History Toys / NERFBrand

* CoolGuns:
** In a manner of speaking. The Vulcan is a belt-fed man-portable machine gun, the Longshot and Longstrike are sniper rifles, the Stampede is a carbine, the Maverick and Spectre are single-action revolvers, the Snapfire is a double-action revolver, the Rayven is a semi-automatic bullpup blaster, the Alpha Trooper, Rampage, and Raider are slam-fire shotguns, the Barrel Break is a sawn-off... yep, they're all cool in their own ways.
** The 2013 N-Strike Elite [[http://sgnerf.blogspot.sg/2013/04/nerf-n-strike-elite-rapidstrike-cs-18.html Rapidstrike CS-18]] resembles a [[{{Film/Aliens}} Pulse Rifle]].

** There are confirmed cases of modders revamping blasters into automatics powered by paintball CO2 tanks

On the Creator/VH1 special ''I Love Toys'', Nerf was ranked the #23 toy out of 100. They've occasionally made special controllers for video games, as well as four games of their own: Nerf Jr. Foam Blaster: Attack of the Kleptons! a Nerf game that has the standard Main/AlienInvasion plotline where the Kleptons (the main antagonist) plan to Main/TakeOverTheWorld by washing out the world's Nerf supply with a washing machine but three kids and their Main/GadgeteerGenius goldfish Mr.Fish prevent that from happening, and it ends with "The End?" implying a Main/CliffHanger, ''VideoGame/NerfNStrike'' (a Wii lightgun shooter game, bundled with the Switch Shot EX-3), ''VideoGame/NerfNStrikeElite'' bundled with a slightly updated version of the aforementioned Switch Shot, and ''Nerf Arena Blast'' (an ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'' reskin[[note]]it's similar enough that you can import Unreal and UT maps into it, though making them fully playable requires some minor modifications - Arena Blast's characters are ''slightly'' taller than UT's.[[/note]]). Nerf guns are also used in the live-action tag game ''LARP/HumansVsZombies''.

An improved N-Strike ''Elite'' series of blasters now exists, which feature improved plunger mechanisms and lighter streamlined darts, all in blue. A white, pink, and purple variant line of Nerf Blasters, the ''Rebelle'' series, is also in the works and aimed at drawing in female Nerf fans. Another subline, the Zombie Strike series, has a ZombieApocalypse theme and appears to be marketed at the ''LARP/HumansVsZombies'' Nerf fandom.

** Nerf blasters are the weapon of choice in the live-action game ''LARP/HumansVsZombies''.

** The Jolt. As far as Nerf goes, it could easily be called a [[Film/MenInBlack Noisy Cricket]], because it looks like the same pistol from the film.

** The Jolt. As far as Nerf goes, it could easily be called a [[Film/MenInBlack Noisy Cricket]].

* ColonyDrop: What starts the "story" of the [=DoomLands=] 2169 line.

* DoubleWeapon: The N-Force [[http://nerf.wikia.com/wiki/Vendetta_Double_Sword Vendetta]]

** As for smaller blasters, Elite Triad EX-3 is a triple barreled pistol-sized blaster which can be twirled effortless thanks of how light it is.

** Pretty much all flywheel blasters and electronic spring blasters fall under this trope.

* AnAxeToGrind: The N-Force Warlock

** Nerf blasters are the {{weapon of choice}} in the live-action game ''LARP/HumansVsZombies''.

** The N-Strike Elite Mega Mastodon, a ''revolving automatic'' blaster released in August 2016, surpasses the Vulcan with its ''[[UpToEleven 24 MEGA dart drum]]'', it's also the first automatic MEGA blaster ever released. Calling it a BFG would be an understatement. Its immense size is comparable to the ''[[VideoGame/{{Doom}} BFG-9000]]''.

** For the logical conclusion, with the given belts, you can carry two ''[[UpToEleven MEGA]]'' ''[[{{BFG}} Mastodons]]'' at once, and they're fully automatic.

** The New Mega XL Big Rig takes it UpToEleven, shooting darts that are twice the size of Mega darts.

** The Modulus takes this UpToEleven, as a single blaster with an ''entire subprint line'' dedicated to it. The blaster itself comes with a few accessories, and then has four expansion packs worth of extras available.

** Taken UpToEleven with the Big Shock. It is just like the Jolt... except instead of an Elite dart, it uses a MEGA dart, like the Centurion and Magnus. In other words, a Mega Jolt.

