Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-38684270-20200206010234/@comment-30049823-20200211223849

Elliottw wrote:

I wanted to buy an original 1992 Nerf Sharpshooter as a gift for a good friend. For those of you that don't remember, it was the very first "dart blaster". The granddaddy of 'em all.

Without any Sharpshooter Darts or its original dart holder, it was just $25. With the dart holder and one Sharpshooter dart, it was $600. Holy crap, I need to study up on this stuff more.

A few days ago at a Goodwill I saw an unpriced ziplock baggie with two green ballistic balls and a smattering of suction-cup and whistler darts and a few with fins, so I requested a price check, balked at their $3.99, and left it behind.

But after reading this and looking up "Sharpshooter Dart ", I was wondering if I'd passed up a motherlode. So I went back there at lunch today and (whew!) that bag was still there (As was the $6.99 Disk Shot with power supply and about 10 discs, but of course no remote to be found).

The finned darts didn't have any tip on them and the fins were red & triangular, so I think my original suspicion about them being from a junk dollar-store toy was correct.

But still, it pays to know what to look out for!