A Better Accelerator – Part II?

Shortly after putting together my Velocity overview I became aware that we should see a blue version of the Adventure Force Accelerartor showing up with the fall reset. The first picture we saw on /r/Nerf came with the report that it also has the new agitator functionality we saw in the Velocity even though the packaging made no visible callouts.

It took me a bit, but I finally found one. In short, it is the Velocity. The only differences are the nameplates, the embossing on the team plates, and the capacity of the hopper.

It is difficult to look at a $15 price difference between two blaster packages that differ only in included ammo and hopper capacity. It is easy to look at it as a $1 a ball proposition. Therein lies the comparison flaw, in my view. Both are good values when compared to the Rival equivalents, the Accelerator comes across as a greater bargain – but that doesn’t make the Velocity overpriced.

Here’s the challenging part. This was a running change on the Accelerator. The Wal-Mart SKU,  Product code, and UPC are the same. The packaging, aside from updating the graphics to reflect the blaster color change and swapping the Blue Team “kid” for the Green Team shows no indication of this being a new and improved model. What this means is you’re going to want to wait until you see this on your shelves or risk getting an older model should you order online.