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24-398: Air Warriors is a line of air-operated dart blasters. First released in 2003, Water Warriors is a line of pressurized water guns , similar to earlier Super Soaker blasters. The blasters are technically the most powerful water guns sold today, though it has been proven that the larger models can be difficult for small children to handle. Originally called Air Blasters, Air Warriors is

48-477: A garden hose using a quick-fill device (QFD). This allows faster filling, but makes them more limited since they require a hose to work. The Constant Pressure System was used for the first time when Larami Toys released the Super Soaker CPS 2000 in 1996. To this day, the first generation CPS 2000 is the most powerful production water gun, with an output of 30 oz. per second (~850 ml/s), and

72-411: A rubber bladder inflated with water. It was patented by Bruce M. D'Andrade as "bladder water gun". All Constant Pressure water guns have a rubber bladder, which is either shaped like a balloon (spherical) or is a length of latex rubber tubing (cylindrical). Water is pumped from the water gun's reservoir and into the rubber bladder, inflating it. Then the trigger is pulled, which opens a valve, allowing

96-520: A constant stream, and allowed it to continue shooting for a moment after pumping ceased. In 2009, Water Warriors made the Pulse series, a line of pressurized water guns that used spring-loaded pressure chambers. Water Warriors has produced a few motorized water guns. The first was the Scorpion, which used a motor to automatically pump water into its Hydro-Power pressure chamber. In 2007, they made

120-541: A line of foam dart guns, similar to Hasbro 's Nerf Blasters line. A few of the Air Blasters products also shoot missiles or marshmallows . Air Warriors Jr. Sports consists of toy sports equipment such as foam balls, basketball hoops and pogo sticks. The Ruff Stuff Electronics line consists of realistic toy guns that make electronic sound effects. Ruff Stuff Fun Foam is a line of foam toys such as flying discs, footballs, swords and flashlights. The Purebred Collection

144-523: A range of 53 feet (16 m). After the CPS 2000, Larami released several CPS models from 1996 to 2002. These are the CPS 2000 (1996), CPS 1000, CPS 1500, CPS 2500, and CPS 3000 (1998), the CPS 1200, CPS 1700, CPS 2700, and CPS 3200 (2000) the CPS 1-3-5, and CPS Splashzooka (2001), the CPS 2100, and CPS 4100 (2002). During this time, some other water guns were released that also used CPS technology, under Super Soaker 's Super Charger and Monster lines, these are

168-683: Is a currently discontinued line of toy animals. In June 2010, Hasbro sued Buzz Bee Toys and Lanard Toys for patent violation of its Nerf and Super Soaker brands. The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts , stated that Buzz Bee and Lanard infringed two U.S. patents for the Nerf N-Strike Disc Shot blaster, while Buzz Bee infringed on a Super Soaker patent. In November, Hasbro won its patent case against Buzz Bee with

192-560: Is designed so that water is pumped from the reservoir into an empty plastic container. As the water is pumped in, the air sitting inside becomes compressed. When the trigger is pulled, the valve opens and the compressed air forces the water out. Although Water Warriors did not use this design for the first several years of production, they did use a variation they referred to as "air-piston" (below). The brand first used separate air pressure in 2009. After being sued by Hasbro, Buzz Bee started taking advantage of air pressure technology , releasing

216-406: Is pressurized by air being pumped and compressed into its reservoir. When the trigger is pulled, a valve is opened and the compressed air pushes the water out of the nozzle. Water Warriors started with three pressurized reservoir water guns, and has continued to produce them in various shapes and sizes. This is a more powerful air pressure system that was also first introduced by Super Soaker. It

240-571: The 1990s, Larami 's Super Soaker was the leading brand of water guns. In 2002, Larami was acquired by Hasbro and subsequently terminated a number of Larami engineers . In 2003, the former Hasbro engineers started a company called Buzz Bee Toys and created the Water Warriors brand. The "Firefly", "Hornet", "Zzapper", "Wasp", "Lightning" and "Blazer" were the first six types of water guns offered by Buzz Bee Toys. The Firefly, Hornet and Zzapper were standard air pressure water guns,

264-855: The Aquapack Devastator, the Flash Flood, the Arctic Blast, the Hydroblitz, and the Hydro Cannon. However, these blasters were not nearly as powerful as the previous ones Some other companies used rubber bladders in their water guns despite the patent. These include the Speed Loader line from 1999, the Water Worm , and a few Water Warriors blasters. In the case of Water Warriors, Hasbro ended up suing them over

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288-519: The Gorgon, Ultimate Explorer, Colossus, and others. Hydro-Power was Buzz Bee's equivalent of Super Soaker's Constant Pressure System (CPS). Hydro-Power consists of a flat, circular sheet of rubber (known as a diaphragm ) clamped with several bolts onto a disk with a hole in it. Water is pumped into the hole, pressing on the rubber sheet and building up pressure. In 2009, Buzz Bee Toys started manufacturing water guns with CPS type bladders under

