Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-24548292-20140830212109/@comment-126472-20150518022951

Been thinking about something lately. We've been going over dart blasters a lot, but not water blasters. What about Super Soaker? I feel like a lot of the modern designs are lacking in something, and for the most part that's accuracy.

Not just for the sake of nostalgia, I'd like to see a new Nerf Super Soaker that has a firing trigger and lets you build up pressure, so that your stream isn't jiggling all over the place while you pump.

Hmm. Phrasing.

Either way, I wouldn't mind a modernized version of the SS50 or SS100. I know they sorta did that a few years ago, but nothing since has really had the same sort of design philosophy. Maybe have a quick swap tank of some type (spring valve opening so it doesn't leak) that connects with a quarter turn fastener.

I'm not really sure why Hasbro's actually taken several steps backward in engineering with new SS blasters. First we had tanks, then the clips, and now we're using the type of mechanism found in a dollar store squirt gun. The only difference on the big blasters is that they don't have a spring to push the slide back forward.

I'll be honest, this all came to mind because of Splatoon. One of the out-the-gate items you get is a weapon called the Splattershot and looks like an original SS50.