This is a gel ball blaster finished in a black, white and red graffiti wrap — skulls, tags and lettering printed across every panel rather than a single moulded colour. The ammunition sits in a clear egg-shaped hopper that clips onto a black mount above the receiver, so the blue gel balls are visible the whole time and it is obvious at a glance when the hopper needs topping up.

Gel balls are small water beads. They arrive dry and hard, about the size of a peppercorn, and swell in water to roughly seven millimetres of soft, wet jelly before they are loaded. On impact they burst and leave nothing but a spot of moisture, which is why this style of blaster took over from foam-only toys for outdoor games — there is no debris to collect afterwards and nothing to pick out of a lawn.

The pack is photographed with three things beside the blaster: a large quantity of loose gel balls, a row of blue foam darts with orange tips, and a pair of clear safety goggles with blue frames. The goggles matter more than they look. Any projectile toy deserves eye protection, and having a pair supplied means nobody has to improvise or go without on the first afternoon.

Physically it is a full-size two-handed blaster with a fixed stock, a foregrip section ahead of the trigger and an orange muzzle tip. Both hands are needed to hold it steady, so it suits an older child rather than a toddler, and it is built for the kind of garden or rooftop game where two teams take cover behind furniture.

A few practical points before ordering. Gel balls must be soaked in water before use — loading them dry will not work and can jam the feed. Play outdoors or somewhere that will not mind a little water, keep the goggles on everyone in range rather than only the person shooting, and set the household rule that nobody aims at a face at close distance. Rinse the hopper out and let it dry before storing so leftover beads do not go sticky inside it.

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