Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-1585211-20160511003918/@comment-27035444-20160511150800

Elliottw wrote: I'll concede that I know nothing about any blasters prior to 2008. I'm a relative newbie. But this picture is clearly an artist rendering, not a photograph. I work with a number of talented designers and graphic artists. They draw conceptual pictures of stuff for me ALL the time.

And I know a little bit about Hasbro. I own stock. They have a huge marketing department, with ad-execs, artists, and media managers. They experiment with dozens of ideas, concepts, and partially developed prototypes. In my line of business we call them fauxtotypes. Prototypes that look real, but really aren't. Sorry if I burst your bubble people, but some of us are devious by nature.

All I'm saying is, it's quite possible this "SuperMAXX 1600" was a concept that never even made it to prototype, no less production line. No offense GameGear, but when you find a video of someone firing one, I'll eat my words and print a full retraction blaming myself for my ignorance and crediting you for your brilliance. But a little birdie tells me that ain't gonna happen.

(fingers cross: Please god please, let me be right just this once) No way! I've been nerfing longer than Elliot! I got my first nerf gun in '05, at the age of four!