![]() With the strap, the Mastodon handles similarly to the RhinoFire and the Vulcan. Be prepared to carry enough to keep the Mastodon spitting. Also, make sure you have a large ammo pouch! Mega darts already are big, and with the 24 dart capacity you’ll eat through a lot of ammo using the Mastodon, for sure. One trick I want to work on with this blaster is reloading empty chambers as they cycle around (using the strap to act as the stabilizing hand while firing, and my free hand to reload.) Still a work in progress, to say the least. As such, I needed to stop periodically to reload the Mastodon either by trying to cross my body with my left hand and reload that way into the empty chambers, orient the blaster vertically, or reload the empty chambers in from left to right, starting with the chambers feeding into the Mastodon first from the left side of the blaster and trying to get into the chambers on the right. Naturally, as a right-handed person, I hold the Mastodon in my right hand and the rotation mech goes to my right. ![]() The Mega Mastodon will hit close to 100′, but the accuracy at that range isn’t guaranteed (I say that with anything, and in the firing video above you can see the spread of the darts to the sides, in addition to the range.) Within 30-40, even 50′, I was able to get hits reliably though! It required a bit of leading my target and I did have to use a couple of shots to dial in, but a little practice can go a long way with this blaster both in firing mechanics and reloading. It’s also probably one of the more accurate Mega firing blasters I’ve used to date. Also, with the nature of this blaster I didn’t work too much on trying to find a range with the Mastodon parallel to the ground (flat), most of the time I had the blaster angled in game so my ranges reflect as such. Also, it goes without saying revving your motors before firing is a good practice to have, but the rev time seems a bit faster with the Mastodon. Having to hold the Mastodon at the hip also makes aiming challenging, if you are used to aiming down your sights or being able to angle a blaster down over cover trying to bunker someone, this takes some adjusting. The average US child maybe measures approximately 4′ ( source), so I don’t know how easy a time they would have with this blaster, even with the strap (and factoring in the 6 D batteries). For me at 5’7″ as an adult, I have no problem with that. From the bottom the cage on the underside of the blaster to the highest extension of the handle on top, the Mastodon measures at about 14″. So big in fact, I wonder how little kids may find using the blaster. It was surprisingly easy to conform to a comfortable position on my body. I had no problem transitioning from running/moving/to firing position, or even letting the blaster sit at my hip off the sling. But the blaster itself doesn’t seem too unwieldy, all things considered. ![]() The top handle moves back and forth, pivoting on the insertion point for the post it is attached to. There are a couple of obvious attach points for the strap, and the “cage” on the underside also doubles as a stand of sorts to help rest the Mastodon upright. ![]() The 6 D batteries sit in the rear part of the blaster, with the trigger, the accelerator trigger, and the handle. It has a big handle to hold it on top, two tactical rails along the top as well, and one more under the muzzle. Pretty sure this is the highest capacity Mega blaster to date, full auto, and definitely the one of the biggest builds probably for any other Nerf blaster I’ve seen. Nerf went big with the Mega Mastodon, without a doubt. Took the Nerf Mega Mastodon out for some gameplay this past weekend, and had some thoughts: Note: I will eventually add in-game footage using the Mastodon here.
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