The Gears of War Nerf Lancer modification scares a locust horde of parents

If you haven't seen it by now, behold, the Gears of War, Nerf Lancer modification. Forsaken_angel24's genius is rooted in the combination of a regular Nerf Longshot and toy chainsaw. Neither of which would cause the average Wal-mart parent cause for concern. Combined, they take on the form of this foreboding assault rifle with working chainsaw bayonet, LED lighting and sound effects... which shoots squishy balls at little girls. Full instructions for modders are posted over at the Nerfhaven forums. We've added a video after the break -- not so much a how-to as a loving tribute to man's god-given right to war.

[Via Hack n Mod, thanks Nick L.]

[matthew @ Feb 20th 2008 7:36AM]

i know it was used in the game commercial but worst music choise ever

(for the commercial as well)

[wrabbit @ Feb 20th 2008 9:51AM]

I loved that commercial, the contrast between the music and the action created a great atmosphere.

[EQB @ Feb 20th 2008 1:38PM]

I second that wrabbit; I loved the music choice. I actually downloaded the commercial in HD just because I loved the contrast between the game and the music so much.

[Tom Oliveri @ Feb 20th 2008 7:48AM]

no words can describe the awesomeness of this.

[Dustin Frazier @ Feb 20th 2008 7:54AM]

Only never having to see your avatar again would equal its awesomeness.

[Tom Oliveri @ Feb 20th 2008 8:05AM]

is it so bad?

[Magallanes @ Feb 20th 2008 8:19AM]

Sadly Yes, it is!

:3

[Tom Oliveri @ Feb 20th 2008 8:20AM]

says the guy with the pokemon avatar..

[Rocketboy @ Feb 20th 2008 8:54AM]

Who has a Pokemon avatar? I don't see any.

[rockintom @ Feb 20th 2008 11:01AM]

Insulting prinnies... not cool, dood.

[Tom @ Feb 20th 2008 1:49PM]

"no words can describe the awesomeness of this"

Except those words...

[APPLES @ Feb 20th 2008 7:52AM]

so dramatic

[Tom Oliveri @ Feb 20th 2008 8:21AM]

whoops, wrong comment to reply to, my bad.

[Muhammad Uljamil @ Feb 20th 2008 9:20AM]

@Tom Oliver:
I think you should be given an award for highest number of Low Ranked comments in history of Engadget!!

[Tom Oliveri @ Feb 20th 2008 8:20AM]

says the guy with the pokemon avatar..

[Joey Geraci @ Feb 20th 2008 8:33AM]

Why aren't more web videos DIVX??? The quality of that video is so much better than the typical flash video, and better yet, you can make it full screen without slowing down your pc. And the frame rate doesn't slow down. Who would have thunk?

[Loic Mulaire @ Feb 20th 2008 12:16PM]

Amen to that. AND it's not blocked at work =)

[Rocketboy @ Feb 20th 2008 8:55AM]

Because it's an add-on that not everyone has. A native flash video is also more work friendly.

[ds.scottyarch @ Feb 20th 2008 9:22AM]

Because, as most of us who actually build websites will tell you, DIVX doesn't give you the number of options that Flash does.

Oh, and when you talk about how crap the quality is you should really talk to the person who encoded the video as if you know what you're doing and do tests you can get pretty decent quality with a low file size. Maybe not as great as DIVX but then again you lose out on all the added options Flash has for presenting said file.

[wolftear @ Feb 20th 2008 12:14PM]

@Joey- This is why not everyone uses divx webplayer. From their Terms of Use that you agreed to. :"During the installation process and through use of the software covered hereunder, we may collect non-personally identifiable information, as well as personally-identifiable information, all as set forth in our Privacy Policy"

[Joey Geraci @ Feb 20th 2008 9:26AM]

Not being sarcastic here, what added options does Flash give you? I understand the argument that not everybody has the Divx plugin installed, but installing it is no more difficult than installing Flash. But that is definitely a concern. But how is Flash easier otherwise? And how is it more work friendly?

[DorianGray @ Feb 25th 2008 10:23AM]

@Joey Geraci

Unfortunately, some of us work in draconian (government) environments where IE plugins (HELLZ NO you can't have Firefox) are controlled by central administration. Flash is considered common and safe enough that the plugin is installed as a standard. Divx is not...

[mmh @ Feb 20th 2008 10:45AM]

I just installed the divx plugin, did any one actually read the legal agreement? It actually looked like it was written by a human!

[Timerider @ Feb 20th 2008 12:21PM]

Because DivX sucks.

