Drix1942
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For a brief moment I was the terror of the neighborhood.
Mar 28, 2022 5:57 PM
Drix1942
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For a brief moment I was the terror of the neighborhood.
ruferto
oh i had one of those too
wobblecopterrrr
I remember my brother getting both of is original super soakers, good times ;)
lozeldatkm
That was 10,000 tickets at the arcade in the mall where my mom's laser tag place was. I saved up but never got it.
IHopeMyKidsDontSeeThis
It's been 30 years and I'm still jealous. My mom never allowed us to get one of those because she knew EXACTLY what me & my bro would do
ISayShenanigans
I remember getting a Super Soaker (200?) similar like that. The water tanks were on the gun instead of on your back.
Justwokeup1235772
Fuck I’m old
dottedglass
I got one but I had no one to soak. :(
DUDEWHOA
Daaaaaaam Boy!!!! That was the best time of our lives
dualturbo
I had one too .it was awesome and it could squirt so far away .
keppler38
Supper soaker 100 over here. Our battles would have been epic.
Drix1942
88wut
“I finally got my junior exterminator gear! Time to kill some bugs!”
BenderBendingRrrrrrodriguez
After Operation Paperclip work dried up, Nazi flamethrower designers had to seek employment in the toy industry.
ReverseTrapTsukasa
Hydra had to go into hiding too
chut7
I'm a bit bothered that the tank is upside down, making a kink in the hose (although putting it upright wouldn't have made that any better)
DrKenAdams
Shoud've been rotated 90 degrees CCW so it's laying on it's side with the hose near the floor.
chrisjohnson76
That kink right above the kink-prevention spring.
xerofall
They had to ban these when I was a kid because the local kids were filling them with their pee, as well as bleach. Not kidding.
AvgWhiteShark
Felt like lugging around 100lbs of gear to me back then.
ruferto
water is heavy but squirting on your friends from 20 ft away is sweet
frankenmullet22
Mine got stolen
ComoSeIguana
Well, I ended it to slay the dragon so...
ronpopeil
Aw shit the backpack one was beast. I had the SS200 and thought I was bad ass.
paintnwood
I got one of these for my birthday when I was like 6, my aunt Cheryl cut the hose because I sprayed her and my dad with it.
paintnwood
She was literally standing in a sprinkler and shooting us with a water pistol.
Drix1942
Tell your aunt someone from the north pole hates her.
paintnwood
I will, I also encourage people to join me in using “Cheryl” in place of “cunt” named after Aunt C-word
Aluc4rd14
The memory and the exact toy are familiar
THISISYELLING
I won one of those at a carnival when I was a kid. My parents convinced me to get a 5ft stuffed Barney for my little brother instead.
Drix1942
Your thought back then: "Hey! I like things, too! >:(" And you would have been right to be angry.
Avsfan
I sprayed my friend and he kicked in my screen door. I’d do it again too
jimbox114
I had one of those and ruled the neighborhood during summer. Only bad thing is the hose kinked right by the tank which you can see in pic.
AidanPrydeCork
I had one of these! Weeeee.
LongoloidFartExplosion
We had washing up liquid bottles.
donttrustthemoon
Me too! Just got major nostalgia vibes
buttcreambandit
It was so badass
Viking365
It was great but the pack was so uncomfortable! Still wore it for hours though.
javadad60
... i still have mine... :>
ImAfraidYoureAllPsychosSoIMadeThisAccount
I got one for Christmas .. in North Dakota weather, lol.
compier
Guess who’s getting frostbite for Christmas!
Specializedchuck
Thanks Lonnie Johnson
Drix1942
TheOneAndOnlyButtStabber
thats also us poor kids.
sqabbit
I had one too, I couldn't run with those tanks filled. I'd just stand in my yard and spray them being the furthest away
Brokecattlefarmer
So did I!
shuttlecockinakumquat
Took a whole week to fill that with piss.
etcnotect
Urine to some weird things
Drix1942
wobblecopterrrr
Cutlass0516
Imagine a time when we had tiers of the middle class...
Raspootin
And we knew what tier you were based on your super soaker.
Cutlass0516
Honestly, yes. Rich kids had the new one that summer. Poor kids had ones from 15 years prior and middle class was last summer's model.
TorrentialUpPour
I'd argue that we really don't even have a middle class anymore. The US's wealth division has grown really stark ever since the 2008 crash.
DrLOAC
Before the super soakers there was Entertech.
had removable magazines, looked real, no colored barrel.
