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water guns are shit nowadays??
- Thread starter TheMan
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When you absolutely, positively, have to soak every motherfucker in the room; accept no substitutes.
I have that. I feel like the heavy from tf2 when i wield it.I had this in my day:
Took off all the extraneous plastic and it was a murder weapon; a child's mother slapped me with her chancleta 3 times because I knocked her kid on his ass so bad lol
Made kids cry with this, and it wasn't even the 2000.
While I had both of these, they were the baby guns. I had this bad ass right here.I used this 2 days ago to shoo off some barn swallows. Still works great.
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I have no idea if he still has it, I havent spoken to him in about a decade at this point. Going through craiglist and facebook marketplace, I don't see any super soakers for sale at all. My guess is that unless the gun was kept new in box, most of the good shit from our glory days (including my buddy's gun) has broken by this point. Those rubber seals don't last forever.
edit: actually searching for "super soaker" instead of "water gun" yielded some slim pickings, but goddamn these things were left out in the summer sun for multiple seasons, lol
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This was my old reliable.
And this was my crown jewel. Showing up for any kind of water gun fight with this thing strapped to you was like dropping a WMD.
In the late 2000's they had some cool designs, like this one...
Normal spray at the small nozzle, and a drenching tank-emptying blast if you pull the grey handle at the top.
This one was pump action, so it sprayed as you pumped, and you could even make it so it fired down (for sneak attacks), to the left or to the right.
Normal spray at the small nozzle, and a drenching tank-emptying blast if you pull the grey handle at the top.
This one was pump action, so it sprayed as you pumped, and you could even make it so it fired down (for sneak attacks), to the left or to the right.
I owned this baby when I was 18, this guy could peel paint, it had three nozzle setting I believe..Laser cutter-to fire hose. It took about 200 pumps but god it was worth it!
Yoooooooooo
When you pulled up to the park with this?. Shit got real
Local toystore was selling these when I was growing up, had this version only it was blue and yellow with different branding.
Used to leave dents when it hit the target we put on the metal shed. Actually ended up on the evening news because of how
crazy powerful it was.
Used to leave dents when it hit the target we put on the metal shed. Actually ended up on the evening news because of how
crazy powerful it was.
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why pay extra for this? Just go to any gas station urinal and boom you got your stinky water right there.
Had the CPS 2000. It was strong enough to peel paint off a wood bench. Hasbro probably got a ton of complaints about kids getting shot in the eye with these things and the company eventually deemed the legal risk not worth it.
I eventually figured out that a good nozzle head for the ubiquitous garden hose could shoot a permanent jet stream stronger than any super soaker and with further range, and I would water all the plants from across the yard for target practice.
I eventually figured out that a good nozzle head for the ubiquitous garden hose could shoot a permanent jet stream stronger than any super soaker and with further range, and I would water all the plants from across the yard for target practice.
Ugh, or hoping you didn't hit a rock UNDER the plastic. My ribs hurt thinking about it.
This was the best and all you needed. Built well, good pressure and didn't weigh a ton.
GOAT. You could legit hurt someone with one of those!
Another personal favorite was modifying Nerf guns with various springs!
I had the Monster XL and it was so heavy that when I ran I tripped and busted my lip open on my cement step and had to get stitches
This was the best and all you needed. Built well, good pressure and didn't weigh a ton.
Yessir, I had one, I feel like EVERYONE had one of these things, lol.
Didnt they stop making them shoot so hard because of injuries though?
The fucking GOAT
I owned this baby when I was 18, this guy could peel paint, it had three nozzle setting I believe..Laser cutter-to fire hose. It took about 200 pumps but god it was worth it!
Byproduct of Toys R Us dying. Retailers like Wal Mart and Target do not dedicate the square footage for something like water guns, so manufacturers now cut back on assortment. You are starting to see that along all toylines.
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This is what I'm talking about; innovation in the water gun space is what will drive the economy in the decades to come.
Not actually on sale yet though :/
EDIT: preorder prices are insane, 120 euro for one gun
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Yea I've noticed it. I'm not much of a collector of hot wheels like I used to be but I do still peruse on occasion while at Walmart and the selections are not nearly as good as they used to be at places like TRU. Part of it is Walmart has to have enough space for the current movie toys, like right now it's Toy Story toys. As a consequence the other toy brands suffer from having less retail space, even the LEGO selection isn't that great.
Been curious for some time how the death of Toys R Us impacted the toy companies, it's been about a year so I'm sure the fallout has become somewhat clear.
I had this in my day:
Took off all the extraneous plastic and it was a murder weapon; a child's mother slapped me with her chancleta 3 times because I knocked her kid on his ass so bad lol
Jesus, that's not a water gun it's a damn WMD.
All the water gun R&D went into Nerf instead. Shit is going stronger than ever and the designs are nuts.
That is the history of the Super Soaker for anyone interested. Legal issues is what killed the air system.
Hasbro go Super Soaker and put it under the Nerf umbrella.
I suppose one could say Super Soakers got.. nerfed.
