Nerf Blasters from the 90’s but they're actually good?

I thought the rare and vintage Nerf Hyper Sight Big Bad Bow, Monoblast and Cyber Stryke Ratchet Blast blasters would simply be quirky relics of the past, but they surprised me when I tried them out and learned about their rich modding history. Check out how these 90’s Nerf blasters are… actually good!

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[outofdarts]

Ah, the nostalgia! Nerf in the nineties was a wonderful time to be alive.

[JoltKing]

I saw the ratchetblast in the thumbnail and was about to comment "be careful" but RIP too late...
The reason they break is because of the plastic they used. All the glitter in it slowly wedges the plastic molecules apart, making the plastic extremely brittle, as you may have noted. Unfortunately the decay is accelerated by both light and oxygen 💀
People in the transformers community call this GoldPlasticSyndrome. It apparently happened in a lot of older hasbro toys. This isn't even the only nerf brand blaster with the issue, the issue appears in the Defender T-3 (in the priming handles and catches... great...), the silver chains for the Razorbeast (which were thin to begin with 😳), and the Electric Eel, which, like the ratchetblast, has the bad plastic for the entire shell 😵. I myself have the DT3, and can already see stress in the priming handle. I own two electric eels as well, which both have at least one area where plastic has been chipped off. Ouch.

[mackderpants]

I loved the Ratchetblast when I was a kid, but I pretty much left the shields off since it looked more “shotgunny” that way.

[matthewsmith]

I still own all three of these and, exactly as you might guess, the Ratchetblast is the only one that has broken. The other two are remarkably hardy in their construction (ignoring the cosmetic elastic strings on the BBB)

[duncanginsberg]

two words "pop it lock it and watch it rocket" sent a wave of repressed memories of me sitting at my house playing ps2 with my friend while my parents argued over the tv they were watching in the background

[popatachi]

You pronounced my name right! :D Great little walk back in time.

[SmithTheHedgehog]

9:17 now that’s some real *ahem*
BREAK-ACTION blaster priming right there.

[Shralla]

Just have to say that Terminator 2 came out in 1991, six years before the Cyber Strike line. I don't think it was a direct influence on the line beyond the way it influenced later sci-fi action movies and the sci-fi aspect of the 90s in general.

I know I'm nitpicking but I can't help it and I promise I'm not hating, love your content.

[TheFlurryofFlames]

Core memory unlocked; I had a RatchetBlast growing up, and thought it was the coolest thing ever-especially with the hand guard removed.

[truffles]

I love the nerf blasters from the 90s. The Big Bad Bow is amazing, sadly I don't have it

[CalciumCrusader_]

Have I been shot by a time machine? This is quite the blast from the past!

[ButtersGettingHard]

Me and my brother had those ones with the hand armour, they were a lot of fun but i cant remember if they were good. Chances are we lost the darts right away and just pretended with them anyways lol

[NetVoyagerOne]

Back in my day, in the far off days of 2001, there were big bad bows and crossbows on the old nerf forums that after brass barrels and additional springs (and reinforcement so the things wouldn't destroy themselves) had ranges well over 100ft

[ChirpsalotPlaysGames]

"cyberstrike" Yeah that's 90's all right! I miss my childhood

[saberleaf]

wait a second.. you're telling me.. the first one in the video is a 90's nerf gun?.. i had that thing for years back then and i remember it being a pump and fire. not a pull back and fire.

[Montisaquadeis]

My BIgBadBow from 98 is still solid and with the release of MEGA XL darts its got a GREAT replacement ammo which is PERFECT 50 foot plus shots easily out of the thing with XL darts

[DarkJak]

You know about the Nerf Wildfire? You can say it's the "Grandfather" of Full-Auto Nerf blasters.

[blob]

I used to play mech arena, but my account got deleted. My favorite mech was the ares because it just has a cool ability and if you add the right guns, it’s unstoppable

[JGZinv]

yup I have a good size 90s collection and i was looking through the stuff the other day, whipped the rachetblast for fun and snapped it after 20+ years. rip old buddy.

[mariabobia]

aw man do you guys remember the optimus prime transforming blaster?? that was so sick, i used to put my lego dudes in there