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When I did the Nerf Elite Alpha Trooper review, I spoke of it rising from the flames like a Phoenix…. Well, the more things change the more they stay the same. Because now, it looks like a phoenix!
Nerfers and gentlemen…
Orange is quite the suitable color for a blaster that manages to keep raising itself from the flames, isn’t it? First was the yellow N-Strike Alpha Trooper CS-18, then the N-Strike Elite Alpha Trooper with it’s perfect Elite blue paintjob. Then, like many of the best blasters on the Nerf lineup, it just up and disappeared.
If you look on Amazon or eBay right now, the Elite Alpha Trooper is selling for a price high above its original suggested retail price. The Elite Alpha Trooper was officially a relic, and it was becoming increasingly difficult to get your hands on one. I of course bought a few spares on eBay, just in case. But just when all hope was lost, from the Far East, something of a miracle occurred. A wild Nerf Alpha Trooper XD appeared…
The Nerf Alpha Trooper XD
What we have here is an Elite XD blaster, capable of ranges in excess of 85 feet. It still retains all of the trademark features from the original and Elite iterations of the Alpha Trooper. That includes that amazingly awesome priming grip, too. It’s decked out in all orange, like the Demolisher or the newer model of the Stryfe, which are both XD blasters as well.
Not only that, but this Nerf Alpha Trooper XD comes in as part of a kit. The kit includes two 6-dart clips mags, the folding Spectre stock, and 12 Elite darts. So we see that the Alpha Trooper XD is now technically the Nerf N-Strike Elite Alpha Trooper CS-6. The Alpha Trooper is one of the best blasters on the whole Nerf lineup, in my humble opinion, but it keeps getting stuck with smaller and smaller mags. From 18 to 12 to now a miserable 6. What’s next? A single shot, muzzle loaded Alpha Trooper?
Also, I appreciate the kit, but the Nerf Spectre stock really isn’t that great. I mean, it looks pretty awesome on the Nerf Alpha Trooper XD, and definitely seems like a good tacti-cool attachment. In the end, though, while it’s a very cool idea to have a folding stock, in real life it’s super flimsy and completely unstable. Looks cool, though.
Anyways, what do you think of the Nerf Alpha Trooper XD? Are you excited for the second coming of the Alpha Trooper? Are you ready to get your hands on this bad boy? Are you relieved that you might not have to scour the inter-webs searching for this blaster anymore? Let me know how you really feel, down below in the comments section. Sounds off, foam heads!
Note: The NERF Alpha Trooper XD was released in Singapore. There is no confirmation when or if it will release anywhere else.
Source: All images, unless otherwise noted, are courtesy of fellow Nerf site Awesomely Nerf.
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