The Agility follows a strong tradition at Hasbro. From Maverick to Strongarm to Commander (and all the variants between), we’ve had a six-shot revolver as part of the main blaster line. Now, with N Series being released, the Agility fills that role.
If you’re investing in the new N Series ecosystem, dart exclusivity and all, it’s hard to go wrong with an easy-to-use blaster like the Agility.
The Agility is fairly large in size, accommodating most adult hands as well as the 8+ age range it was designed for. Those usability concerns also influenced an important addition to the blaster: a priming loop that attaches to the slide. In testing, Hasbro found that kids weren’t always able to smoothly prime the blaster using the slide, but that they found the priming loop extremely easy to use. Indeed, while a priming slide is pretty intuitive for me, I can see the benefits of such a small addition to play value.
The Agility’s trigger is contoured and works well, but it does have to move quite a bit before interacting with the catch mechanism inside. I imagine hair triggers aren’t as kid-friendly as the higher level stuff I’m used to using these days.
The Agility works by moving the rotating cylinder on the prime; that’s a departure from the Elite and Elite 2.0 mechanisms that autorotated the cylinder after the dart fired. The cylinder can be freely rotated by hand in its resting state, making reloading a breeze. Even if, for some reason, you need to rotate the cylinder while the blaster is primed, you can move the cylinder backwards (compared to its normal rotation, anyway).