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"Supersoaker" redirects here. For the Kings of Leon song, see Supersoaker (song). For the Bombs Away (group) song, see Super Soaker (song).
Super Soaker is an American brand of recreational water gun that uses manually-pressurized air to shoot water with greater power, range, and accuracy than conventional squirt pistols. The Super Soaker was invented in 1989 by engineer Lonnie Johnson. The prototype combined PVC pipe, acrylic glass, and an empty plastic soda bottle.[1]
Super Soaker
Type
Water gun
Inventor(s)
Lonnie Johnson
Company
Larami
Hasbro
Country
United States
Availability
1990–present
Materials
Plastic + metal and latex parts
Slogan
"Wetter Is Better!" (classic)
"It's Nerf or Nothin'!" (present)
Originally sold by Larami and now produced by Hasbro under the Nerf brand, Super Soaker has generated more than $1 billion in total sales.[1] The first Super Soaker went on sale in 1990 and was originally called the Power Drencher.[2][3] Rebranding the name to Super Soaker occurred in 1991 together with a series of TV advertisements that resulted in 2 million water guns being sold.[1] Super Soakers were popular for many years—so popular, in fact, that the term super soaker is sometimes used generically, to refer to any type of toy pressurized water gun.[4][better source needed]
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Original series models of Super Soakers
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Last edited 2 months ago by GuccizBud
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