Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-33202525-20180702162341/@comment-27306930-20180703060357

That's a really good question Dmitri. But here's the thing. The Nerf that you and I love really started in 1992 with the Sharpshooter. (Some have even said it's my namesake 😊)   Look, I don't want to date myself, but the 50th anniversary you're referring to is the Nerf Sport, or "Nerf Ball" anniversary. The first dart blasters didn't show up till 23 years later.

Yeah sure, there were some ball blasters and missile/arrow launchers, but not anything like the Nerf blasters you and I know today. Arguably, the real Nerf revolution didn't happen until 1993 with the release of the Blast Hammer and the Ramrod. These blasters shot the first generation of Micro Darts. So technically, that makes 2018 the 25th anniversary of the "real" Nerf Blaster as we know it.

That being said, I don't think Hasbro is going to do anything special for 2019. As I said, I don't think they consider it a milestone event. Heck, I doubt anybody at Hasbro even thinks that way anymore considering Toys"R"Us just went out of business, and Amazon just became their largest c̶o̶m̶p̶e̶t̶i̶t̶o̶r̶  p̶r̶e̶d̶i̶t̶o̶r̶  distributor.

Lookit, I'm sorry to be such a downer, but 2018 already kinda sucks except for the prospect of the Infinus. At the rate they're going, 2019's highlights might only include Micro Shot versions of the BigShock and the Jolt. Crimny !