 Hey everybody welcome back to my Star Wars channel my name is David and today we're going to look at the 40th anniversary edition Empire Strikes Back Boba Fett Nerf Rival Gun. We would be honored if you would join us. Hey so what do you think? Do I uh do I look like Boba Fett? How's my authentic bucket? Hey everybody welcome back to the channel thanks for being here and as you know this channel is where I show my appreciation for Star Wars. That's right it's all things Star Wars and yes I do a lot of vintage reviews toy reviews but that also includes pretty much anything that has Star Wars on it and I was fortunate enough this Christmas to have a loving family that purchased me this Apollo Boba Fett repaint. Now a funny story I actually tried to get this from my son Gamestop had a deal on these I think there were 40 bucks and quickly jumped on it because normal retail price on Amazon $76 $76 so bought one from Gamestop it was supposed to come out December 1st by December 15th Gamestop wrote me a letter and said they weren't going to fulfill my order and they had refunded my money surprise surprise my wife and kids had already purchased one for me so this is my first Nerf gun ever in my entire life because I'm 52 so I kind of like passed that whole Nerf gun era growing up this is an Apollo rival though they didn't make a brand new gun for Boba Fett they just took a existing gun that already was being made by Nerf and they kind of repainted it and in actuality this whole set came out for Battlefront 2 I think you can get the same exact setup for Battlefront 2 the only difference is the graphics on the box I mean even the box layout is exactly the same but the graphics on the box for this are for the recent Empire Strikes Back 40th anniversary as you wish all right so just to go over some of the things that you're going to get inside your box you're going to get the instructions there's a nice little instruction sheet there is a magazine round it's a transparent magazine round I believe it holds seven Nerf rival balls and they are normal Nerf rival balls however they're repainted half green half burgundy you can also buy a replacement or if you have already a 12 holder the 12 holder will fit as well and you get a really cool mythosaur embroidered patch of course you get the protective mask that you saw me wearing earlier and the Nerf rival gun let's go over some of the finer details of the gun shall we he's no good to me dead first off you have a tactical rail on the top and this is where you can add an extra nerf feature an attachment you have a safety right here obviously pushing it in safety on pushing it out safety off right down here at the bottom this little black button is a quick release for the magazine and this right here is an indicator to tell you if the gun is locked and loaded once the magazine and ammunition is inside you're going to pull this back like this and push it forward and that primes the gun that loads the ball and as Nerf guns do sometimes they jam up there's a button right here that is a jam release it's a little jam fixer but I've never needed to push this button so so far the action on it has been pretty sweet my kids have the Nerf rival guns and they also have the regular Nerf guns that shoot the longer missile looking bullets and I would say between the two the nerf bullets don't shoot as far I think the shape of them doesn't enable them to fly as well the rival bullets I think fly further and straighter and they hurt a little bit more he's worth a lot to me looking at the cover of the box it's going to show you everything that comes inside and of course you have that cool 40th empire strikes back logo in the lower left with an awesome picture of Boba Fett the inside of the box is made to look more like a blueprint it says 40th empire strikes back in the upper left star wars in gold you have that beautiful graphic of Boba Fett again right below his journeyman emblem and then you've got two images of his helmet his bucket right there with some inside technology showing everything on the inside of the box is all beautifully displayed and it has a lower end upper transparent plastic protective shell all the rest of the sides just say star wars and nerf rival and have a lot of the same pictures of Boba Fett the underside of the box just shows the inside of the box and it tells you exactly what you get inside and that it comes to you from the fine people down at disney and hasbro now i'm sure a nerf rival gun isn't on every collector's list but as i've mentioned before i pretty much collect everything that says Boba Fett on it i am a Boba Fett guy like he is my person so if there's anything Boba Fett whether it's a key chain or a lego action figure or a coffee mug or a t-shirt right um you can pretty much guarantee that i'm gonna get it this gun really wasn't on my radar because i didn't know how i would display it and didn't know if i would actually play nerf guns with my kids but now i can and i can look like my favorite bounty hunter while i do it all right that's everything i can say about the nerf rival apollo star wars mandalorian edition 40th anniversary empire strikes back like i said you can pick this up at amazon right now it's 76 bucks but uh hey if you like Boba Fett as much as me it's probably worth it thanks for watching guys be sure to like and subscribe and may the force be with you i'll see you guys next time bye