Hasbro seems to have created Nerf Rebelle in order to target young female fans of the new movies Brave and The Hunger Games, both of which star female archers who “rebel” from the female norm.

2013 In February 2013, Hasbro announced the release of its "Rebelle" line, a sub-line aimed at girls, with its first products released in fall of 2013.

Are really fast that's what you can hear here. That's the sound of the wheel spinning. And then the dot goes between the two wheels and it just pushes it out.

Nerf toys are made of a hard plastic for guns (referred to as "Blasters" by Nerf), a foamy substance (for Ballistic Balls and Sports toys) and a rubbery casting on the outside of the bullets.

Nerf, which stands for Non-Expanding Recreational Foam, was founded back in 1969 by Parker Brothers after Reyn Guyer, a Minnesota-based inventor approached the company. Reyn proposed to Nerf a safe indoor football game.

The first Nerf blaster was made in 1989, nineteen years after the creation of the Nerf Ball. The Blast-a-Ball fired balls by pumping the carrying handle forwards. Nerf packaged two of these blasters together, knowing that their products sold well as a form of game or sport.

Nerf, which stands for Non-Expanding Recreational Foam, was founded back in 1969 by Parker Brothers after Reyn Guyer, a Minnesota-based inventor approached the company. Reyn proposed to Nerf a safe indoor football game.

The games didn't make it to market, but the balls did, and in 1969 the first Nerf Ball was introduced as the “world's first indoor ball”. The product was a hit with kids and parents. The soft foam meant that you could play with it indoors, as it would bounce off glass and other hard surfaces without causing any damage.

Toy guns can help kids self-regulate out in the real world. | Researchers postulate that when kids incorporate violence into their pretend play, they may learn how to control real violent impulses and regulate their emotions.

Nerf guns are plastic toy weapons that fire foam darts or discs; they were first produced as toys for kids. Since they don't depict actual firearms, the word "nerf" is a portmanteau of the words "non-real." Both kids and adults like playing with Nerf guns.

As mentioned, many consider this blaster to be the very first real Nerf gun. Inventor Clemens V Hedeen Jr is the man behind this gun, who sold it to Kenner in 1992 (then already part of Hasbro) and sold more dart guns to Hasbro in the following years.

The animation above shows that the energy of the dart/gun system is initially present in the form of the elastic potential energy (PEs) and gravitational potential energy (PEg). The springs of the dart gun are compressed which accounts for the elastic potential energy.

9 Things You Didn't Know About NERF

• Hasbro HQ testing facilities are a blast.
• Some NERF guns are wicked fast.
• It started with a ball.
• The NERF gun was introduced much later.
• NERF materials are magic.
• They make a lot of darts.
• They've gone through a lot of slogans.
• George Clooney is a NERF fan.

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