** The RIVAL line boasts about its high muzzle velocity and accuracy, and has some pretty impressive ammo capacity in the bigger blasters. The Khaos assault rifle has a 4x10 box magazine; the Artemis sports a 3x10 integrated magazine, while the Hades has a 3x20 integrated magazine. The Nemesis takes it further by being able to chamber ''[[UpToEleven 100 balls]]'' via a hopper, and the Prometheus has a ''200 ball'' hopper. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7MDrUG4cws Adam Savage]] modified his Nemesis, turning the 100-ball hopper into a ''1000 ball'' one.

** [[UpToEleven There are confirmed cases of modders revamping blasters into automatics powered by paintball CO2 tanks]]

*** Taken UpToEleven with the N-Strike Elite MEGA series, which currently consists of the Centurion and the Magnus. While their effective ranges are less consistent per-shot, they tend to hit the 70 foot range flat, with a maximum distance of ''100 feet''.

** The Zombie Strike [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom Doominator]] takes the [=FlipFury=] concept UpToEleven with ''four'' six-dart cylinders that requires a two-finger secondary trigger just to switch cylinders.

*** The Elite Firestrike, being its direct plunger successor, can fire up to 75 feet, and its orange variant can even fire up to ''[[UpToEleven 90 feet]]'', a pistol firing further than sniper rifles, no less.

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** In particular the Vulcan, which has a repeating bolt that clatters realistically loudly.
** The Stampede can be described as a very angry camera shutter.

** Many MEGA blasters are louder owing to their larger plunger size and length, particularly the Centurion due to the way it loads darts. It makes a notable "ka-thunk!" noise which is the sound of the blaster firing and the chambering slide springing back.

*** The most infamous of these attachments is the Dual-Rail Barrel extension, which has a muzzle end that can accept yet another barrel extension. Consider the fact you can buy several of them on Amazon and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJqx6tYDADc you can probably piece together what people ended up doing with them]].

** And now there's the ''Zombie Strike'' subline, exclusive to Target in the US.

** The CS-18 Rayven not only accepts tac-rail accessories and barrel extensions, it even comes with an all-new 18-dart magazine that can "charge up" glow-in-the-dark darts.

* IKEAWeaponry:

** In hindsight, the latter term was probably a mistake, considering magazines are often called clips in TV shows, movies, and music. Additionally, the newer Vortex and RIVAL lines use the term "magazine" correctly, but it's too late to change the name for their clip system since everyone is so familiar with the name.

** Accessories such as bipods and vertical grips are prone to snapping off; the weak attachment to tactical rails is not enough to sustain the full weight of the blaster. You certainly couldn't hold up a blaster just from the grip. Fortunately, there's usually not much permanent damage (aside from added stress to the plastic) but it's something to keep in mind.

** The Sonic Series uses a similar idea to the Clear, but in ''[[color:lightgreen:neon green]]''.

** The ''Rival'' series blasters come in Red or Blue, and the Phantom Corps subline comes in white.

** In hindsight, the latter term was probably a mistake, considering magazines are often called clips in TV shows, movies, and music. Additionally, the newer Vortex and RIVAL lines use the term "magazine" correctly, but it's too late to change the name for the other lines.

* LaserSight:
** Not actually a laser, but the Nite Finder includes a targeting light built into it.
** The Firestrike, being the descendent of the Nite Finder, includes one as well.

** The Modulus Battlescout ICS-10, on the other hand, features an ''actual'' clip rather than a magazine. Same for the N-Strike Elite Stratobow that features a hard-mounted clip that cycles upward.
** The Vortex and RIVAL lines, however, uses the term "magazine" suddenly. "Blaster" is still used.

** The Elite Stryfe is regarded as one of the best blasters ever released by Hasbro, and the simplest you can get with a flywheel blaster; it's compact, semi-auto and light enough to be fired one-handed. It also has the ability to mount barrel extensions and stock attachment points. Hasbro has re-released the blaster four times under different series, and also attempted to revive it in the form of spiritual successors such as the Flyte CS-10 (a cheaper alternative) and the Elite 2.0 Pheonix CS-6. [[{Sequelitis} Neither have been regarded as improvements]].

