NERFRival Hera Mxvii 1200 White Combat Blaster

This thing is awesome!I own the Helios, Hades, Chaos, Nemesis, Atlas, Kronos, Prometheus, and the Perses.The Hera shoots beautifully! SO much power for a little thing. Shoots super straight. Small enough my five year old wields it easily and comfortably. the thing that stands out most is that its significantly more quiet than other fly wheel rivals.This blaster DOES in fact take the rival rechargeable battery pack. It's well worth it for decreasing weight alone. I feel it operates better and faster with it as well.My only gripe is it only takes 12 rounds. This thing is so awesome that you just wish it would hold more. I really wish rival would release separately, the rival drum mag that was super limited and only sold with another blaster. 25 round capacity would make this thing PERFECT.It looks cool, feels cool, runs great, and is a fantastic addition to any nerf collection. If anyone was wondering, for my personal ranking, its number 3 and only beat out by the perses and prometheus

This is a fun blaster at a very good price. Trigger is basically a ball lifter that shoves a ball into the flywheels but I have felt worse triggers on other blasters. Big thing is the noise, it's a lot more quiet than people say. It's actually more quiet than my Helios. If I'm up late night the spring on the Helios can be heard clearly going "PANG" through the walls. The flywheel gets drowned out by the fans everyone sleeps with and is not loud enough to be heard with my door closed. In fact when standing in the hallway with my door closed all I could hear was a barely audible "thud" whenever an HIR ball would hit one of my pillows I line up on my bed as targets.Make sure to get the official Nerf NiMH rechargeable battery pack, it spins up the flywheels faster than D or C battery trays and lasts much longer. Not to mention only being $15 and being rechargable instead of dumping lots of money on alkalines. Also make sure you buy at least four extra magazines. I priced the local walmart at $7 for the official 12rd magazines that come with 18 rounds of spare Nerf name brand ammo, that is a steal when off-brand magazines go for ~$6 each by themselves on Amazon. Soon the Rival Edge series will come with a 30rd drum magazine that will work in this blaster and that will be a game changer, 12 rounds seem to disappear way too fast because of how fun it is to shoot the Hera.

It's a really fun blaster. The only reason I give this 4 stars is that it weighs a lot, because it requires 4 C batteries. Which means the grip tends to dig into your hand a lot. And because all of the weight is behind the grip, it's fairly uncomfortable to wield.Also, the grip is massive. Not a bad thing, but I wouldn't reccomend it unless you have large hands.If you pick one of these up, do yourself a favor and pick up a Rival Rechargeable Pack. It's lighter, and gives it better performance.

I purchased this gun to add to my arsenal of Rival guns, it was my first semi automatic gun. My other Rivals are full auto, so the introduction of a semi was fun.Pro'sAccuratePowerfullCon'slimited ammodouble feeds and jamsLittle bulky for small kidsSo overall the gun does its job, nice compact sub gun to add to your collection with good accuracy. The only real down side is the small ammo capacity it has, but nice you can change out mags. So even though I listed it as a negative it could be spun into a postive. The more ammo mags you have, you could last pretty long in a battle.On a side note, you should purchase the Rival Battery pack, it reduces the weight to the gun and is a must in my opinion.I am very happy with the purchase and would consider getting a second one.

This blaster is very fun to use and is one of my favorites because of its slim lightweight body, the safety is really easy to swotch on and off the battery it comes with last long and reliable. After a couple years off use it shows how durable this thing is there is not a single scratch on this blaster, also the mag release is ambidextrous and is easy to use overall this is a amazing nerf blaster to get somebody if they want a nice and easy to use blaster.

Just got this Blaster for an up and coming Humans Vs Zombies Invitational event after my old stryfes started to become a bit too aged.This blaster is fantastic. You can take shots before it is even fully revved. It takes shots further than any of the nerf darts of the past, they stay more accurate at distance than the darts used to. The ammo travels at a much faster speed and definitely has more of an impact so the zombies know they were definitely hit, but it doesnt hurt thankfully.Unlike the darts, once these are shot out of the blaster, there is a good chance that you will say goodbye to that round. They bounce and roll away so much.The blaster was about 2-3x the weight of my old stryfe (i used the battery pack in this blaster) but i didnt find it too cumbersome and it felt great in my hands when handling it.This is definitely going to be my new main.