Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-24548292-20140830212109/@comment-126472-20150518173422

Also, thanks for mentioning the thing with Lonnie Johnson. Did some research, and it wasn't the lawsuit itself that caused them to stop making pressure tank blasters. It's the fact that they have to pay a royalty on the patent any time they make a blaster using the technology, and Hasbro's never been big on paying royalties. I'm sure the fact that he sued them for unpaid royalties was the final nail in the coffin.