
The looks of the blaster, while definitely not screen accurate, was still very reminiscent of the DL44 that Han Solo has wielded all these years. It could definitely have been better, but it was alright. The performance of the blaster was alright. The trigger felt squishy and a dart actually fell out of the front of the blaster during a firing test. The Nerf Han Solo blaster was blue and the sight was right on top. And so I did, but that’s where things got a little dicey. “Never tell me the odds, I’ll find them one way or another,” I thought. I don’t care if these blasters didn’t have a wide release yet. I didn’t care about what my chances were. They weren’t even on Amazon yet, so that made things extra difficult. “They’re no good to me dead.” I had to have them. I was so excited after seeing The Force Awakens in theaters, that I just ran out and started hunting for these new Hasbro Star Wars Nerf blasters like Boba Fett hunting for Han Solo. It’s not terrible, but it’s clearly subpar and the blaster performs noticeably under what most Elite blasters achieve these days. As for the actual performance? It is lacking. The trigger pull is short and feels squishy and sluggish. Usually, I don’t mention the trigger pull because it’s mostly the same across every Nerf blaster, but not on here. Maybe that’s why they felt the need to center the scope. You are now primed and ready to shoot, so pull the trigger and let one go! Priming the blaster is smooth and quick and it’s actually helped by grabbing the scope and cocking it back that way. Then insert 3 darts and close the slide by pushing it back forward. To load the blaster, you must pull the slide all the way back. The Nerf Han Solo blaster has a 3 round internal box magazine built in. That’s right, guys, the Nerf Han Solo blaster is basically a smaller, Elite dart firing, Magnus. To my knowledge, it’s only been used once before and that was in the Nerf Mega Magnus. The way this blaster functions is pretty original. Nerf Han Solo Blaster Performance: Shoot Like A Smuggler.


If not comparing it to the source material, though, we have a fine looking Nerf blaster that does look pretty different from a lot of other offerings in the Nerf blaster stable. Seems silly that they didn’t do this part properly because it really takes away from the overall aesthetic and screen accurateness, for me anyway. Han Solo’s blaster has the scope above and off to the side. Also, for some odd reason, they can never manage to offset the scope.

Either way, it’s left us with an almost completely blue colored blaster and I’m not quite sure how I feel about that. Some of it was for safety reasons, while some of it was necessary to fit the internal mechanics of the blaster. You want to like it, but it just strays from the real DL44 too much. A photo posted by Nerf Gun Attachments on at 9:22am PSTĭiscussing the aesthetics of the Nerf Han Solo blaster is a daunting task.