GasBandit
I had the Entertech version of the Tek 9, it was pretty sweet until I refilled from a mud puddle and it never worked again
bill4935
The AK-Centerfire was the greatest toy on this or any other planet.
wobblecopterrrr
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wired.com/2011/03/super-soaker-2011-ready-your-batteries-and-clips/amp took one of these-
wobblecopterrrr
—with vodka to burning man one year…;)
disposabledom
In the 80s we got neon orange caps on toy guns because cops kept killing kids and no one said "maybe it's the police at fault"
OliverKlozoff1269
Hahaha I had the Tec9!
tuxedobob
And then a cop probably shot a kid, right?
wobblecopterrrr
Thoughtfullyshynoob
Don't mind if I do
youreathing
Yup. I think GenXrs were the last group to see the non-colored caps.
L0rdinquisit0r
I have the rocket launcher
zerpy
I had the pistol with the pack that served as the water tank. It didn't last very long. Mid 80's waterproofing and batteries did not mix.
404GravitassNotFound
A lot of 80s toys had zero waterproofing. Battery powered bath toys with the AA batteries fully exposed. The amphibious tanks were great.
watchthebbc
I am reasonable confident I was given the Entertech AR as a two or three year old.
snorii
I had the UZI - was great for the short time it lasted. As other mentioned -the batteries got wet and didn't have much of a chance.
MrFuzzyBlumpkin
The Uzi was the best
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
I used to have a non-squirt-gun version that just made mechanical faux-gun noises when you pulled the trigger.
Rex83ll4t0r
I had a metal cap gun replica of some kind of Israeli pistol when I was 9. Came from my good Jewish friend
Viking365
I had the gun on bottom left. Great times.
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
yyyyyep, I had a 1911.
Shade169
i had the sub machine gun - i was billy bad ass for about a month until super soakers came out
MrWigglees
Pathetic, i tried the "uzzi". They make a mechanical noise but don't squirt much water and don't shoot very far. Low battery
MrWigglees
Bzzzzt, drip drip, bzzzt squirt, drip...
DrLOAC
I had the AK Centerfire. With new batts it fired fast & squirted better than cheap guns. Super soakers put everything else to shame however
PineappleLoopsBroether
ever tried it with tobasco inside?
MrWigglees
Weaponised hot sauce!
SilverFoxChaser
I got a super soaker for my birthday one year. I was the happiest kid in the world.. for about 1 hour.. until my mom smashed it...
temposaur
Will Smith shouting something about leaving your mom out
smegheadenergy
Was she wearing a white t-shirt?
Gherkincensed
Wait what why
1337cat
Mother could not control her anger and took it put on a kids toy.
Hu3vosRanch3ros
I got mine taken away because I shot my cousin right in the eye with it.
cloel
That's fucked up dude. Sounds like an entirely inappropriate response.
Misterdruglicious
I threw a snowball at my dad and he tossed me in a snowbank
scoutMoonDiver
Damn. That sucks.
WTexasStoner
You misspelled "soaks"...
Lierofox
And you never sprayed your mom with it again after that?
ruferto
cause it was smashed
SilverFoxChaser
Nope.
yoursexyneighbour
Not with that ;)
korndogg83
compier
Not sure why all the downvotes.. technically correct is the best kind of correct. Not his fault all you people have sick minds..
compier
Including me of course
Deathpunkin
my step dad swung my Limited Edition Purple Clear Chasis N64, by the power cable and smashed it... fun times, and many more were had..
SanshinDojo
I’m sorry. My dad was abusive as fuck, too.
Gherkincensed
Sorry brother, it wasn't your fault
Gherkincensed
Oh no bro
SpartanwithaSkirt
Ahh, that brings back memories. Not good ones. But memories
Gherkincensed
Sorry brother, it wasn't your fault remember that
barnwolf
Sounds like you learned a valuable lesson about self control.
relsky
Smashing a child's toy is never an appropriate response.
ruferto
The Will Smith school of self control.
cloel
Or maybe she could have, idk, played and bonded with her fucking child who was expressing comradery with her?
AmHumanNotLizardMan
Could have been learned by a dressing down and confiscating it for a few days instead of turning a super soaker into a single use plastic..
TielKiri
Yeeeaah, no kidding…
barnwolf
Ya, I didn't mean to validate her behavior. Was trying to jokingly imply it must have only been destroyed because they kept annoying mom.