Just finished assembling my Jupiter blaster. Had to go with Loki colors, because what says mischief more than using a shrinky-dink pistol to auto-hose the enemy?
Here are two success metrics:
1 – 100% of my adult friends (nerfers or not) must retrieve their jaws from the floor after witnessing this thing fire. Nobody is prepared.
2 – Even my wife, who mostly tolerates my geek hobbies, laughed out loud when she saw what this thing does.
It’s instantly captivating, and needs no explanation or preamble.
One marker of truly great design is elegance. The user experience is amplified, the kit assembly is simplified, and nothing remains in either that does not belong.
Sure, there are other blaster designs that do the above. But this is the first experience I’ve had assembling a kit where I perceived a synthesized, systematic approach to design, engineering, AND scalable production, from a small company of enthusiasts.
It’s as if Luke and Tarik said “this thing puts a smile on everybody’s face. That’s the experience we want to offer. How can we create a streamlined way to offer it to as many people as possible?”
Highly recommended.