Nerf weapons and their evolution
10-23-2008
, 06:02 PM
10-23-2008
, 06:06 PM
10-23-2008
, 06:41 PM
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I have two godsons, age 3 & 5.
I have told them that for every birthday, etc, they will receive some kind of nerf gun.
I've been shopping for them lately, and A LOT has changed.
As a kid, there were two dominant weapons.
Nerf Sharpshooter (later upgraded by the Sharpshooter II)
Nerf Bow & Arrow
These guns dominated the field. They were accurate and powerful, and simple to use.
Additionally, there were the big ball blaster guns (Blast-a-ball) that fired the orginal nerf balls at great distances. They were incredibly simple to use and could be reloaded by pressing it against a ball on the ground.
The nerf guns now are all the newer N-Strike line. I have noticed several things about these
1) They are designed to shoot many rounds very quickly (the $10 gun i bought myself is a 6-shooter that you just **** & fire for rapid shooting). There are also battery powered 25-shot belt-fed monsters.
2) Additional rounds are readily-available and plentiful. When I was a kid, you could get 3 additional balls for the blaster by contacting Nerf directly and paying something like $3-4 a ball. Now they are 12 for $10 in any toy store. The darts are the same way: $10 gets you 30 darts. I never met ANYONE who got replacement Arrows back in the day. Once you lost all your ammo, you bought a new gun.
3) They are not nearly as powerful, accurate, or easy to use as they used to be, and with multiple moving parts they are likely to break more quickly. They also are more prone to jamming.
Maybe it's just the limited sample i have seen in toy stores, but there just isn't the same kind of quality we used to have as kids.
Anyone else have thoughts on the subject?
I have told them that for every birthday, etc, they will receive some kind of nerf gun.
I've been shopping for them lately, and A LOT has changed.
As a kid, there were two dominant weapons.
Nerf Sharpshooter (later upgraded by the Sharpshooter II)
Nerf Bow & Arrow
These guns dominated the field. They were accurate and powerful, and simple to use.
Additionally, there were the big ball blaster guns (Blast-a-ball) that fired the orginal nerf balls at great distances. They were incredibly simple to use and could be reloaded by pressing it against a ball on the ground.
The nerf guns now are all the newer N-Strike line. I have noticed several things about these
1) They are designed to shoot many rounds very quickly (the $10 gun i bought myself is a 6-shooter that you just **** & fire for rapid shooting). There are also battery powered 25-shot belt-fed monsters.
2) Additional rounds are readily-available and plentiful. When I was a kid, you could get 3 additional balls for the blaster by contacting Nerf directly and paying something like $3-4 a ball. Now they are 12 for $10 in any toy store. The darts are the same way: $10 gets you 30 darts. I never met ANYONE who got replacement Arrows back in the day. Once you lost all your ammo, you bought a new gun.
3) They are not nearly as powerful, accurate, or easy to use as they used to be, and with multiple moving parts they are likely to break more quickly. They also are more prone to jamming.
Maybe it's just the limited sample i have seen in toy stores, but there just isn't the same kind of quality we used to have as kids.
Anyone else have thoughts on the subject?
10-23-2008
, 06:49 PM
10-23-2008
, 08:39 PM
10-23-2008
, 08:44 PM
10-23-2008
, 08:48 PM
my buddy had a gun similar to this one and we used to load up each tube with firecrackers/m-80 type explosives, light the fuses and then shoot them at ****...was pretty sweet, kind of like having your own mini-grenade launcher
