If you know) It looks smaller.

Edited by XproXglassX, 26 January 2013 - 02:20 PM.

[kevne]

Did you see this in person? And whats the size comparison to the Jolt? (If you know) It looks smaller.

It's mine. I own it. Follow the link and you will see a size comparison for yourself.

[Mully]

Did you see this in person? And whats the size comparison to the Jolt? (If you know) It looks smaller.

If you hit the link you'll see that it's that it's a slightly darker jolt repaint, with fancy blue sideplates.
I have a few questions:

1) How much is it?
2) Do you have a release date?
3) Would their be any possible way too get more pics up? Maybe a firing demo?
4) I assume the targets not electric, am I right?
5) How big is the target?
6) Has Hasbro done anything to the taggers?

Pretty cool though,
Mully

Edited by Mully, 26 January 2013 - 02:43 PM.

[XproXglassX]

It's mine. I own it. Follow the link and you will see a size comparison for yourself.

Lucky ass. I wish I lived over in the UK

[kevne]

1) How much is it?

£12.99

2) Do you have a release date?

Limited release as of now. Wider release later in the spring.

3) Would their be any possible way too get more pics up? Maybe a firing demo?

I'll get some up. Are there any specific pics you want?

I thought it'd be pointless doing a firing demo but it hits the same distance as my Jolt.

4) I assume the targets not electric, am I right?

I'm afraid it's not electric.

5) How big is the target?

About 30cm (1') across.

6) Has Hasbro done anything to the taggers?

Alas, No.

[MyLastDart]

Did you see this in person? And whats the size comparison to the Jolt? (If you know) It looks smaller.

It's more or less the same size compared to the Jolt, the main body being more chunky (there is a large amount of dead space - see pics on link), plenty of cute modding can be done to this. I can see a lot of pinpoint sight & light Snappers

[andtheherois]

It'd be nice if we didn't have to go to a blog to read more about it...

[KoRnEd]

What's with the blog link? Couldn't you have just told us here that it was a reshelled jolt? I mean, come on...

[2TAGS]

Triad is obviously a better buy at half the price. No thank you. But thank you for taking the time to show us an ugly jolt

[Langley]

This little blaster has a dirty little secret. Find out what it is here.

Generally if you want to post links to your blog or your video or whatever, you are required to post all of the actual content here on NerfHaven as well. It would get pretty annoying if everyone were just link-spamming their blog on the forums. You're welcome to post a link to your blog, but please post the content instead of this teaser BS. Thanks.

[kevne]

Fair enough.

There is also more to the story than I first thought.

As pointed out on our blog, It turns out that this blaster is actually called the Stinger and not the 'Snapper' as I was told on the Hasbro stand. I hadn't realised at first but the Hasbro PR rep. must have gotten her wires crossed.

I have edited the OP with additional detail and the correct name.

Edited by kevne, 26 January 2013 - 11:05 PM.

[Crater]

The Plunger head of the Stinger is exactly the same as that of the Jolt.

The plunger head is held on with a screw!

[Exo]

Well, at least this will give more people access to Jolts. I only recently found an original-style Jolt, even though it's been out for a year and a half.