Recently, a photo of this "Elite Jolt" has surfaced and, ironically enough, I received this very image as a submission to Nerf Mods & Reviews. In my busy schedule I just flat-out forgot to publish the photo. To my delight, Nerf fans over at SG Nerf have been going bonkers about this photo. While some have already correctly identified the points that make this blaster "fake", others continue to be hopeful that it's real. While the blaster's repaint is VERY convincing, there are two points that are obvious giveaways about it's "fake"-ness.
- The blaster is still called the "Jolt". Nerf has already confirmed the name will be "Triad" and it will likely be slightly different in design, not a repaint like the one above.
- The N-Strike logo is the normal one, not an Elite logo. Even the blasters that have been revamped for the Elite lineup like the Recon (Retaliator) and Raider (Rampage) have Elite logos on them.
So while the paint job is great looking, it's not a legitimate N-Strike Elite blaster. In my experience with the hundreds of comments I got about my Elite Longshot, even IF the facts are out there, folks will still overreact and freak out about it, but I figured having some solid info floating around out there might help lesser-informed fans. In the meantime, we can anxiously await the Strongarm, Triad, and other new Elite blasters coming out in the months to come!
Good eye! The N-Strike logo was the one thing I thought that might give it away.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, this wasn't the pic I sent you. The one I sent you has some different paint in different locations.
Gotcha, I should've paid closer attention. Regardless, this thing looks good, but it's not the real deal.
DeleteMine looks more like the one in the Elite Tactical Vest picture.
DeleteJust like the "Elite Pinpoint Sight that Urban Taggers has this may just be a new recolor to suit the new Elite line (with a new nozzle piece of course) just because it is done up in the Elite colors does not mean that it will be an actual "Elite" line blaster.
DeleteLook at the orange muzzle piece - its not existing on the regular jolt. The elite jolt on the tac vest have the same piece. It is probably a prototype from the same kind that was used in the picture.
ReplyDeleteI agree
DeleteI also think that this is a prototype because unless the trigger and priming handle are orange plastic whereas the original Jolt had black plastic Priming handles and triggers
DeleteWait, Nerf acknowledged the Triad? When was this?
ReplyDeleteActually FrostNerfer has a video about the Triad up on his YouTube clearly showing that the Elite Jolt and the Triad are two completely different blasters.
ReplyDeletei bet this jolt is a prototype, they took a original jolt and painted it up all nice and molded some new orange parts for it.
ReplyDeleteThis is probably real as it has been spotted on Tao Bao and usually when it is spotted on Tao Bao it is going to be a real release.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny how all these old posts about things being fake are wrong. At the time, everyone was sure they were fake, and now these blasters are already in stores.
ReplyDeleteJust ran across this post and was thinking the same thing. I like your blog, Mike, but the "lesser-informed fans" thing did make me chuckle a little knowing what we know now. :)
DeleteYeah, I'm not alone in getting fooled either! Oh well. Guess I'm the lesser-informed fan now! lol
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