Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-5065259-20130218234525/@comment-5065259-20130223041455

94.174.239.66 wrote: Nerfmaster8 wrote: Rambo's 203 master-key attachment-NDA taser released today

100 darts in dead man's chest

Did rambo ever need a sniper rifle?

bows being released A Dead Mans Chest is a military term for an ammo crate or large drum. So this points to something big I think.

Also I think the m203 materkey is an attachment of some sort. He said that there are a number of accessories that will have fans up in a mix. So I tihnk its safe to assume we will see some kind of grenade (ref: large foam/stefan round?) and also boomsticks = grenades.

Also I find it strange (my personaly opinion) that this guy has come up out of no where and has a lot of inside news and even more he can't release. Why not BasicNerf or UrbanTaggers? They've been in the NIC for years. I think this is a Hasbro mole :) BasicNerf has even affiliated him - that clearly makes him one of the top 3. The other blog author FoamFromAbove was denied access to inside news or even access to certain blasters. How comes MLD gets full access rights?

Anyone else thinking this? we already have a good idea to some extent on what one of the new blasters will be, it doesn't matter if its movie references. MLD is not allowed to tell us directly but Hasbro has given him permission to give hints or has told him what hints to release (almost all are teasers from the NDA)

The m203 is a grenade launcher but MLD has denied that but has said that a grenade like launching system will be avaliable, note that FFA mentioned" ball blasters" from a press release right before the NYC toy fair.

on to MLD, he was a bit more active in persuing information form Hasbro-he called Hasbro HQ multiple times and started a blog where he was reconized by Hasbro UK. basic nerf was the most recent blog and that was due to him accepting Hasbro's terms of dropping all mods from his blog. as long as you are willing to take the initiative to ask, you will get an answer.

now it seems as if Hasbro is trying to repair the damage from its policy of "no mods" by getting feedback from all corners of the nerf fanbase. Hasbro US has more strict policy towards the blogs but that's more due to the PR company. information from asian Hasbro departments are more at odds to release info. MLD is in the UK, he makes international calls and due to this its best if he introduces himself otherwise Hasbro will probably hang up on him. once Hasbro realizes its a blog, they will probably release more info.

intoduction "hi, i am my last darts aka ash. i have a few questions/requests to hasbro. (lists questions/requests)". since ash now has email contacts, he probably uses email.

people reconized him before the london toy fair noting the fact on facebook. once the toy fair came, urban taggers and everyone was made aware of him. staying under contract and basically being a bit more open helps both hasbro and his blog grow. FFA and adultfansofnerf are a bit old, Hasbro may be trying to communicate to fans through a different approach. MLD probably was doing this for a while before being reconized, seriously i still don't get why this is still a "MAJOR" problem to overcome. it doesn't seem like MLD has received a press release package from Hasbro, he gets info from them mostly.

Nerf wasn't doing that well so they reorganized and started to listen to the fans on what they wanted, most new products are based off what we want in general. not many people wanted a new sniper/longstrike sucks (not doing longshot), that pretty much killed the idea. it was probably planned until they read feedback.

it also seems like Nerf is using the blogs to their advantage now rather than releasing info on their own. we are getting a steady stream of new info once in a while as compared to all of it at once when the product is released.

while i agree that the off brand doesn't have what nerf offers, they do create new ideas fans want.buzz bee had their chance when nerf was down, still created decent blasters (overlord, range master). those are the exact ideas that Hasbro fails to produce until now. i doubt that MLD reports what company but its still hasbro's right to know about the copys, they lose money over it. This happened before with urban taggers, seems like Hasbro fixed their problem. they still send urban taggers news.

now then, can we please get back on track/to the topic?