{"id":29767,"date":"2018-06-29T15:58:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T20:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=29767"},"modified":"2018-06-29T15:58:24","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T20:58:24","slug":"halo-toy-review-mattel-halo-boomco-target-designator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=29767","title":{"rendered":"Halo Toy Review: Mattel Halo BoomCo Target Designator"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Technical Specifications:<\/strong><\/span>
\nAccessories: <\/strong>Attachable (non working) antenna, x3 plastic darts
\nAdditional Contents:<\/strong>\u00a0Instruction Manual
\nCost:<\/strong>\u00a0$10-12 retail (US)
\nAvailability:\u00a0Mass Retail\u00a0<\/strong>I got mine from Toys R Us for $5 due to their going-out-of-business sale.<\/p>\n

And on with the pics!\u00a0<\/strong>(Click pics to make\u00a0BIGGER<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

I found the color choice odd for this dart gun. I suppose it’s for safety sake, so it’s not to be confused with a pistol of some type.\"\"<\/a>
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This is what you get in the package. The instruction manual is placed between the cardboard in the package. So be sure you don’t throw that away accidentally.\"\"<\/a>
\nNote that the extra darts can be stored in the two holes in the handle of the Target Designator.<\/p>\n

You can only load one dart at a time. Seen below, its the lower circle that you load it into.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This is a single shot dart gun that you must prime before each trigger pull. The spread “Y” pump in the back is used to prime the dart gun to fire.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Evaluation<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2022 The packaging calls for this to be used by 8 years of age and older. Of which, I agree.
\n\u2022 I’m glad that this comes with 2 extra darts. Though I would have liked more darts, even if storage in the gun doesn’t permit it.
\n\u2022 At the normal retail price of $10-12 normal retail price, it’s a decent value.<\/p>\n

Do I recommend this product? Sure. It’s kind of an obscure “weapon” in the Halo universe to be made into a dart gun. Though with some sanding and repainting, it would look great as a Cosplay accessory!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I will be using this and all the other BoomCo Halo dart guns at my annual LAN this year. Look for a video of that some time in middle to late August (2019). Hopefully I can get some fun footage showing the distance it can shoot!<\/p>\n

If you have any questions about this figure that I didn’t cover in the review, please do not hesitate to ask me. Either reply below or e-mail me at sal@halofanforlife.com<\/p>\n

If this review gives you an informed decision on whether to purchase the toy\u00a0or not, please consider a small donation (50 cents) to the blog.You can donate via PayPal to jedisalpitt2002@yahoo.com. Or just click the paypal link at the right on the main page of the site. \u00a0It\u2019s much appreciated and helps ensure that HFFL stays registered\/active on the internet. Thank You.<\/span><\/p>\n

-Sal<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Specifications: Accessories: Attachable (non working) antenna, x3 plastic darts Additional Contents:\u00a0Instruction Manual Cost:\u00a0$10-12 retail (US) Availability:\u00a0Mass Retail\u00a0I got mine from Toys R Us for $5 due to their going-out-of-business sale. And on with the pics!\u00a0(Click pics to make\u00a0BIGGER) I … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mattel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29767"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29773,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29767\/revisions\/29773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}