Nice find indeed. I ordered two last night and they told me it already is shipping today.

This is my attempt to keep things organized for the upcoming nerf season. I will make periodic updates to this and post anything worth noting. I will be adding, APOC, Armageddon, Gnomefest, Hershfest, and SJNNO soon. Anything else i need to add can be posted here as well.

What would be great is if all war hosts can type up directions to the war from major highways. I can format and host them for you, for ease of planning from here on.

http://omc.nerfers.com/calendar.htm

Feel free to browse my site as well, but there isn't much there. It was a place holder for much more I planned on, but never got around to.

I will be updating the calendar this weekend. Also, I may just convert it over to a Google Calendar. We shall see how that looks. I will keep you all posted.

Shrimp, I checked the TRU in totowa NJ tonight and nothin. Where EXACTLY were they? and if you're a NJ nerfer, why don't you come out to our wars?

Just thought I'd add this. My local TRU (Totowa, NJ) has recently stocked up on BBB's. No joke there were at least a dozen on the shelf, of which I bought 3. The best part however, is that they were only 19.99 instead of 24.99 as others have reported.

Hasbro sponsored the Warped Tour a couple of years ago if I remember. All that a "sponsorship" means is that they get room to demo their latest products. For the Warped Tour it was the DTG's when they first came out. It's just a marketing thing. I wouldn't read too much into it if I were you.

but it was only single barreled, so using it was out of the question.

That is one of the funniest things I have read on this forum to date.

See man, this is what I was talking about. You have just risen in the respect ranks about 100 fold. If you thought I was harsh in the beginning it's only b/c we get members on a regular basis talking about making diet coke and mentos guns or other garbage like that. Call it tough love or whatever, but you can also consider yourself a made man. Welcome to the family.

That being said, I most definitely have to come down to Florida for one of these wars. What is your closest airport?

Also, in case you haven't done your homework, most of our most active and "veteran" members are at least 18+, with myself at age 23. It's good to see fellow Nerfers in my own age bracket. It gets a little sketchy the farther the age difference gets. You are most definitely welcome to any NJ wars in the future. In fact I hope you can make it to Apocalypse this year. It is gearing up to be the biggest event EVER.

Does anyone actually NERF anymore? Just wondering...

Had this been posted by OMC, talio, or cx, I think this thread would have garnished replies delving into the intracacies of flavor and aroma of different brands of carrots from different regions of the carrot growing world.

You should know that we wouldn't waste our time with such trivial shit. "Baby vegetables" is one of the best marketing bullshit stories I've ever seen. Thanks for charging more for the same thing, but smaller. Only in America.

u no heating springs causes them to get less flexibal. With everything like car shocks you are not supposed to get them really hot. It propobly wont change the guns that much but it will shorten there lives. I dont recomend heating up springs.

Clean up your posts. This is NOT AOL Instant Messenger, or a text message.

Ok, so Talio and myself have jsut returned from the Mecca of Nerf. We have been in Rhode Island visiting Hasbro for the past 2 days. We have seen the future, and we saw that it was good. This fall is gonna kick some serious ass. Nerf is back in full swing, we have so much info for all you guys its gonna take a long time to post it all. O and to all those who doubt us, I will have the pics up to prove this soon.

Here's the facts:

1) The people of Hasbro have decided that Nerf is one of their CORE brands. They agree with us that it has been in a slump. The TT and new Nite Finder are jus the beginning of tyhe new wave coming from them. We should say now that the people behind the Nerf line are a dedicated team. Hasbro has brought back the team that has made some of the finest "blasters" we have and they are working together to bring the Nerf line back to life.

2) The new line brings both good and bad things to us. They are for one some kick ass designs. We have a new pistol to look forward to, called the Scout. It is extremely similar to the Nite Finder, but it cocks on the top like a SM250/350 or AT1k. However the prototype we saw shows it to be just as good as a Nite Finder. Second there is my favorite, called the Hornet. It is a new blastfire like semi-auto blaster that shoots six darts instead of 5. It is layed out in a 6-pack fashion and fires one at a time or all 6 like the BF excpet the Blast activator is side mounted on either side to make it ambidextrious (sp?). Now here's the weird part. The last blaster coming is a massive bazooka blaster like the ultimator. It pumps with your feet and takes 20 pumps. To be honest, its going to be totally impractical for us. I do not see any potential in that blaster, but the other 2 are awesome.

