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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. There’s nothing like your kids running around in the garden or park playing with their friends. Add to their fun time with our range of Nerf Blasters and toys that cater to various play preferences, ensuring hours of engagement and physical activity.

Nerf’s expansion into entertainment-driven roles comes as smaller, but increasingly skillfull, competitors are gunning for some of its market share. 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.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. The expected fall 2021 opening of the Nerf Island theme park attraction at Beto Carrero World in Brazil, the largest amusement park in Latin America. However, he noted, Nerf has something that is very hard to beat - 52 years of brand building and a name with cachet. 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.

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. 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. 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 now is the official football of the NFL Flag League, one of the fastest growing youth sports ... [+] leagues. Hasbro 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.