Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-26152973-20160309204340/@comment-27306930-20160310031743

A fellow on another popular Nerf site was lamenting that the designs are essentially stolen right from Hasbro, but the materials and construction are not as nice. For instance, the plastics in the shells were more brittle, and not as durable as genuine Nerf blasters. And some of the art work and color schemes aren't as aesthetically pleasing. But apparently they work just fine.

Another trend that is popular on Chinese sites like Taobao.com is skins for Nerf blasters that look like combat weapons. They mask the orange barrel, and make Nerf guns pretty much indistinguishable from real assault weapons. I'm not sure they're legal for sale here in the U.S. (then again I only play a lawyer on TV, I'm not actually a "real" lawyer)

All I know for sure is you get your a$$ shot by a cop carrying one of these in the park.