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The Nerf Super Soaker Battle Shield is an inflatable vinyl shield branded with Nerf Super Soaker for use in water wars.

The shield, itself, requires inflation to function. All parts are inflatable including the handle. This makes for the shield to feel somewhat floppy if it is not fully inflated and, even if so, since air compresses, the handle never quite feels solid.

The shield also features "tactical ports" which, for all intents and purposes, are holes. I suppose this is to make it fairer to one's non-shielded opponents, but this really reduces the usefulness of the shield.

For now, pictures are posted of the Nerf Super Soaker Battle Shield packaging. A review for this item is under development.

I'd rather have a solid shield than an inflatable one, but I suppose it fits into a smaller package if it's inflatable, since you can just deflate it. I wonder why they show a picture of a guy blocking a football with it? I'd think that it's primary use would be for blocking shots from water blasters and water balloons.

I've never used a shield in battle before, and I probably never will. All they do is make you less maneuverable, and don't work as well for water wars as they would for say, a Nerf war, since you can angle your shots. I did come up with a counter for shields years ago though, just in case.

SEAL wrote:I wonder why they show a picture of a guy blocking a football with it?

That's not a football; it's a Nerf Super Soaker Soaker Burst water dispensing device. It's akin to a reuseable water ballon-type thing, but instead of being made of water absorbent material, they are made of denser foam with a bunch of holes drilled into it for holding water. Testing to be done, though I don't have high hopes on them.

Oh, yeah. Hmm, now I have to know, will the "Soaker Burst" fit into a 3" PVC pipe?

Notice there is a huge part of the box that says "You WILL Get Wet!" Sounds like the shield workes really well…

I'd take my shield blaster 3000 over this any day, much more sturdy and it has offensive abilities to boot! I think the shield surface might be bigger too...

The only shields I'd consider using would be umbrellas or tarps. The umbrella is the ultimate shield - customizably large, featherlight, protection from many angles, mountable, and designed for taking a lot of water. It's not something I'd want to put up against a WBL, which is why the tarp is second. A tarp could take a direct hit from something more powerful, albeit with more clumsy protection against everything else. Dodging is still better than shielding because you have your full 360 degree field of vision open. Blocking can be useful though, so a small "shield" can be a plus. The best place for something like that is on your gun, which gives you the benefits of the shield while freeing up both hands to pump and fire at the same time. Most big guns can be used to block shots as-is, so there's little point to attaching something extra.

Having 2 people to work with is an easy counter for someone with a shield. The universal counter for everything, ambushing, suffices if you don't. Otherwise, you are kind of stuck trying to hit exposed angles, an annoyance with a stream of water, if you don't have much shot time.

atvan wrote:Notice there is a huge part of the box that says "You WILL Get Wet!" Sounds like the shield workes really well…

/threadwon


Seriously, this is hilarious. I honestly believe SS is reaching out to an older audience with all of this, yet it seems so much more suited to younger children.

marauder wrote:

atvan wrote:Notice there is a huge part of the box that says "You WILL Get Wet!" Sounds like the shield workes really well…

/threadwon


Seriously, this is hilarious. I honestly believe SS is reaching out to an older audience with all of this, yet it seems so much more suited to younger children.

"Huston, we have a problem"

"what?"

"That person on the other team has an inflatable shield with random holes in it"

"... Problem?"

Pushed up pictures of the actual shield
Oddly, I didn't take any pictures of the "Soaker Burst" device. I'll fix that soon.

Not much to look at for the shield, granted, being only ~1'x1.25'. Hope to push up a few more thoughts on it soon. Need to also post up more info on the Nerf Super Soaker Rocket Dart and Pool Splash Mats.

Interestingly, the shield itself says Hasbro, not Perpetual Play on it. Seems to come with a repair patch too (incase of attack by or I presume ).