Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-28773666-20200817174426/@comment-27306930-20200819014510

Oh stop. You can download the plans for a Caliburn for free, and print your own. Boom, you have a NIC class blaster. And there are a boatload of others. But look, if you want someone else to buy all the equipment and materials, then do all the work and print it, it's going to cost you some money. That's how it works IRL.

I think you should google "injection moulding". It is an INCREDIBLY expensive process. In fact, mould production is the single biggest manufacturing cost, sometimes exceeding 50% of the development cost for some toys.

As far as the DZP MK-1 goes I will agree, it's disappointing to see a $50 clone at Walmart get 95% of the performance. But just remember this, the MK-1 was a marketing test to see if there was widespread interest in blasters at that performance level. If it weren't for me and 999 other nerfers that jumped at the chance to "waste" our money, they never, never would have released the MK-1.1 or the Nexus Pro. You're welcome.

I am truly sorry you can't afford premium blasters. That's kind of the way it works when you're 14. Some day you will be able to afford an expensive super-stock or NIC class blaster. But until then, don't dis every blaster you can't have.