| Phoenix LTX | |
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| Year Released: | |
| Available?: |
No |
| Stock Capacity: |
Unlimited Energy Beams, reload after 10 Shots |
| Average Retail Price(s): |
$49.99 |
| Family: | |
The Phoenix LTX is a 2008 Tiger Electronics/Nerf Lazer Tag tagger. It is the main blaster in the 2008 line, and was the last blaster made by Tiger Electronics before they went out of business. The set includes 2 Phoenix LTX Taggers, 2 Phoenix LTX Scopes, 2 Shot Blast attachments for the Tiger Electronic sets, and a special video game attachment for use with the "Solo" game mode. It can play with older Lazer Tag Team Ops taggers, which was a hidden feature in the blaster. When Tiger Electronics went out of business, Hasbro put the tagged under their own label. Since then, Hasbro has been producing the Phoenix LTX tagger in a 2 player set under their own label. There are a few switches on the blaster that can be toggled for different settings, like strength and health count. It does not have a heads-up display like older taggers, though, so it cannot tell if one is aiming at a friend or foe just by pointing the blaster at a person, neither can it receive detailed information when debriefing has been finished, unlike older taggers. Even so, older taggers can receive the debrief information the tagger has achieved just by looking at their HUDs.
Details
The Phoenix LTX was the last blaster to be produced by Tiger Electronics before they went out of business. It is essentially a Lazer Tag Team Ops blaster, as it is able to join LTTO hosted games. The tagger has two indicators, one for ammunition and one for health. When tagged, one bar on the health indicator flashes, and disappears when tagged again.
Features
- Ability to join LTTO hosted games
This is a hidden feature of the tagger that increases play ability. One needs to perform a lot of steps before being able to join an LTTO hosted games, as the Phoenix has no beacon in its transciever dome, so the communication signals comes out the main barrel of the tagger. This means that any Phoenixes will have to join the game one at a time as they cannot tell if other Phoenixes are joining.
Steps
Step 1 - Power the blaster on. The blaster will immediately begin scanning for a hosted game.
- Ammo core
The Phoenix needs to be reloaded after ten shots. This is accomplished by the use of the integrated Ammo core, which pops down from the bottom of the handle when a thumbswitch located on both sides of the blaster is depressed. Pushing the ammo core back up replenishes the ammo supply of the tagger. The tagger can be reloaded as fast as one can reload, which allows for one to have very limited down time when it comes to refilling their ammo supply.
- Recoil hammer
The Phoenix features an integrated recoil hammer, which causes the tagger to vibrate when a certain action is undertaken. The hammer vibrates twice when the blaster is intially powered up, vibrates once every two seconds during a countdown for a solo or teamed game, and vibrates every time one shoots or gets hit.
- Selector switches
There are three selector switches; a game type selector, strength selector and indoor/outdoor selector switch. The game type selector switch allows for one to switch between a solo and teamed game type - solo is essentially a free-for-all game, while a teamed game is self explanatory. The strength selector edits the general game settings, where a 10-strength game gives one 10 seconds of shield time; a 25-strength game gives 30 seconds of shield time. The indoor/outdoor selector switch is a bit different from what one would expect from a LTTO tagger's switch. The switch on a Phoenix makes the receiver less sensitive when set to Indoor mode, while on an older LTTO tagger, makes the emitter less powerful.
- Temporary shielding
Pulling and holding down the shield trigger allows for shields to be used. The shield trigger is located in front of the main firing trigger. Shields are active for a limited time, and when activated, a green aura is seen in the recoil hammer. When disengaged, there is a two second delay before shields can be put up again. As an additional safety measure, one cannot fire when shields are active to prevent overpowering other opponents.
Accessories
These accessories can only function on the Phoenix LTX. They cannot be placed on other Lazer Tag Taggers or Nerf blasters.
Shot Blast
See article.
Pinpoint Sight
See article.
Sounds
Power Up
Solo
Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Good Luck!
Firing
Nope/no ammo in clip
Reload
Scanning for LTTO hosted games
Shields
Commercial
Trivia
- The Phoenix's recoil hammer can be disabled by the user. By holding down the hammer and powering up the Phoenix, the hammer will think that it has been jammed and will not activate for the rest of the match. It is unknown if this is an actual feature or a flaw with the blaster.
- A hidden Team 3 selector is available; sliding the "Team" selection switch between "1" and "2" causes it to say "Team 3".