Nerf’s first gel blaster is coming this November with 10,000 rounds
by Sean Hollister from The Verge - All Posts on (#61JGF)
Image: Hasbro This is a Nerf blaster unlike any you've seen before. It doesn't shoot reusable foam darts or foam balls, but rather pellets of squishy, water-infused gel. Pellets so small you can fit 800 of them into this blaster, and so cheap it'll come with 10,000 of them right out of the box. It'll shoot them fully automatic with an included rechargeable, swappable 7.4V battery you can top up with a USB-C cable - just like a phone.
It's called the Nerf Pro Gelfire Mythic, it'll cost $79.99 this November, and it's wild to see it exists - partly because it's such a departure from kid-friendly darts, and partly because it feels like Hasbro is finally conceding that it doesn't need to reinvent the wheel to attract an older audience.
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