![]() At least there was an option for this one, the Phoenix, with mainly black and just a little pink. She would not be able to use a real bow where you have to actually load the arrow and pull back the string I don't think. ![]() Age says 8+, but she just turned 7 and can easily use it. The bow itself is well made and easy for a child to use. I'm lucky she didn't end up with multiples. Told everyone who asked what to get her for her birthday that's what she wanted. I had never let them watch the Hunger Games, but she saw the bow in a store and wanted it. She shows it to everyone who comes in the door. I hope if you end up purchasing one that it works for you but this one did not for me.ġ Great first bow for a girl - We LOVE it My 7 year old loves this. ![]() I was tempted to contact Nerf to see if this was something that could be replaced and I guess because I never bothered I will never know. The hype of this toy was extremely high around the time of Hunger Games and the tv spot showed this looking like a really fun toy but I have yet to see anything fun about it. Certainly not this bow.Ģ Awful toy, not what I expected I am not sure if the one I received was defective or not but the arrows do not shot very far and half the time it does not even spit them out when you pull back and let go. Nothing yet beats the old toy bow with suction cup arrows. This prevents the pull string from driving enough air into the bolt to make it fly.Once that happens, I have not been able to figure out a fix, so it ends up disappointing the child and doesn't get used. It didn't take long, though, for the Nerf bow to do what its guns sometimes do, which is to have some kind of spring or mechanism problem that causes the bolt to pop out a little after you've pushed it in. She quickly got the concept and was shooting away for a little while. Although critics accused LEGO of promoting gender stereotypes with Friends, consumers have been scooping the toy up, helping to increase profits for the makers of the little bricks.Nerf Device Glitch Kills Bow's Function I bought this for our 4-year old (as an easier alternative to the spring-load Nerf guns that she's not strong enough for). LEGO has also made headlines in recent months for launching LEGO Friends, a new product line targeted toward girls. The company was largely applauded for that change. That move was in response to an online petition started by a 13-year-old girl who wanted an oven that would appeal to her 4-year-old brother. Recently, Hasbro announced that it would start selling Easy Bake Ovens in a more gender-neutral black-and-silver palette. The Nerf Rebelle line is the latest toy to get a makeover in order to appeal to a different gender. This says, ‘OK, you want to play Merida? You want to play 'Hunger Games'? Here’s something just for you’,” said Chris Byrne, toy expert and content director for Time to Play. “Girls love Nerf, but most Nerf is sold to boys. Industry experts think Nerf might be onto something with the new line. In the lead-up to last summer’s Olympics, many noted the rise in popularity that archery was enjoying, thanks to Katniss and her bow. Given the popularity of "The Hunger Games" and "Brave," which both feature young heroines who are skilled archers, the Rebelle line may find an eager market. Other than sports, there aren’t a lot of active play opportunities for them,” he said. We found a big white space opportunity for active play for girls. ![]() “We did a lot of research about girls and how they play and looked at what wasn’t in the toy aisle. We made a product just for them.”įrascotti also noted that in today’s age of childhood obesity, parents are concerned about the sedentary nature of traditional girls’ play. “We didn’t just make a pink version of the boys’ product. We found that girls wanted products made just for them,” said John Frascotti, Hasbro's global chief marketing officer. “It used to be that people just make pink versions of boys’ products for girls.
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