{"id":206474,"date":"2020-12-21T16:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/?p=206474"},"modified":"2025-02-26T16:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T16:59:50","slug":"nerf-history","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/nerf-history\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief History Of Nerf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nerf is a well-known children\u2019s toy brand across the world.\n</p><p>It is mostly known for its foam-shooting blasters that have been around since the late 1980s.\n</p><p>But where did it all begin, and how did they take over the toy market?\n</p><p>Here is a brief history of Nerf.\n</p><h2>NERF began as the world\u2019s first indoor ball.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-206486 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/11%5C/nerf-history-original.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"A' picture of the first nerf ball width='\"728\"' height='\"420\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/nerf-history-original.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Nerf started life as a football game in 1969, designed by a games inventor based in <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/minnesota-facts%5C/%5C%22">Minnesota, USA.\n<p>Reyn Guyer pitched his indoor football game concept to American toy manufacturer Parker Brothers.\n</p><p>Parker Brothers were not interested in the game; however, they were impressed with the ball.\n</p><p>Guyer had invented a 4-inch (10 cm) polyurethane foam ball, which was suitable to use indoors as it was soft and would not break anything.\n</p><p>Parker Brothers saw potential with this and, in 1970, decided to market the ball as \u201cNerf ball,\u201d the world\u2019s first indoor ball.\n</p><p>Their marketing slogan for the Nerf ball was, &ldquo;Throw it indoors; you can&rsquo;t damage lamps or break windows. You can&rsquo;t hurt babies or old people.&rdquo;\n</p><p>The ball became a popular toy as it fulfilled the need for children to be able to play indoors without damaging items or injuring their families.\n</p><p>By the end of its first year, over four million Nerf balls had been sold.\n</p><p>Following the success, in 1972, the \u201cSuper Nerf Ball\u201d was released as well as products such as \u201cNerfoop,\u201d a basketball game using the Super Nerf Ball.\n</p><h2>The word &ldquo;Nerf&rdquo; is a slang term used in the sport of off-roading.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-206485 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/11%5C/nerf-history-soft.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"An' orange nerf ball and bullet width='\"728\"' height='\"420\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/nerf-history-soft.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>The history behind the name Nerf is very simple.\n</p><p>The ball that Guyer designed was made from polyurethane foam.\n</p><p>Nerf is a slang term used by the off-roading community to describe the foam padding that is used in the sport.\n</p><p>Non-Expanding Recreational Foam (NERF) is wrapped around the support bars used in off-roading to stop damage to the cars; they are known as Nerf bars.\n</p><p>So the name of the ball became Nerf, after its material similarities used in equipment for off-roading.\n</p><h2>The first Nerf gun was launched in 1989, 20 years after the company was founded.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-206484 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/11%5C/nerf-history-gun.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Two' nerf guns width='\"728\"' height='\"420\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/nerf-history-gun.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Although Nerf is most famous for its blasters and guns, it didn\u2019t start producing them until 1989.\n</p><p>20 years after releasing the world\u2019s first indoor ball, Nerf decided to launch its first Nerf blaster called \u201cBlast-a-Ball.\u201d\n</p><p>It was the first handheld foam weapon designed by Nerf that used a pump-action to shoot the ball.\n</p><p>One year later, Nerf released its upgrade, the \u201cBlast-a-Matic,\u201d and this was the beginning of Nerf guns.\n</p><p>1991 saw the release of the Bow \u2018n\u2019 Arrow, Nerf\u2019s first gun to shoot arrows and the first of its kind to resemble a bow.\n</p><p>The first series of Nerf blasters to be released were branded as \u201cOriginal Nerf\u201d, however, this was changed in 1994.\n</p><p>In 1994 Original Nerf was discontinued, and the new branding for the guns was called \u201cNerf Action.\u201d\n</p><p>Nerf has categorized each series of guns by a different name to help define each series in the Nerf range.\n</p><h2>In the 1990s, Nerf was taken over by multiple toy manufacturers.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-206483 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/11%5C/nerf-history-companies.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Children' having a nerf gun fight width='\"728\"' height='\"420\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/nerf-history-companies.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>It was until the late 1990s to early 2000s that Hasbro fully acquired the Nerf brand.\n</p><p>It was initially set up by Parker Brother in 1969 and then handed to its sister company Kenner Products, in 1991.\n</p><p>Throughout the 1990s, Nerf was passed between sub-companies in the toy industry, such as OddzOn and Larami, before Hasbro took over the market.\n</p><p>In the early 2000s, Hasbro acquired the majority of toy manufacturers on the market, and through this, they acquired the Nerf brand.\n</p><h2>In 2013 Nerf released its first line of products aimed at girls.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-206482 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/11%5C/nerf-history-rebelles.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"The' nerf gun aimed at girls width='\"728\"' height='\"420\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/nerf-history-rebelles.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>In <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/february-facts%5C/%5C%22">February 2013, Nerf released its \u201cREBELLE\u201d line, which included products specifically designed for girls.\n<p>The sub-line created toys that had female-associated colors like pink, <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/colour-purple-facts%5C/%5C%22">purple, and teal.\n<p>The first Rebelle\u2019s were based on the Nerf blasters, and they included the Angel Aim, Cool Camo, and Femme Fire.\n</p><p>The first series contained over 10 different products that were released in the fall of <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/year%5C/2013%5C/%5C%22">2013.\n<p>Nerf continued releasing products for girls for the next five years.\n</p><p>Sadly due to lack of sales, the line was unofficially discontinued in <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/year%5C/2018%5C/%5C%22">2018.\n<h2>Nerf have won awards for its well-designed products.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-206481 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/11%5C/nerf-history-awards.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"The' nerf shot blast gun width='\"728\"' height='\"420\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/nerf-history-awards.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>In 2011 at the American International Toy Fair held annually in &nbsp;New York City, Nerf won two awards.\n</p><p>The Nerf Super Soaker Shot Blast won the &ldquo;Outdoor Toy of the Year&rdquo; award, and the Nerf N-Strike Stampede won &ldquo;Boy Toy of the Year.&rdquo;\n</p><p>In 2014, Nerf went on to win a third award at the UK Toy Fair, with the Nerf Zombie Strike Crossfire Bow being awarded &ldquo;Best Action Toy.&rdquo;\n</p><p>&nbsp;\n</p><p>It is difficult to imagine that Nerf started out as an indoor ball and is now one of the world\u2019s most famous toy shooter producers.\n</p><p>Nerf has continued to dominate the toy market by releasing upgrades and improved models of its blasters.\n</p><p>The shooters are loved so much that the Nerf market has expanded into video gameplay as well as real life.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>NERF was originally a soft ball that was designed to be able to be thrown around the home by children, without causing any kind of damage to property. 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