3) All those 3 weapons are sold together. As a matter of fact, they are BUILT together. It's a Nerf Integration done by them, executed extremely well. I think the coolest feature though is the DVD that is goin to come with the set. It puts you in a Halo like position and the DVD is TOTALLY interactive. You will shoot the screen and the hits will actually register. The story is mission based. It's going to be a hell of a fun time. It might not be exactly what WE want, but this is totally the kick in the pants Nerf needs to become top of the hill again.

4) The engineers, designers, and marketing folks emphasized how psyched they are about the brand returning and relaunching. We have no pictures of the actual weapons, but as soon as we can, they promised us pics for everyone. The package of 3 blasters and the DVD will sell for around $40, which is a fair price for what you are getting. The MAJOR problem though, for now at least, is that the toys are ONLY going to be sold together. The Scout and Hornet look great, but for us the DVD and Bazooka are worthless.

5) We are just going to have to accpet that we are NOT and may never be Nerf's PRIMARY target audience. They do not condone the stuff we do to their toys. They put a lot of work into the safety of the toys, and we undo all of it. However, as for the line for kids, if I was a dad, I would TOTALLY get this set for my kids.

6) This fall is gonna be just the tip of the iceberg. They already have plans for '05 which we weren't allowed to see yet, but the lead designer has come up with some great stuff so far, so the future outlook is very good. PATIENCE is the key here. They are taking their time to get the stuff right. They really wanted our input, and we had a great Q&A session. They team has a ton of vets, but they are only there to oversee the process, or so it seems. The designer they have is new and is just getting his feet wet, but I can assure you all he is true talent. Nerf is gonna be great over the next couple of years, so lets work with what we have for now.

Ok, almost done, only 3 points left...

They were very adament about calling the "guns" "Blasters." They are not guns. Anyone who paintballs can relate. It may seem a bit queer, but to really get new kids involved, I think its a good step to let their parents know they are playing with toys and not guns.

There is some good news also. We may be seeing older guns rereleased! Certain stores are lloking for exclusives (ie like TRU and the RF20). KMART is next in line and they will be getting a very popular blaster this fall, (NOT THE CROSSBOW, RELAX!) We don't want to say which, but its more popular out west.
PLEASE post your ideas here somewhere or on another site. I may even start up one in the coming weeks. HASBRO recognizes us and knows what we want. The more we tell them what we want, the more likely they are to make it. Let's help their design process (not trying to put anyone out of a job here ) Email me and stuff too.

Ask us anything, we have seen the new stuff and will answer anything we can. Hasbro has some great people on board. Anyway, thats it for now b/c I think my hands will fall off any second. Pics of us at Hasbro are to come shortly.

The Hornet cocks forward unlike the BF. It is also primed using the main bazooka if it is connected. It has electroincs on board which i forgot to mention that go along with the DVD.

EDIT:
Im goin out for the night, so pics will either be up REALLY late, or not till later tomorrow.

Man chill out there silent bob. You know, feel free to give Talio some time off and IM me for some info. FOOL1115 is my AOL name.

OK here's the proof you have been waiting for.

Copy and paste the URL's

This is me with my NH shirt standing by the Mr. Potato head outside Hasbro Headquaters

http://www.geocities...sj/NHpotato.JPG

This is me and Talio with the design team. They gave us each one of the tshirts and the kickass sweatshirts that Talio is sporting in the back there.

http://www.geocities...sj/NerfTeam.JPG

I didn't really catch EXACTLY how the game works mechanically. However I know there are ways to activate Heat sensor mode and Night Vision mode with the Hornet. The Hornet is really the heart and soul of the game, b/c it will most likely be used the most. The Bazooka is not used for the game much if at all, its really just a gimmicky item. There are also built in mechanisms to stop cheaters. The game keeps score.

I completely forgot to mention the name of everything. The whole line is called the N-Stryke line. The DVD engages you to become a "stryker" ala Halo and blast away the evil robot enemies. It's a really well executed piece even if we only saw like a 30 sec clip. I wish I could remeber the name of the large bazooka weapon, its pissing me off that I can't.

