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ps238principal

I think I know what it feels like to be assimilated...

Mar 02, 2011 04:12

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zargon March 2 2011, 17:25:16 UTC

I prefer my foam weapons to be a little "meatier".

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ps238principal March 4 2011, 08:54:09 UTC

Are those the "original" foam ones? I only saw them once at GAMA, and there were plans to make and sell those, but they turned out to be too expensive.

The hammer was an amazing attention-getter. You could make a most satisfying "boom" if you brought it down on the floor. :)

zargon March 4 2011, 09:06:59 UTC

As far as I know those are the original weapons somewhere in the offices of Steve Jackson Games. I think the "mascot" has used the hammer and/or chainsaw around various conventions. I would be *SO* tempted to pick up a set of these if they ever made them available!

RE: Nerf Melee Weapons captaingeek March 2 2011, 17:25:27 UTC

I've seen these in Target & Wal-Mart for a while now. A few swords, a mace, a battle axe. I also think they got a Thor license. Now if they would just do a crossbow or a hand crossbow and some armor...

Re: Nerf Melee Weapons ps238principal March 4 2011, 08:55:33 UTC

I was trying to think of a way to "mark" your opponent. Something involving velcro might work, or if they want to get really technical, some kind of electronic pressure detector, like the ultra-fancy fencing setups.

Or perhaps the honor system might work, too.

Re: Nerf Melee Weapons captaingeek March 4 2011, 17:02:21 UTC

Honor system?!?!?!?

I know too many gamers who would abuse it. 8-)

vulpisfoxfire March 2 2011, 18:34:25 UTC

On the Nerf Melee...actually, those have been out for a while now, to the point that K-Mart and TRU actually has them on sale/clearance prices. The axe and mace seem to be all over the place, TRU had some of the smaller one-handed swords...they had a *nice* 2-hander (bastard-sword sized, at least for me, hyooge for a kid), but someone had torn off the tip so I didn't bother getting it. Rather annoying, as these thing look great for boffer-weapons.

ps238principal March 4 2011, 08:56:01 UTC

That's not a flaw; that's "battle damage!" :)

vulpisfoxfire March 4 2011, 09:39:46 UTC

*snirk* Not when it's that way in the store before it's ever been used in battle. And unfortunately, they were torn off to an extent that the plastic core was exposed, so they couldn't be *used* for battle safely.

diadem_chi March 2 2011, 19:07:28 UTC

I won't lie, I am very, very disappointed I don't get to see you this year at ECCC. But, I do want you to recuperate properly. Is there any way I can special order some signed comics and sketches to make up for it? Feel better soon.

ps238principal March 4 2011, 08:56:39 UTC

Most certainly! Just request whatever you want in the "note for seller" box or whatever it's called.

vulpisfoxfire March 2 2011, 19:30:00 UTC

Ah, here we go... http://www.hasbro.com/nerf/en_US/shop/browse/Nerf/N-1rZgtZj4/_/N-1rZgtZj4/Ne-2l