| Motorized Disk Launcher | |
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| Year Released: |
Fall 2000 |
| Available?: |
Disc. |
| Stock Capacity: |
10 Foam Disks |
| Average Retail Price(s): |
$14.99 |
| Family: |
Motorized |
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The Motorized Disk Launcher is a 2000 Nerf Motorized blaster that holds 10 Foam Disks. It is no longer available for purchase because its home line has since been discontinued. When it was introduced it cost about $14.99. It got poor reviews when it first came out.
Details[]
The Motorized Disk Launcher featured a semi-automatic firing mode, thanks to its motor, which added a much faster rate of fire than its predecessor the SuperMaxx Disc Shooter, while firing with a shorter range and lower accuracy. It uses very light Foam Disks, which tend to swerve and be inaccurate.
The Motorized Disk Launcher uses 2 AA batteries to operate, which might contribute to its lackluster range.
History[]
The Motorized Disk Launcher was released in 2000, and like several other blasters from its year has become one of the rarest Nerf blasters in recent years. It was the last attempt by Nerf at a disc-firing blaster until the Vortex series in 2011. While its predecessor had large discs, the predecessor performed better, while the Motorized Disk Launcher ended up being one of the worst blasters in history, having very low accuracy and range.
Trivia[]
- Interestingly, like its predecessor, it features a top-town type of construction, putting the seam line that would normally be vertically in the middle horizontally on the side.
- It was one of the first motorized blasters alongside the Motorized Ballzooka MP-150.
- It is the second ever flywheel blaster from the Nerf brand, tied with the Ballzooka MP-150, as the first was the manually operated flywheel blaster known as the Ripsaw.
- It is the first blaster to use a single, motorized flywheel and an idle(non-powered) flywheel. This concept would later be realized in the Vortex Nitron.
- Interestingly, the blaster's disc tube was top-loaded with a removable cap throughout its catalog pictures and on the back of its box. On top of this, the tube is clear, and the on/off switch is yellow, rather than orange.