First things first: The Nerf Blast a Ball was loud. REALLY loud. To operate the thing, you first had to jam a ball into the end of it (not always easy to do with small hands). Then you had to pull back the handle and push it forward as fast as you could, and the air pressure would send the ball flying forward like nothing else you’ve ever seen.
As you can imagine, getting ambushed by the blast a ball when you weren’t expecting it — well — the sound of the ball coming out of that tube was enough to Nerf Blast Your Pants.
Something else needs to be made clear for those who were never on the receiving end of a Nerf Blast a Ball. These balls…they weren’t quite golf balls, but damnit, they weren’t far off, either. I had bruises, I tell you.
Big ones.
Anyway, the Nerf Blast a Ball was the first weapon that Nerf ever made, which means it was the first Nerf weapon I ever tortured my brothers with.
Thanks, Nerf, for the I Win button.
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Nerf Rattler
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View on Amazon Series: Nerf N Strike Ammo capacity: 5 darts Range: 25-30 feet Released: 2010 Another new announcement from Nerf, this time in regards to a new double-barrel blaster called the N-Strike Barrel Break IX-2. I don’t know much about the Barrel Break yet, but here is what I do know: The Barrel Break […]
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View on Amazon First things first: The Nerf Blast a Ball was loud. REALLY loud. To operate the thing, you first had to jam a ball into the end of it (not always easy to do with small hands). Then you had to pull back the handle and push it forward as fast as you […]
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Nerf N-Strike Alpha Trooper CS-18
View on Amazon Series: Nerf N Strike Ammo capacity: 18 darts Range: 30-35 feet Released: 2010 The Nerf N-Strike Alpha Trooper CS-18 blaster will be released in August of 2010, and it looks like it has a ton of potential to be awesome. I don’t have all the details yet, but here is what I […]