Board Thread:Questions and answers/@comment-30049823-20200128070945/@comment-27306930-20200203055325

Oh yeah, the Cosmic Thruster. Mrs. Elliottw keeps one in the bottom of her nightstand drawer. It's variable speed, I think. She says it's awesome 🤭 😉 😜

But seriously, I've got a couple things to bring up tonight. First, it's quite possible that Ballistic Balls changed diameter midstream. There was a lot of corporate animosity between Nerf manufacturers back then. Hasbro eventually sued Lanard, then Buzz Bee in 2010 over patent infringements with the Super Soakers and the Disc Shot. Changing the size of Ballistic Balls would have prevented, or at least interfered with, Lanard and Buzz Bee's compatibility in the ball blaster market. So the idea is totally plausible, even if that's not the precise reason.

Second, the wiki's Ball blasters page is a hot mess. It's a hodgepodge of Ballistic Ball blasters, Cosmic Ball blasters, Koosh Galaxy Ball blasters, and RIVAL blasters, the latter of which (in my opinion) are separate and distinct from other ballistic ball blasters. RIVAL is its own ammo category and shouldn't be grouped with traditional ballistic ball blasters. It's inaccurate and misleading, IMHO.

Thirdly, the "objectively coolest ever" Battle Snake has some stiff competition from the objectively cooler Nerf Gator. Not only does it look more menacing, but the Gator's mouth actually opens when you pull the trigger. Plus alligators EAT snakes ... I think. or whatever

Bottom line, let's reconsider how we classify ball blasters. After all, there are two distinct sizes of balls in Nerf. And honestly, it's not how big they are, it's how you use them  categorize them that counts.