We also got our son the Nerf RIVAL Nemesis MXVII-10K Blaster this year and wanted to share with you just how AMAZINGLY cool it is. With the amount of batteries required, it makes the gun super heavy so I went ahead and got the battery pack and it makes it substantially lighter so I recommend it. With D batteries I managed an average of 94 FPS, which is pretty good, but the rechargeable pack chalked up an average muzzle velocity of 101FPS. The problem is that sometimes it does not fire with a short jab to the trigger, so it is usually better to just let fly and stop once you have obliterated your target…did I mention, 100 rounds? If you are involved in a day-long NERF war, being able to sling your blaster during “breaks” is so much more convenient.

They built this big guy with older folks in mind (I'd say 12 and up crowd) so its a HEAVY toy without s ome sort of strap.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The Nemesis has a fully automatic firing system and a firing capacity of 100 High-Impact Rounds that are loaded via a purpose-built hopper system. As with all flywheelers you have to rev the blaster for a moment to spin up the flywheels before pulling the trigger or you get a very weak shot. If the Nemesis does jam (which rarely happens), the entire hopper chamber can be pulled out, which gives you almost full access to the internal mechanism. I am still amazed that the best performance I have got from the Rival range is the baby Appollo’s 102 FPS!

The Nemesis is the second-most highest-capacity RIVAL blaster released, behind the Prometheus MXVIII-20K.This is a pretty neat fail-safe, to stop you from accidentally leaving it open and leaking rounds as a result.