Nerf Star Trek Phasers recreate the First Contact blasters

Nerf LMTD Star Trek Starfleet Type 3 and Type 2 Phaser Blasters promo shot — (Image credit: Hasbro)

The latest Nerf LMTD blaster has been revealed, and it's a Nerf Star Trek Phaser based on the ones seen in First Contact.

Depicting the rifle and handheld weapon, the Nerf LMTD Star Trek Starfleet Type 3 and Type 2 Phaser Blasters come as a set for $119.99 / £114.99. You can pre-order them from Zavvi in the USA or UK as well as Hasbro Pulse directly. However, be aware that they won't energize onto your doorstep for a little while - they're due to land on November 24th, 2023.

Still, it looks as if they're worth the wait. Modelled on the weapons used by Jean-Luc Picard and co in The Next Generation-era movie, these two have a design that's ripped straight from the film (other than the mandated color-change to make sure it doesn't get confused with an actual gun, of course) and premium display packaging. In addition, the Type 3 Phaser Rifle features "light-up phaser effects, phaser sounds, authentic First Contact movie sounds", and an internal five-dart clip that feeds into a motorized firing system. Because this one's being 'taken over' by the Borg, it also has light-up assimilation elements. As for the smaller Type 2 sidearm, it fires one dart at a time with a pull-back priming mechanism.

These aren't the first premium Nerf blasters to be based on massive sci-fi properties, of course; along with one inspired by The Mandalorian, we're also looking forward to a Nerf Aliens M41-A Pulse Blaster and a Nerf Gjallarhorn. If you're a fan, these are no-brainer additions to any list of the best Nerf guns.

Nerf LMTD Star Trek Starfleet Type 3 and Type 2 Phaser Blasters | $119.99 at Zavvi / Hasbro Pulse
Available November 24 2023 - Designed to tie in with the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the Type 3 blaster is motorized and fires one dart at a time from its seven-dart internal clip. It also has light-up effects and sounds from the movie, and it requires four 1.5v AA alkaline batteries as a whole to work (note that these aren't included).

While the smaller Type 2 blaster doesn't seem to come with the same bells and whistles, it's still modelled after the weapon in First Contact and will fire one dart at a time via a pull-back primer.

UK price: £114.99 at Zavvi / Hasbro Pulse

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