Nerf’s first League of Legends blaster is a $170 dart-flinging fish
by Sean Hollister from The Verge - All Posts on (#65TQZ)
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If you've been to a toy aisle recently, you've probably seen how cartoony Fortnite renditions of real-world guns dominate the shelves. Now, Hasbro is licensing the blasters of another mega-hit video game: League of Legends. But if you or your giftee has a LOL obsession, know that the starting price of a Nerf object of power won't be cheap.
The company's first blaster is the $170 Jinx Fishbones, a cosplay-grade blaster from the same pricey Nerf LMTD" brand that's producing the Destiny 2 Gjallarhorn rocket launcher, Halo Needler, Aliens Pulse Rifle, and Mandalorian Amban Phase-pulse blaster. The nearly three-foot-long blaster is now on preorder at Amazon and Hasbro Pulse and scheduled to release on December 1st of next year.
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