When Super Soakers got "Nerf-ified" by Hasbro, they were introduced under the "Soaker Wars" label in red and blue versions. It was a classic case of RvB for their first year and after that, they just made 'em all white and continued with their Tacti-cool water blasters. Sure, it's no Constant Pressure System (CPS) or XP-275, but they're still fun and, if you're a modder like me, you can still manage to have fun with 'em in several ways.
The most direct way is to just use 'em as water blasters. We have games frequently during the hot summer months and they're pretty casual. Have a hose ready to refill, get some blasters loaned out, and just start attacking eachother. No teams, no rhyme or reason. It's really just a fun way to stay cool, get some exercise, and work out your best acrobatics to dodge and dish out H2 "Oh that's cold!"
The LightningStorm Stock on my "Whiteout" Spectre |
Of course, some folks take things a little further... and I'm kind of crazy. The TornadoStrike, released a few years ago, has now become one of my most powerful Laser Tag blasters to date! You can knock Super Soakers for their weaker-than-historically-proven power all day long, but the fact of the matter remains: these blasters look pretty cool! So it was easy when I decided to tear out the guts of my TornadoStrike to not only make a MEAN looking blaster, but have it PERFORM as good as it looks, too!
So when it comes down to it, there's actually a lot you can do with a Super Soaker, whether you're a Nerf or Laser Tag fan (of which I am both). But until you use that stock for your Retaliator or gut that ShotBlast to put a Laser Challenge V2 Firestorm into, it's a simple way to have fun during those sticky sunburnt days over the summer.
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