Wait have they cut down Super Soakers? I just checked Nerf's site and they all seem so...puny to what I used to have.
-
Hey everyone! sn00zer has created a vote for your Favorite Games of All Time! Voting ends at 22 days, 9 hours, 33 minutes, 46 seconds. Happy voting!
Super Soakers rule
- Thread starter Metal Slugger
- Start date
This thing is iconic. So many great memories.Everyone I knew growing up in the 90's had one of these:
i had this bad boy, it was so heavy i could barely hold it when it was full.
Same- sported this bad boy too, in the summer of 1998 (why would anyone switch the nozzle to 5x, 10x or bust). Accidentally reserved the last one in Woolworths (even though I told the lady on the phone I didn't want to) and grabbed that sucker for £10 with a voucher. Remember my friends and I being lined up all along our garden fence raining hellfire down on the neighbours. Sister had the 1000, powerful devices but emptied the tank pretty darn fast.
OP
OP
That's the fucking SOAKZOOKA, it's the beefiest nonpressurized one you can get currently. It's super fun and cheap at TRU if there's one by you.
Yes the pump ones have weaker shots but they make up for it in capacity and fire rated. My Floodinator can fire a shot like every half second and the tank lasts for a long-ass time. A lot of them are buttcheeks though.
If you want a modern pressurized soaker get one of the Water Warriors ones by Buzz Bee Toys off of Amazon. BBT was formed by ex-Laramie employees after Hasbro laid them off. They're more cheaply made and not quite as good as OG Super Soakers due to patent issues but they're super cheap and get the job done. The Colossus 2 is only $13 on Amazon right now. If you want an official modern pressurized SS get a Squall Surge, more expensive though.
Man there was an arm's race with my friends with those things! First there was the 50... then another kid got the 100 and he was a badass. Then the 200 and THAT kid was the badass.
I ended up splurging my puny allowence on the backpack one...but truth be told: the rubber hose connecting the back pack to the pistol would warp easily and wouldn't work anymore. I went through like 3 of them before giving up and getting a 100 or 200... I don't remember which.
I ended up splurging my puny allowence on the backpack one...but truth be told: the rubber hose connecting the back pack to the pistol would warp easily and wouldn't work anymore. I went through like 3 of them before giving up and getting a 100 or 200... I don't remember which.
Super soakers were banned in my house, my dad was gone for work often so my mom didn't want me and my brother shooting my little sister/her with it and not having dad around to play with us at least. So I never owned one. But... somehow she relented and let us have one on the condition that it cannot be brought into the house.
We got it, had fun and the next day filled it with cherry koolaid and shot my mom with it in the house. Never again was a super soaker allowed in our home.
We got it, had fun and the next day filled it with cherry koolaid and shot my mom with it in the house. Never again was a super soaker allowed in our home.
you better not have been one of them fuckers who also threw eggs out of their balcony.
We played with these. We used to wet random strangers all the time in Venezuela lol
we were wild me and my brother. I feel so bad for my mom sometimes having to deal with us. We would get bored at home a lot and like dogs do when they aren't exercised we would just cause mischief. Like once my mom came home from work and we had painted the whole outside of the house with mud and eggs
OP
OP
Can confirmEveryone I knew growing up in the 90's had one of these:
Getting sprayed by water causes a visceral response. If kids can't figure out how to have fun with that then all is lost.
I loved the original line, but I think the later, space age ones are ugly and even the current ones don't seem as fun when I get them for the kids as I remember. Most of the new ones don't even use a trigger.
Now regular Nerf guns on the other hand, are way better now than when I was a kid.
I also liked the older battery operated water guns that looked like actual guns. Then that kid got killed or whatever and they made them in bright colors but the same designs. It was really messed up, too, because otherwise I would have had no idea what an AK-47 was (I remember having that and the Uzi).
Now regular Nerf guns on the other hand, are way better now than when I was a kid.
I also liked the older battery operated water guns that looked like actual guns. Then that kid got killed or whatever and they made them in bright colors but the same designs. It was really messed up, too, because otherwise I would have had no idea what an AK-47 was (I remember having that and the Uzi).
Nice throwback thread,
I had these three
The XP 110 felt really cheap and it leaked water from the grip.
I adored the XP 220, it was really handy, but it couldn't hold much water.
The CPS 1000 was the favourite of my Super Soakers, it felt really good and could hold a lot of water.
But it was really heavy for me, when it was full of water
And my bigger brother had this beast:
He only let me use it one or two times, but holy shit this was so cool for me as a kid.
I had these three
The XP 110 felt really cheap and it leaked water from the grip.
I adored the XP 220, it was really handy, but it couldn't hold much water.
The CPS 1000 was the favourite of my Super Soakers, it felt really good and could hold a lot of water.
But it was really heavy for me, when it was full of water
And my bigger brother had this beast:
He only let me use it one or two times, but holy shit this was so cool for me as a kid.
Last edited:
They do have Splatoon-branded guns, I think as part of World of Nintendo. They come with some packet to color the water you put into it too. So probably licensing.
Not just that but opening your gift and seeing a simple super soaker. That was the best back then. Nowadays I feel like kids would want more
I always wanted to fire the super soaker that had you pull back a lever to shoot the water out. Always seemed amazing to me.
Couldn't afford a Super Soaker as a kid, but I did get one of these for like half the price from a man of questionable integrity:
This is not merely a water gun. This is firefighting apparatus. The pressure on this bitch could knock small children down.
This is not merely a water gun. This is firefighting apparatus. The pressure on this bitch could knock small children down.
The OGEveryone I knew growing up in the 90's had one of these:
OP
OP
Fuck yeah, found a Max-D 3000 today at the thrift store. One of the small ones but it still works. My kids had never seen a real pressure soaker before today and were thrilled.
Man, this fucking FB Marketplace deal for some big boys better respond.
Man, this fucking FB Marketplace deal for some big boys better respond.
OP
OP
Sorry to be lame and bump my own thread but I had a couple of great pickups today: an XP 110 NOS (works fucking awesome and the packaging was a total nostalgia bomb) and THE FUCKING MACK DADDY CPS 2000 MK 1 for $45 shipped. It's a parts gun since it doesn't fire currently but the body is in great shape and I'm pretty confident that I can get it working through repairs. God damn I cannot wait.
It was so funny and cool to watch my daughters running around blasting each other with an old-school SS.
It was so funny and cool to watch my daughters running around blasting each other with an old-school SS.
They used to be (since I'm older now). I remember using friends', because I never had a good one -- just something cheap. Some friends had some really great ones back in the 90s.
I fondly remember having a pretty epic waterfight with my mom and a family friend while at our trailer.
I fondly remember having a pretty epic waterfight with my mom and a family friend while at our trailer.
Hah, thanks for that! That chap is awesome.
This was my weapon of choice, I wanted the big bad blue one, but my mum wouldn't buy me that one. My friend had the massive blue one and I was gutted.
This is the one I had. I also had one of the really small ones, I forget which though
It was either the hose or this, for us poor kids. It usually still had a chemical smell.
Only the rich had these while us peasants were stuck with the 50
I was big into Super Soakers for a Summer or two. My favorite memory was having a battle in the backyard in the pitch darkness of the night, with only the deck lights on.
Lmao, I remember getting one of these for my birthday one year.
Of course the creator of the Super Soaker would have an amazing resume.
Who knows? I've seen this at Best Buy, they just made a version of the creepy Oozinator seen above where you have to buy their "ink" cartridges instead of just a plain water gun.
Seems like Japan has actual water versions of a number of Splatoon weapons though, which is awesome. SPLAT DUALIES:
