NERF Modulus Recon MKIII Blaster (Amazon Exclusive)

Brand new the priming slide wouldn't move all the way and was not able to shoot darts. I spent an hour following a YouTube video to disassemble and reassemble a Nerf Retaliator (a very similar blaster) and that fixed it. Once working this is a fine blaster but you must pull the top priming slide fully back and fully forwards to shoot, otherwise the darts often jam. This makes it difficult for my 6- and 8-year-olds to operate reliably. Kids will have an easier time with non-magazine-fed blasters like the Elite Jr. series, rotating drum blasters, or other intelligent air restrictor blasters. The shield attachment looks cool but is unusable on the Recon because the attachment point is on the priming handle which you must grip from the top to use reliably; it also provides limited actual utility. The stock is great to keep an extra magazine (not included) but is too short to use as an actual stock, even for kids. The proximity barrel looks great and is unobtrusive.