Nerf's most popular products are Nerf Blasters, which are toy plastic guns that shoot foam darts, which are, among other things: Velcro-tipped in order to stick to Nerf vests, tipped with suction cups designed to stick to smooth surfaces, streamlined to fit in magazines, some able to whistle in flight, or a color variation, such as camouflage, color swap, and glow in the dark. In addition, the tail-fins characteristic of Nerf Sports' Vortex sub-line (not to be confused with the blaster sub-line of the same name) cause the foam footballs of which it is comprised to resemble torpedoes and fly greater distances. They are designed with different color schemes and features, with some of their footballs featuring color schemes and logos of the NFL. The Nerf Sports (or N-Sports) line is a wide range of foam balls that resemble real sports balls. Written by Nathaniel Marunas, the book highlights the history of Nerf and provides details on every N-Strike, Dart Tag, and Vortex blaster produced at the time of the book's release. In November 2013, POW! Books published The Ultimate Nerf Blaster Book. The first product, the Heartbreaker bow, was released in Fall 2013. In February 2013, Hasbro announced the release of "Nerf Rebelle", a sub-line aimed at girls. Over the years, Nerf has continued to expand the line, adding new looks to existing products, with later lines of Nerf products ranging from sport balls and foam dart blasters to video games and accessories.
Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, the Nerf brand served under the subsidiaries OddzOn and Larami before Hasbro took full control of the brand. The company continued to add to the Nerf line until they handed control to Kenner Products, a sister company, in 1991, when Hasbro acquired the Nerf line through the acquisition of the Tonka Corporation.
Shortly after, in 1972, a basketball game called "Nerfoop" and the Nerf football joined the family, with the latter quickly becoming Nerf's most popular ball. The four-inch (102 mm) ball was followed by a large version called "Super Nerf Ball". You can't hurt babies or old people." The ball filled a strong consumer need and by the year's end, more than four million Nerf balls had been sold. Marketing slogans promised that one can "Throw it indoors you can't damage lamps or break windows. In 1970, the Nerf ball was introduced as the "world's first official indoor ball", the name "Nerf" being a slang term for the foam padding used in off-road racing. In 1969, Reyn Guyer, a Minnesota-based games inventor, came to the company with a volleyball game that was safe for indoor play, and after studying it carefully, Parker Brothers decided to eliminate everything but the foam ball. Parker Brothers originally developed Nerf, beginning with a four-inch (102 mm) polyurethane foam ball.
Original Nerf (styled NeRF) logo (1969-1990) It is this gas that creates open pockets within the polyurethane that, in turn, make the material soft and light. To produce it, polyester resin reacts with another compound in the presence of CO 2 from another reaction. Nerf foam ( Non- Expanding Recreational Foam) is made from a solid, spongy cellular material.