** The Elite Stryfe is regarded as one of the best blasters ever released by Hasbro, and the simplest you can get with a flywheel blaster; it's compact, semi-auto and light enough to be fired one-handed. It also has the ability to mount barrel extensions and stock attachment points. Hasbro has re-released the blaster four times under different series, and also attempted to revive it in the form of spiritual successors such as the Flyte CS-10 (a cheaper alternative) and the Elite 2.0 Pheonix CS-6. [[Sequelitis Neither have been regarded as improvements]].

* BoringButPractical: The Super Soaker Lightningstorm stock, a simple hollow structure that fulfills its intended function perfectly, becoming one of the most sought-after Nerf addons [[KillerApp and one of Worker's best-selling items]].

* FiringOneHanded: Most of the smaller handgun-like blasters can be fired one handed easily due to their lack of weight and recoil compared to their firearm equivalents, even the [[HandCannon CycloneShock]], but priming them still requires both hands. In most cases it's best to have your offhand on the priming slide instead of using a Weaver-hold. Blasters like the [=HammerShot=] and Lawbringer can be fired one-handed with their single-action hammer prime or even the Zombie Strike Slingfire, [[MeaningfulName befitting it's name]], can use a slinging action to prime and fire the blaster one-handed. Flywheel and automatic blasters such as the Stryfe and Hyperfire can be fired one-handed as well.

** The Roughcut's internal rack and pinion mechanism is prone to breakage after a lot of use. Fortunately, it's quite easy to fix with [[WeCanRebuildHim more robust metal/3D-printed parts]] and limited modding experience.

** The RIVAL line uses ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming such as Zeus, Atlas, Khaos, Artemis, etc. No doubt future blasters will have names like Pegasus, Hermes, Heracles, Hades, Icarus, etc.

* BayonetYa: Attaching N-Force weapons to blasters wasn't uncommon for modders. Eventually, the Modulus Close Combat Upgrade Kit includes a rail blade that can be attached to your blaster or used on it's own, similar to a hilted bayonet. The Perpetual Play Group's Chainsaw in the Zombie Strike Z.E.D. Squad line takes it to ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' levels as it can be attached to a blaster via a similar rail.

** The ''Strikefire'' Dart Tag blaster has an inverted Tactical Rail socket that lets it mount as an Tactical Rail Accessory. Fancy integrating spare 1-shot blasters above- and below-barrel on your bigger blasters?

** The N-Strike models are all given alphanumeric deignations, the numeric part of which explains how many darts the gun can hold (Firefly REV-8, Recon/Longshot CS-6, Vulcan EBF-25, etc.) and the letters tell you how it holds darts. (CS = Clip System, REV = Revolver, EBF = Electronic Belt Fed).

** The Modulus has a line of accessories and blasters designed to compliment eachother, with stocks, foregrips, scopes, and barrel extentions. Several of these have attachment points for more accessories.

** The Rayven CS-18 lends itself well to this trope as well, given its electrical flywheel and it's relatively compact, bullpup design.

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: The Raider's "slam-fire" pump lets you put a lot of darts out there really fast. Your accuracy drops to nil, but who needs that when you can [[MoreDakka fill an area with darts?]] The N-Strike Elite ''Rampage'' takes after the Raider despite having ten less darts and lacking the stock of it's predecessor but features the higher ranges with it's direct plunger. Just note when we refer to NERF shotguns, they can either be blasters that are primed with a shotgun pump or blasters that actually fire more than one dart in a single prime.

*** The Hornet AS-6 can fire it's six darts sequentially or a button on the side fires all of them at the same time, same for the Rapid Fire AS-20 that can fire it's darts automatically in sequence or [[MacrossMissileMassacre all 20 via a similar button]].

-> ''It's NERF or nothin'!''