Jesus, does ANYONE read.....

The Hornet is primed attached to the Bazooka or by itself. I pumps like the BF, it practically IS a friggin Blastfire. IT ALREADY IS MOBILE. I don't know how many times we have to say it but the blasters are used seperatley OR together.

DO NOT bother wasting your time emailing nerf. They are inundated (sp?) as it is with calls from customers. Make your own site and post your ideas (or do it here) and designs. This way we ALL can see them and the folks at Hasbro are CLEARLY intelligent enough to find this site, they might as well find others.

You know what, I am not even going to say anything about your remake a crossbow statement, just read what Talio or I have written already. Sane, learn from this. EVERYONE learn from this.

To Grinch, its also coming in the Fall.

yea i do know, DONT HOLD YOUR BREATH for now, but we havent seen 2005 or 2006 yet.

I'm sure they have. Good for them. The only thing is, Hasbro went out of their way to protect their intellectual property. I can only imagine that Lanard will see the blasters at the toy fair or even later when they come out. Lanard has made some cool stuff, but I dunno if their design and engineering teams can beat the young fresh team Hasbro has for NERF.

Sporkboy, what Lanard kid are you talking about?

over and under. It's like attaching a Blastfire directly below the front of a Xbow. Thats the best way I can describe it.

they said fall 2004, and yes they come apart to be used seperately as well as togehter. They have an ingenious pumping sytem that primes the Hornet and Bazooka together.

The arrow thing I think jsut relates to the discussion we had about how hard foam is to work with. Also, yes the crossbow will probably never see the light of day again, but you never know. Just don't expect it anytime soon. At the same time, don't get your hopes up.

However the more I think about it, the funnier it would be if they did release it, and even this year. That would be the greatest move in history. Totally squashing our hopes then, bang there it is. (Yea ok, so not happening)

Likadick, go back and read the god damn thread. WE told you all the PC is coming back in the Fall.

and to Chrysler, yes we did sign NDA's, but it was kinda modified. They told us what we could tell everyone. Actually we told you pretty much everything that we saw. Except maybe the facility tour, but it wasnt really as interesting as everything else.

I do remember the Nerf crew mentioning something about lazer tag. I'm not sure if Hasbro wanted to move it under the Nerf groups watch. I think the rational was that its all toy guns or something, but i cant remember worth shit

TITAN! That was the name of that damn bazooka like gun. I couldn't remember for the life of me. Hopefully the Nerf team will get us pics soon.

Like Flaming Homosexual, er Hilt, mentioned, I'm pretty sure a clip fed accurate nerf gun counts as fucking innovation. Not to mention, successfully modding that beast thanks to people like Cartoon, Captian Slug and Forsaken Angel.

I'll give this more thought. I'm sure there are other major events, besides of course my continued dominance and general ass kickery on the battle field.

Good call 34. Evil/Rambo do your homework.

Wasn't there a guy named carbon in there too?

I heart silly Asians.

I just got back from the doctor. I'm most likely out for Saturday, but I'll try to get a few rounds in if I can manage it.

I'm assuming it was the gynecologist? What the fuck is wrong with you now?

Leave room for Langley. I talked to him at DCNO and he's into coming to this war.

We're still on, rain or shine right? Weather looks so so for the day.

I'm in.

I'd like to see some LCMers actually SHOW UP to TUNE UP.

Langley, you are WAY nicer than I am. You sir, are an embarrassment to that name. I think I'll change it.

Wow someone's a big d-bag. By the way, your ALOT cooler when you swear.

And you're a lot cooler when your grammar is correct. Really, there was no need for your post. This thread is what it is, not a place for stupid posts.

Either host one yourself of stop bitching.

I closed this until I can get some info back from my friends at Hasbro.

A) fix your grammar, and B ) who the hell is WE. I have a real issue with the royal we. If you give us an idea of who YOU are, it makes it look a lot less sketchy for everyone, and you won't be wasting our time.

What exactly do you mean by a 3 on 3 tournament? Who could possibly want to sponsor such an event? Power Plant Live? The Baltimore Aquarium? Natty Boh?

Give us a little more of an idea of what you are talking about. I am in MD often enough to be interested.

That's really all you need man. Those rules work 2v2. Talio, Langley, Fred, and myself have done so.