Buzz Bee Zenith vs Adventure Force Exact Attack – Two shells, one blaster?

For our first post, I’m going to be comparing two of Buzz Bee Toys 2017 pistols, the Zenith and the Exact Attack.

Overview

Both models are six shot, rotate on prime, underhand pump primed blasters. The cylinder rotates on prime, firing out of the top most cylinder.

The Zenith is sold in two models, varying by accessory kit. The first is a Target exclusive including Buzz Bee’s much talked about Thermal Scope and their new rail adapter. This model is sold as the Thermal Zenith. The “regular” includes a ladder sight. This model should have general release, but I’ve only found it at K-Mart so far. Both models come with Buzz Bee’s new Precision Pro darts in red foam with black tips.

The Zenith color scheme is striking. A robust red for the main body with a light grey pump and matching grip cover, two white accent inserts, and a black rail. The only safety orange used here is on the dart barrel and the trigger, The only paint on this blaster is a black tampograph of the model name on one of the left side white plastic accents.  Otherwise, these are all separate plastic molds. They’ve also forgone stickers on this years new models.

The mold is fantastic, sitting in a space between a near now and science fiction design. Gone is the plain, smooth and fiesta patterns of the past. The Zenith’s mold instead fills the flat dead space with a diamond crosshatch inset. The top mounted Air Warriors rail runs caps off the back half of the blaster, stopping just short of the handle.

Zenith Internals

The Zenith’s floating plunger, exploded.

The Exact Attack is sold through Walmart as part of their Adventure Force brand. It comes with the same ladder sight as the “regular” Zenith, six Precision Pro darts and two of Buzz Bee’s new long distance darts. The blaster’s primary color is the same red as the Zenith. It uses a much darker grey, almost smoke, for the pump and grip cover, white from the bell accent, and the same black for its Air Warriors rail. Again, we have no stickers. The model name is tampographed on the orange accent plastic on both sides. This design exposes the dart cylinder more fully, as well as adding a orange bell shroud and side inset.

This mold is smooth, not having much in the way of molded in flair. The insets help make up for this, each having molded in texture, while still in line with each other and not jarring the rest of the design. The Air Warriors rail runs nearly the entire length of the blaster, though the grip of it covers just the middle half.

Exact Attack Butterfly’d

Walmart is calling the Precision Pro darts Exact Strike, but is not relabeling the long distance darts.

Direct Comparison

Internally, the only differences here are a couple of plastic colors and the shape/gliding arrangement of the trigger. This leaves only external aesthetics, a small difference in the external dimensions, and a couple of ergo issues.

The size difference will show most impact on your holster options. Like most 3+ shot cylinder blasters, the back half of the blaster is narrower than the front, ballooning out somewhere between the trigger well and the cylinders. With the Zenith, the body widens at a smooth angle starting at the front end of the trigger well and completing before the middle of the blaster. This continues evenly, excepting only for accent plastics and decorative mold accents, to the nose of the gun. On the Exact Attack, the body doesn’t completely widen. Instead it only widens as much as it needs to to cover the cylinder and the rotation mechanism, capping that with a semi-dome shaped piece of its accent plastic.

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