Cube Warfare: The Big Guns

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Air Zone Punisher

You might have seen this gun before as Sasha, the Heavy's minigun. This version is spray-painted black, but the original, available at Toys R Us, is blue, yellow, and grey. Like the Vulcan, it's a belt-fed, 6 D battery-powered machine gun, and it has its own strengths and weaknesses when compared to Nerf's gun. The four outer barrels spin, while the main (and only real) barrel in the center of the gun fire the darts like a regular machine gun.

The Punisher fires slower than the Vulcan, but its range is slightly better. Instead of suction darts, it comes with flat-headed darts with tips that feel a bit more substantial. Its belt can't be replaced or augmented with an after-market product, but it holds 30 darts instead of 25. It has an ammo box, but no tripod. And, of course, it spins like a freaking minigun.

The Nerf Vulcan edges out the Punisher with its flexibility, build quality, and speed, but either gun provides a great, full-auto foam dart experience. The question is, would you prefer a tripod, belts that can be replaced, and a quicker fire rate, or the sheer awesomeness of a spinning minigun?

Nerf Titan/N-Strike Unity System

This gun is much harder to find than the Vulcan or the Punisher, but it deserves mention because it's the only decent bazooka currently available. The gun's name is the Big Bad Titan, but it's also the main component of the Nerf N-Strike Unity System and the Hulk Abomination Blaster. This version comes from the Hulk Abomination Blaster, which is why it's bright green.

Both the gun and its missile are massive, and its power justifies the size. While it can't reach the range or power of the legendary Mattel Ultimator (an old bazooka-style foam gun that could fire up to 120 feet and, with modifications, allegedly punch through drywall), it can launch its missile much farther than any dart-based Nerf gun.

Unlike these two machine guns, the Titan fires a single, huge missile by pumping it up until the air gauge on the side fills (about 12-17 pumps). It would be slow to reload, except it only comes with one big missile. It could potentially be modified to fire darts or other ammunition, but then it loses the intimidation factor of the big projectile. This gun may be powerful, but it's strictly an intimidator with little practical use.

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