Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-33092097-20190821144241/@comment-27306930-20190822014529

Wow, you guys covered a lot of ground in just 10 hours. You went from accusations of outright plagiarism all the way to saber rattling over edit wars. Nice job 😉

As far as the OP goes, there's blatant copying, and then there's similarity in competing product lines. Companies like Blaze Eva make blatant copies of Hasbro blasters, sometimes part for part. It's ethically bankrupt, but not technically illegal. Even Hasbro copied its own Retaliator to make the Recon MKII.

On the other hand, companies like Hasbro, Zuru, Buzz Bee, Stats Blast, and Prime Time Toys (aka Adventure Force) are competing against each other and often have very similar products. You see the same thing with cars. There’s a reason the Honda CRV looks like the Toyota RAV4 and the Nissan Rogue. They didn’t “copy” each other. They’re competing for the same type of customer, and their respective products came out looking very similar. Same thing with blasters.

Look, I don’t feel there’s a valid reason to hate a particular brand, or love another. They all make some decent blasters, and they all make some duds. It's better to judge blaster manufacturers on their reputation for consistently making good ones.

Well, except for Blaze Eva. They suck 😛