History YMMV / NERFBrand

* MostAnnoyingSound:
** The grinding noise when the [=HyperFire=] can't feed the next dart due to deformed dart shape.
** The sickening chewing/crunching of a crushed dart inside a jammed Clip System blaster.

* CrackIsCheaper: Major Nerf hobbyists spend a good deal on blasters and ammo alike. Modders spend even more on parts. In particular, second-hand, out-of-production items like the red-dot sight went for as much as $200 US on eBay before it was revived with the Modulus series. Many 2011-2012 Super Soakers (ones more compatible with stock attachments and tactical rail accessories) also go upwards of $100 US or more on Amazon.

** Recon Reshell.[[note]]Before the Jolt became known for being one of the most recycled blaster cores, the N-Strike Recon was the foundation for all the early-era Clip System magazine blasters.[[/note]]

* MostWonderfulSound: For all its faults, the MEGA Centurion's "KA-THUNK!" when firing is satisfying. Most MEGA blasters have a beefy noise for their major plungers to launch the larger darts.

** Quite a few male Nerfers are complaining about them as well. The main complaint seems to be that they're too girly for a RatedMForManly sport like Nerf. However, some of the other common complaints include a reduction in firepower, accuracy, or just plain usability compared to other Nerf blasters for the sake of form over function. Some of those complaints are more due to [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch unfamiliarity]], since many (though not all) Rebelle blasters share internals with existing blasters.

** Flywheels being ready to fire in general if you're the one with them, especially with battery mods and faster motors that make an even more scary noise (to your opponents).

** Quite a few male Nerfers are complaining about them as well. The main complaint seems to be that their too girly for a RatedMForManly sport like Nerf. However, some of the other common complaints include a reduction in firepower, accuracy, or just plain usability compared to other Nerf blasters for the sake of form over function. Some of those complaints are more due to [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch unfamiliarity]], since many (though not all) Rebelle blasters share internals with existing blasters.

** Jolt reskin.[[note]]The tendency for the basic Jolt to being recolored, combined with other Nerf blasters being little more than reshells of the Jolt's basic direct plunger system, has led to nearly all Nerf blasters (flywheel semiautos get a pass... at times) being dismissed ironically as Jolt reskins.[[/note]]

* MostAnnoyingSound: The grinding noise when the [=HyperFire=] can't feed the next dart due to deformed dart shape.

* MemeticMutation: Jolt reskin.[[note]]The tendency for the basic Jolt to being recolored, combined with other Nerf blasters being little more than reshells of the Jolt's basic direct plunger system, has led to nearly all Nerf blasters (flywheel semiautos get a pass... at times) being dismissed ironically as Jolt reskins.[[/note]]

* MostWonderfulSound: For all it's faults, the MEGA Centurion's "KA-THUNK!" when firing is satisfying. Most MEGA blasters have a beefy noise for their major plungers to launch the larger darts.

** The silent, repeated thunks of the [=RapidStrike=] CS-18 feeding darts into the flywheels. Doubly so with the [[MoreDakka HyperFire]].

* CrackIsCheaper: Major Nerf hobbyists spend a good deal on blasters and ammo alike. Modders spend even more on parts. In particular, second-hand, out-of-production items like the red-dot sight went for as much as $200 US on eBay before it was revived with the Modulus series.

** The Vortex'' blasters are ''[[WindIsGreen green]]''

* CrackIsCheaper: Major Nerf hobbyists spend a good deal on blasters and ammo alike. Modders spend even more on parts.
* FridgeBrilliance: The new ''Vortex'' blasters are ''[[WindIsGreen green]]''

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A certain breed of Nerf owners bemoan the transition from direct-plunger action dart blasters to the reversed-plunger blasters, and others weren't pleased with the introduction of electric-only powered Nerf blasters. With the launch of the Vortex disc blasters, yet more complainers are laying the hate on the different system.

*** Quite a few male Nerfers are complaining about them as well. The main complaint seems to be that their too girly for a RatedMForManly sport like Nerf. However, some of the other common complaints include a reduction in firepower, accuracy, or just plain usability compared to other Nerf blasters for the sake form over function. Some of those complaints are more due to [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch unfamiliarity]], since many (though not all) Rebelle blasters share internals with existing blasters.

*** Quite a few male Nerfers are complaining about them as well. The main complaint seems to be that their too girly for a RatedMForManly sport like Nerf. However, some of the other common complaints include a reduction in firepower, accuracy, or just plain usability compared to other Nerf blasters for the sake form over function.

** Amusingly, some of the carbine-style automatic blasters [[hottip:*:The Stampede]] feature similar problems to ACTUAL gas-piston carbines, wherein a specific type of mechanical failure makes them shoot uncontrollably until they deplete their magazine. There's ShownTheirWork, and then there's replicating an actual mechanical fault in real weaponry...

** Then Nerf launched their "Elite" series, all using direct-plunger systems, and [[StatusBuff advertising stock ranges of 75 feet.]]

** [[AndTheFandomRejoiced Then Nerf launched their "Elite" series,]] all using direct-plunger systems, and [[StatusBuff advertising stock ranges of 75 feet]]

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A certain breed of Nerf owners bemoan the transition from direct-plunger action dart blasters to the reversed-plunger blasters, and others weren't pleased with the introduction of electric-only powered Nerf blasters. With the launch of the Vortex disc blasters, yet more complainers are laying the hate on the different system.

** Amusingly, some of the carbine-style automatic blaster feature similar problems to ACTUAL gas-piston carbines, wherein a specific type of mechanical failure makes them shoot uncontrollably until they deplete their magazine. There's ShownTheirWork, and then there's replicating an actual mechanical fault in real weaponry...

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A certain breed of Nerf owners bemoan the transition from direct-plunger action dart blasters to the reversed-plunger blasters, and others weren't pleased with the introduction of electric-only powered Nerf blasters. With the upcoming new Vortex disc blasters, yet more complainers are laying the hate on the different system.

* CrackIsCheaper: Just ask a Nerf owner how much they spend on foam, especially if they are modders, Nerf War troopers, or major players in HumansVsZombies.