Details
The Brainsaw’s main feature is its integrated foam chainsaw blade; despite its appearance, only the end of the saw blade is foam (similar to the Crosscut).[2] The rest of the blade that extends into the blaster’s shell is plastic. It has a large handle to accommodate the chainsaw feature. It has one tactical rail on the right side of the blaster at an angle. There are also three strap points: one above the foam sawblade, one on the back end of the blaster, and one built into its bottom handle.
It features the use of a smart air restrictor system that allow darts to be fired from the blaster despite which barrels they are loaded into. This blaster also holds the ability to be slam fired. It bears similar appearance to the Rough Cut 2×4, however, it only has one plunger tube and fires exclusively in single-fire.
The blaster’s blade can be revved by pulling on its orange starter handle, similar to how an actual chainsaw is started.
Official description
Defend the world from the zombie hordes with Nerf Zombie Strike blasters! Slice a path to shelter with the Brainsaw blaster. This dart-firing blaster also has a spinning foam saw blade for 2 ways to keep zombies away. Load the darts into the blaster to be ready for an attack whenever you venture into zombie-infested territory. Fire up the spinning foam blade and start cutting this zombie invasion down to size! Prime the blaster and pull the trigger to fire 1 dart at a time, and pull the string to make the blade spin. The Nerf Zombie Strike Brainsaw blaster comes with 8 Zombie Strike darts.
History
The Brainsaw was officially announced in January of 2016, prior to the New York Toy Fair of the same year.
Reloading and firing
To reload the Brainsaw, load up to eight darts–four on either side of the blaster. Pull back the priming handle and return it forward to prime it.
Pull the firing trigger to fire a dart.
To slam fire, hold down the trigger and continuously prime the blaster.
Trivia
- The name “Brainsaw” is an obvious play on words formed by “chainsaw” and “brain”, the latter of which zombies are typically depicted as having a unquenchable hunger for.