312-562: The Power Shot and Power Squirt. Piston water guns have been produced for many years. These guns do not have triggers; they are fired simply by pumping. Although this design feature allows them to reload rapidly, piston pumpers tend to have less range and less power than other designs. Originally made popular by the Super Soaker 50 , pressurized reservoir systems are still common for small water guns. A water gun using this system

336-573: The SC (Super Charger) 500, SC 600, and Power Pak (1999) SC Big trouble, Monster and Monster XL (2000) Monster (2001) (the prior Monster being renamed the Monster X) In 2002, the Super Soaker brand was taken over by Hasbro , along with the CPS patents. Hasbro mostly released smaller air pressure water guns, although they continued to make a few water guns with CPS technology. These included

360-584: The Tarantula, which ran entirely off of a motor to fire water. The Tarantula was considered by Popular Mechanics to be "The Best Battery-Powered Gun." They also made the Jet, a smaller and less powerful gun intended for small children. In relation to its test of four water gun types, Popular Mechanics commented that the Water Warriors Gorgon was "too heavy for even the oldest tester, and

384-726: The Wasp was a " piston pumper", and the Blazer and Lightning employed "Hydro-Power", a system that the Buzz Bee Toys engineers invented. Hydro-Power is an alternative to the patented Super Soaker Constant Pressure System (CPS). Water Warriors guns have several designs that work in different ways. These include the following: Buzz Bee Toys has made traditional squirt pistols such as the Kwik Grip and Kwik Grip XL. Some of their squirt pistol designs have improved features. These include

408-543: The back again. This system gave the guns extra pressure, and allowed them to shoot any direction. Water Warriors has made a variety of spring -powered water guns. The first was the Splat Blaster, which was cocked with a lever action , and fired a small burst of water. Next was the Steady Stream, which was pumped like a piston blaster, but had a spring-loaded pressure chamber behind the nozzle. This gave it

432-511: The bladder to push the water out of the nozzle. Due to the nature of the bladder, the stream produced is fairly constant, and has almost the same range and power throughout the entire shot, most streams dropping only one foot in range towards the end of a continuous shot, unlike most air pressure based water guns which exhibit a constant loss of pressure while the trigger is pulled. Some bladder water guns, such as Speedloaders, Water Worms, and Super Chargers, are inflated with water directly from

456-553: The dispute was over, it is strongly suggested that Hasbro was suing for the Water Warriors Hydro-Power water guns, which were becoming too similar to Super Soaker's Constant Pressure System . As a result, the Water Warriors line did not contain a single Hydro-Power water gun again until the CPS patent expired. Constant Pressure System The Constant Pressure System , or CPS, is a powerful design used for certain water guns . CPS water guns are powered by

480-499: The latter banned from producing any more "Hydropower" water guns. The suit was filed as Hasbro Inc v. Buzz Bee Toys Inc, United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, No. 10-cv-10906. Water Warriors Water Warriors is a water gun brand owned by Buzz Bee Toys that was created by the company in 2003. The toy line comprises a large variety of pressurized water guns (similar to early Super Soaker blasters), as well as smaller water guns for younger children. In

504-416: The patent. The "bladder water gun" patent expired in 2016. In 2020, German outdoor company Spyra GmbH launched its own CPS-based line of electric water guns marketed under the same name. In 2010, Buzz Bee Toys Inc. was successfully sued by Hasbro Inc . for a patent infringement . Hasbro claimed that Buzz Bee Toys infringed on a patent related to its Nerf Super Soaker water toy. Although it

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528-412: The pump-fire was hard to shoot on the run." The criticism was isolated and similar comments have not appeared in other internet reviews. A consumer perspective on the Water Warriors products was ascertained in a survey of water gun enthusiasts from WaterWar.net . All of the enthusiasts who participated in the survey agreed that, although they preferred the appearance of Super Soakers, Water Warriors, at

552-480: The same name of Hydro-Power. Because of this, Buzz Bee was sued by Hasbro. Air piston was a short-lived variation of air pressure that was made in 2005 under the Aqua Master Pre-Charger lineup. A tube with a piston in it was pressurized with air in the back, pushing the piston to the front. Then the gun was switched to water mode, and water would be pumped in the front, pushing the piston to

576-414: The time of the survey, manufactured the best water guns. Buzz Bee Toys has previously invited selected enthusiasts to its annual meeting in order to assist with effective decision-making. In 2010, Buzz Bee Toys was successfully sued by Hasbro for patent infringement . Hasbro claimed that Buzz Bee Toys infringed on a patent related to its "Super Soaker water toy." Although it is unknown exactly what

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