A type of toy that shoots or is made of foam or a foam-like material. Originally developed by the Parker Brothers, it started as a 4-inch polyurethane ball, it was marketed as the "world's first indoor ball." "Throw it indoors; you can't damage lamps or break windows. You can't hurt babies or old people." Eventually, the company switched to Creator/{{Kenner}} and then to Creator/{{Hasbro}} through the acquisition of the Tonka Corporation. Besides creating NERF balls and blasters, in recent years, NERF has focused on life-like replicas (well, semi-realistic, but you get the point), such as the [[http://www.hasbro.com/nerf/n-strike/shop/details.cfm?guid=940BFD86-6D40-1014-8BF0-9EFBF894F9D4&product_id=22378 Vulcan]], a [[MoreDakka chain gun replica]] which [[MoreDakka shoots automatically]]; the [[http://www.hasbro.com/nerf/n-strike/shop/details.cfm?guid=92F0A1AF-6D40-1014-8BF0-9EFBF894F9D4&product_id=17889 Longshot]], a gun modeled after a [[ColdSniper sniper rifle]] [[note]](later joined by the even more realistic-looking [[http://www.hasbro.com/nerf/en_US/shop/details.cfm?guid=95A5406A-19B9-F369-1056-599796F84BA9&product_id=26310&src=endeca Longstrike)]][[/note]], and the [[http://nerf.wikia.com/wiki/Raider_Rapid_Fire_CS-35 N-Strike Raider CS-35]], which uses a [[{{BFG}} 35-round drum magazine]].

It is sometimes joked that NERF stands for [[FunWithAcronyms Non-Expanding Recreational Foam]], though [[WordOfGod company officials have denied this claim.]]

On the Creator/VH1 special ''I Love Toys'', Nerf was ranked the #23 toy out of 100. They've occasionally made special controllers for video games, as well as four games of their own: Nerf Jr. Foam Blaster: Attack of the Kleptons! a Nerf game that has the standard Main/AlienInvasion plotline where the Kleptons (the main antagonist) plan to Main/TakeOverTheWorld by washing out the world's Nerf supply with a washing machine but three kids and their Main/GadgeteerGenius goldfish Mr.Fish prevent that from happening, and it ends with "The End?" implying a Main/CliffHanger, ''VideoGame/NerfN-Strike'' (a Wii lightgun shooter game, bundled with the Switch Shot EX-3), ''VideoGame/NerfN-StrikeElite'' bundled with a slightly updated version of the aforementioned Switch Shot, and ''Nerf Arena Blast'' (an ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'' reskin[[note]]it's similar enough that you can import Unreal and UT maps into it, though making them fully playable requires some minor modifications - Arena Blast's characters are ''slightly'' taller than UT's.[[/note]]). Nerf guns are also used in the live-action tag game ''LARP/HumansVsZombies''.

On the Creator/VH1 special ''I Love Toys'', Nerf was ranked the #23 toy out of 100. They've occasionally made special controllers for video games, as well as four games of their own: Nerf Jr. Foam Blaster: Attack of the Kleptons! a Nerf game that has the standard Main/AlienInvasion plotline where the Kleptons (the main antagonist) plan to Main/TakeOverTheWorld by washing out the world's Nerf supply with a washing machine but three kids and their Main/GadgeteerGenius goldfish Mr.Fish prevent that from happening, and it ends with "The End?" implying a Main/CliffHanger, [[''Nerf N-Strike'']] (a Wii lightgun shooter game, bundled with the Switch Shot EX-3), [[''Nerf N-Strike Elite'']] bundled with a slightly updated version of the aforementioned Switch Shot, and ''Nerf Arena Blast'' (an ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'' reskin[[note]]it's similar enough that you can import Unreal and UT maps into it, though making them fully playable requires some minor modifications - Arena Blast's characters are ''slightly'' taller than UT's.[[/note]]). Nerf guns are also used in the live-action tag game ''LARP/HumansVsZombies''.

On the Creator/VH1 special ''I Love Toys'', Nerf was ranked the #23 toy out of 100. They've occasionally made special controllers for video games, as well as four games of their own: Nerf Jr. Foam Blaster: Attack of the Kleptons! a Nerf game that has the standard Main/AlienInvasion plotline where the Kleptons (the main antagonist) plan to Main/TakeOverTheWorld by washing out the world's Nerf supply with a washing machine but three kids and their Main/GadgeteerGenius goldfish Mr.Fish prevent that from happening, and it ends with "The End?" implying a Main/CliffHanger, ''[[Nerf N-Strike]]'' (a Wii lightgun shooter game, bundled with the Switch Shot EX-3), ''[[Nerf N-Strike Elite]]'' bundled with a slightly updated version of the aforementioned Switch Shot, and ''Nerf Arena Blast'' (an ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'' reskin[[note]]it's similar enough that you can import Unreal and UT maps into it, though making them fully playable requires some minor modifications - Arena Blast's characters are ''slightly'' taller than UT's.[[/note]]). Nerf guns are also used in the live-action tag game ''LARP/HumansVsZombies''.