Details
The Mega Mastodon is an automatic flywheel blaster. It has a large, integrated dart drum that can hold up to twenty-four darts at a time. It features the use of a carry handle; it has three tactical rails: two long ones on top of the blaster and a short one below, in front of the cylinder. There are two strap points, one in front of the top tactical rail and one at the end of the blaster, which the packaged shoulder strap can be clipped onto.
Official description
Dominate Nerf blaster battles with the first-ever motorized Nerf MEGA blaster! The Nerf MEGA Mastodon blaster boasts incredible rapid-fire speeds to send MEGA Whistler darts screaming through the air from its integrated 24-dart drum. Bring the MEGA Mastodon blaster into action to overwhelm opponents with its imposing size. Use the shoulder strap for easy maneuvering to be ready for Nerf battles anytime, anywhere. Includes shoulder strap and 24 MEGA Whistler Darts.
History
The Mastodon was officially announced in January of 2016, prior to the New York Toy Fair of the same year.
Value packs
The Mega Mastodon was released in a Costco exclusive value pack that included the blaster itself, seventy-two Mega Darts, a shoulder strap, and instructions.
Reloading and firing
To reload the Mega Mastodon, load up to twenty-four darts in its integrated drum.
Hold down the acceleration trigger and pull the firing trigger briefly to fire one dart, or hold the trigger for automatic firing. It may take a moment for the flywheels to come to full speed; firing before that can reduce the dart range.
Trivia
- The Mega Mastodon is named after the extinct animal of the same name; it was given this name most likely because of its size.
- The Mastodon is the first, and so far only, fully automatic Nerf Mega dart blaster.
- It is similar in appearance to the fictitious blasters featured in the Nerf N-Strike video game series.
- The Mastodon is the largest ever production Nerf blaster, as well as the heaviest blaster ever sold, outweighing even the older Vulcan EBF-25 at 7.72 lbs (3.5 kg).
- Even though it was supposed to be a Target exclusive, it was on sale at Walmart.
