Why do they make such weak water guns? Where are the big guns?
The manufactures have drifted from the “big and powerful days” of the late nineties for a variety of reasons. Most of the reasons deal with the retailers and what they want. Retailers can’t easily sell expensive toys. Moreover, the big guns take up a lot of shelf space. The retailers thus can’t stock as many products. The cost of materials also has risen. Lastly, the audience of water guns is mostly younger kids. These reasons are not completely solid though. In 2007, Hasbro released the Nerf N-Strike Longshot CS-6. This Nerf gun is over three feet long and costs $29.99 USD. A topic at NerfHaven also revealed that Hasbro is targeting older audiences now because games like Assassins are popular with Nerf guns on college campuses. In all, they still may make weak and small guns because those maximize their profits.
