Hey, everybody! Derp One here again, suffering through the humid summer weather and jonesing for a good mod. Unfortunately, money’s tight and the humidity’s killing my paint, so I have nothing cool to show you.

…Or do I?

In case anyone missed the memo, the Extreme Blastzooka is making its way to shelves, and Outback Nerf did a great, in-depth review of it and its performance. However, the one flaw I saw was that they reviewed it only compared to other Buzz Bee products. Not a bad thing, per se, but it left out an important question that I and others have been asking: Will it fire Demolisher rockets?

Yes! Yes it will!

Since my local Target had the refill pack in, I shoveled out the $8.67 USD to find out if this was a good source of spare rockets, and indeed it is. While the Nerf rockets are clearly shorter and a bit heavier, they fit nice and snug on the launcher and fire just as well (nearly) as Buzz Bee’s originals. Here’s some very brief, rough data from an unmodified and shoulder-fired Blastzooka:

Buzz Bee Rockets, 10 Pumps: 29 feet average

Buzz Bee Rockets, 12 Pumps: 34 feet average

Buzz Bee Rockets, 15 Pumps: 31 feet average

Nerf Rockets, 10 Pumps: 25 feet average

Nerf Rockets, 12 Pumps: 32 feet average

Nerf Rockets, 15 Pumps: 28 feet average

All right, so the Nerf rockets fire a little shorter, but all in all ranges are (to us) negligible. They still fire surprisingly accurately for what they are, and they give you more shots with what I feel is an incredibly fun toy. If you don’t have a bunch of Buzz Bee rockets sitting around and desire some refills, definitely consider the Nerf ones.

Thanks, Hasbro! (Oh, and obviously Buzz Bee.)