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Zuru, Byrne said, is the first company that has invested enough in product innovation and technology to be a challenger. Nerf now is the official football of the NFL Flag League, one of the fastest growing youth sports ... [+] leagues. Hasbro The Pillager's Crossbow isn't what we expected it to be. If anything, it's better. Even though it looks clunky and imprecise, this is a powerful blaster with enough range to give you a fighting chance in soft-play battle. Nerf has really created an identifiable community where people’s self image is tied in with Nerf,” Byrne said. “Where they say ‘I’m a Nerf player.’ And that’s really important. It’s like I carry a Louis Vuitton bag or wear Christian Louboutin shoes, or i drive a Tesla.”

Nerf Elite: Bog-standard Nerf darts. They're compatible with almost everything that isn't an Ultra, Hyper, or Rival blaster. The top rival invading Nerf’s turf has been Zuru, which over the past decade has built its X-Shot brand into a worthy competitor. Hasbro does not break out sales of Nerf, or its other brands, but a Nerf spokesperson said the brand sold 40 million blasters in 2020. If you're hunting down the most powerful Nerf gun, you'll want to keep an eye out for motorized blasters. These use batteries to increase the speed at which they fire darts, allowing them to spit out ammo at a blistering pace. So far as we're concerned, few can beat the Nerf Hyper Mach 100.

It was a category we were deemed relatively mad to enter into as there was such prominent representation in the space,” said Anna Mowbray, CEO of Zuru. Hasbro has such a dominant position in the blasters category that it is the equivalent of having a 1,000-to-one dart advantage in a blaster battle. But competitors have been able to steal a bit of its market share in recent years. Nerf VR, a virtual realty game from Secret Location, the virtual reality division of eOne, scheduled to be released in 2022. Zuru then invested in engineering and manufacturing with the goal of becoming a true challenger to Nerf, with prices that were 40% lower for consumers, and higher margins for retailers. That helped it gain a foothold in discount mass merchants, while Nerf had more of its inventory at Toys R Us, and was hurt when that retailer went bankrupt and liquidated its stores.

Beaver Raymond also was warned about going up again Nerf when he created a line of blasters that shoot marshmallows, instead of foam darts. Two years ago he sold his Dallas-based Marshmallow Fun Company to outdoor activity toy manufacturer Zing, and now sells the marshmallow blaster line, and Zing’s other products, as Zing’s vice president of sales and marketing. In the investor presentation last month, Nyman said Nerf holds over 65% share, and said the brand has “aggressive plans to grab an even bigger share.” Nerf became a brand that’s bigger than a blaster and bigger than a ball,” said Byrne, who co-hosts the toy-focused podcast The Playground. “It’s really an experiential brand and it stands for active social play,” he said. We’ve created a strategy, which we’re starting to execute now, which is about always on,” he said. “How do we stay in front of our core consumers 365 days a year with engaging content that inspires them to play Nerf? And that’s a reflection of who they are.” It’s really about how do you immerse our fan base in all the different ways to be actively involved in Nerf.”

Nerf’s expansion into entertainment-driven roles comes as smaller, but increasingly skillfull, competitors are gunning for some of its market share. As Nerf evolves into more of a multi-media and multi-dimensional brand, Warner says his team will be careful to not lose sight of “the bread and butter at our core - where Nerf starts- which is the toy.” But, he added, “I think we have earned the right to take it beyond that.” We knew this was going to be a slow, incremental journey because you are going up against such a big player. We had to figure out how to do that in a smart, steady way,” Mowbray said.

Her company’s first attempt to enter the category was a combo water gun and dart blaster that was a flop. “It was a terrible water blaster and a terrible dart blaster. But it certainly got us into the category,” she said. Nerf, Byrne said, is a good candidate for Hasbro’s broader expansion plans, because of its long history and popularity. “You can’t do that with something that’s just come out last year,” he said. “But when you’ve got a brand that’s going into its third generation of fans, you can do a lot more with it.” Nerf, according to Tom Warner, Hasbro senior vice president and general manager of the Nerf Brand, is “a cross-generational brand that has stood the test of time.” He sees Nerf as a brand “with all the love and all the elements where we can go beyond just being a toy brand.”Expansion of the Nerf family entertainment arcade concept, Nerf Action Xperience Centers, which opened its first location in Singapore in 2019. Two additional locations in the United Kingdom and two in the United States are in the works.

Nerf Rival : Another set of pellets that will only fit Rival blasters (they're bigger than Hyper pellets, so won't work on those either). Hasbro has a toy portfolio of close to 1,500 brands but only a few of those are what it calls “franchise brands” - properties like Nerf, Transformers, Monopoly, Power Rangers, Play-Doh. Those brands are viewed as having the ability to create value in all three of Hasbro’s core businesses: consumer products, digital gaming, and entertainment, as outlined by CEO and Chairman Brian Goldner in an Investors Day presentation last month. Plus, it has versatility to spare. Tactical rails allow you to add numerous accessories should you want to upgrade down the road, and you can clip on everything from scopes to better grips if you have the budget or inclination. You can even add a shoulder rest if you want to level up what is already one of the best Nerf guns. When combined with its cowboy-esque loading mechanism, it's a solid all-rounder. Nerf has been able to fight off most competitors, and charge more for its products, because it invested in quality, Byrne said. “When you take up their blaster it’s gonna work,” he said. Other companies that made lower-priced versions, including Toys R Us, which produced a private label line of bargain blasters, couldn’t match Nerf’s performance. “You could be in the middle of a blaster battle and it completely jams up. Nobody wants that to happen,” he said.A Nerf TikTok channel, to be launched later this month. Nerf will be the first Hasbro brand to join the platform Nerf is a very important franchise brand for Hasbro,” Eric Nyman, Chief Consumer Officer, and Chief Operating Officer, Consumer Products, at Hasbro, said in a Forbes.com interview. “We feel like there’s a lot of growth to come, which is one of the things we’re really excited about as we think about the opportunity we have across those three operating units to extend Nerf.”