NERF Doomlands 2169 Vagabond Blaster (Multi-Colour)

Product Information

The NERF Doomlands 2169 Negotiator continues the trend of ironic blaster naming. If you liked the Doomlands Persuader but though it was a little too small then you may be interested in the Negotiator. So is it nothing more than a cool looking blaster or does it have a place in a serious NERFers collection? Unboxing & Getting Started If your idea of persuading your opponents is to blast them away with four darts in a row then you may have found your perfect blaster. CAUTION: Do not aim at eyes or face. TO AVOID INJURY: Use only darts designed for this product. Do not modify darts or dart blaster.

So we can see this hammer-action blaster looks as cool as, plus it should fire with decent amounts of power. Hammer-action priming means no batteries required and it can be primed one-handed, great for games like capture the flag where you could use a spare hand. You can partially re-load the large 12 round drum as it is front loading, so it is operational as soon as a single round is loaded.Choices, choices, choices. There are many Nerf guns out there. And because we're not talking about a simple water fight here, it pays to be a little more tactical. Are you battling it out inside or out? Is this a daytime feud or one spilling into the wee hours of the night? These are the questions you should be asking as you contemplate a winning Nerf weapon. We’re not sure why but for some reason we really like the NERF Doomlands 2169 Lawbringer blaster. It may be that is reminds us of Judge Dredd or that it can fire up to 12 darts before reloading, either way, we love it!

Essentially an overgrown Hammershot (and nothing wrong with that!) that is great fun, looks cool and, in the right circumstances, makes a great Primary blaster. Doomlands Lawbringer Review

Unboxing & Getting Started

One of the things we love about the NERF Doomlands 2169 blasters are the names. Hasbro obviously took some artistic license thinking these bad boys up and the Persuader blaster is no different. To load, the 12 darts need to go into the cylinder. A dozen darts is a pretty good capacity for a cylinder and it is fixed in the blaster, you don’t need to push a button to eject it. You load each dart from the front with the plastic tip pointing away from the cylinder in the direction of fire. You can rotate it freely to load the next spare slot in the cylinder. The addition of a transparent window into the firing mechanism is a nice touch but doesn’t add anything to the actual blasting experience so is purely aesthetic (but it is quite cool to see what is going on inside…).

On the top it features an iron sight and two tactical rails, so there is a good amount of scope (excuse the pun!) for customizing it with your choice of accessories (sold separately of course).In June of 2015, numerous Nerf blogs reported leaked information about a new blaster - the Vagabond. Initially, it was thought to be a Zombie Strike blaster. However, after some speculation, it was figured out that it could be the first of a new line of blasters. After asking Hasbro and receiving no response, a Gizmodo article [2] shared official information about the line, being followed by Hasbro. The Lawbringer appeared in 2015 as part of the 2169 Doomlands range. While it does not say “Elite” anywhere on it, the Doomlands 2169 range is made to the same internal specifications as the Elite N-Strike blasters. This means the power and range should be similar, just with a post-apocalyptic edge rather than the sci-fi styling of the N-Strike Elite range. One of the worst things about NERF blasting is the constant need to reload and the all too familiar moment of horror when you realize you have jumped headfirst into a battle with no darts left in the chamber. The NERF Doomlands 2169 Double Dealer blaster is here to help. Other than that, some people just don’t like this priming style. So if you are one of those, I wouldn’t buy a Lawbringer! Another nice touch is that the shell is transparent, so when you operate the priming mechanism you can see it all operate which is very cool.

The Doomlands Double Dealer is an absolute pleasure to use. Load up your two 12 darts clips and “pump” the slam-action action primer and you are ready to play and oh, did we mention that it fires two darts at a time! The clips are spring-loaded so with each shot and pump 2 new darts will be pushed into the chamber. Looking at the grip, the handle feels a little weird initially as the angle is very steep for a blaster the size of this. Once you get used to it it’s not uncomfortable so there’s no problem there. The internals are made to the same spec as the Elite blasters and we actually got a slightly higher than average set of figures for the muzzle velocity, averaging 73FPS.The grip itself is large enough for a large hand like mine but also works well for smaller hands too – it makes me wonder why NERF don’t do more grips like this rather than squashing things up as they’ve done with the Hyperfire. You have also got 12 rounds to play with, double most blasters of this style, so it can do a pretty good job of covering fire when needed. Accuracy and Range