[Timerider @ Feb 20th 2008 12:26PM]

And it takes a long time to load. And it causes problems.

[dubs @ Feb 20th 2008 1:44PM]

For non-DIVX:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM-lbhxrgN4

[Joey Geraci @ Feb 20th 2008 1:51PM]

DorianGray, you got a point there.

As far as DivX "sucking" or taking a while to load, I don't know what you are talking about. It loaded in about the same time as most youtube videos I visit (when they decide to load, that is), and the quality was far better than any youtube video I have ever seen.

TimeRider, what problems do you speak of, other than workplaces that don't allow non-Flash plugins?

[dfgdfgdfg @ Feb 20th 2008 4:04PM]

I did not want to install the plugin, because in the license agreement it said "we may collect both information that are not personally identifiable and information that IS personally identifiable." That's very weird if you just want to watch some videos. Sounds like spyware in the broadest sense.

[Joey Geraci @ Feb 21st 2008 2:25AM]

Give me a fucking break. That is almost, word for word, the exact wording in almost every EULA on the planet. And calling it "spyware". You have got to be kidding.

[Steve @ Feb 20th 2008 9:25AM]

Pretty cool mod. I'd be careful waving it around in public though, lest you end up looking down the wrong end of a SWAT sniper rifle.

[EvilBahumut @ Feb 20th 2008 9:44AM]

the part at the end where he's taking out the little kid is awesome!

[wrabbit @ Feb 20th 2008 9:53AM]

Awesome mod!

[mlvowell @ Feb 20th 2008 9:57AM]

That's outstanding!

[Zeus.:God @ Feb 20th 2008 10:02AM]

OLD. Joystiq and X3F already covered this weeks ago.

[Teetdogs @ Feb 20th 2008 10:15AM]

Thats great but not all of us read those sites, so this is new to us. I mean engadget couldn't postpone their overwhelming HD-DVD death coverage long enough to put some thing like this up :)

[OnlyShawn @ Feb 20th 2008 10:23AM]

...internet commenter business meeting video=you

[absurdio @ Feb 20th 2008 10:30AM]

Well, damn. If only the rest of the world could be as up to date on their Nerf-mods as you are.

[EMaster @ Feb 20th 2008 10:09AM]

Welcome to last year.

[Pete @ Feb 20th 2008 10:42AM]

Good god, that needs to hang above my fireplace...

[Kevin @ Feb 20th 2008 10:55AM]

Wow, welcome to a month ago. http://kotaku.com/346858/the-nerf-gun-lancer-mod

[shiba @ Feb 20th 2008 11:02AM]

haha thats pretty cool, maybe I'll build one for my little brother if I can find all the parts. (He loves that game, I think its meh, but I'm a nice guy)

[Gorillamonk @ Feb 20th 2008 11:26AM]

Vid is OK. mod is cool as hell. I just wish he took his time painting it. Some patches are just ram and disgusting.

[Harry Wagstaff @ Feb 20th 2008 12:00PM]

Is there a 'Games for Windows' version which selectively fails to work for 9/10ths of people who try to use it?

[Jordan @ Feb 20th 2008 3:09PM]

The only reason for that is 9 out of 10 people don't know how to read system requirements. Another reason is that 9 out of 10 people don't know that their graphics card cant handle dx10 and they don't know how to make it so their dx9 can handle the game. If you know anything about computers you should be able to get the game to run easily. If you are a stupid idiot that knows nothing about computers like most people, good luck.

[zapot8 @ Feb 20th 2008 12:09PM]

its beautiful

[Timerider @ Feb 20th 2008 12:35PM]

That is awesome! Now we just need a real one.

P.S. Is there a youtube vid of this? The shitty DixV player doesn't load.

[PotKettleBlack @ Feb 20th 2008 12:58PM]

The music is perfect.

"I find it kind of funny. I find it kind of sad."

That about sums this one up.

[Nick Stropko @ Feb 20th 2008 1:06PM]

ME....WANTZ

[Allen @ Feb 20th 2008 1:20PM]

You know, I'm going to build a REAL version of this gun. I doubt I'll be able to make the chainsaw cut through anything more than plywood, but I bet if I just take an M4A1 (of course a semi auto, wouldn't want to do anything illegal would we?), add a CNC case to hold the chainsaw, and then made an electric powered chainsaw, I could get a functioning weapon out of it. No doubt it'd be completely un-battle ready, but who knows, maybe the Locust are right beneath our boots...

[Jordan @ Feb 20th 2008 3:10PM]

I'd have your babies if you did that.