![]() Check out the Nerf Rebelle Secrets & Spies Arrow Refill Pack. I also recommend doing a quick search on Amazon for a real quiver, as you can find some good quality ones for pretty cheap. Did I mention it has an integrated red dot sight? If you really enjoy the bow, you’re going to want to procure some spare arrows, for sure. The Nerf Rebelle bow comes with 3 arrows, a detachable faux-quiver, and a gimmicky throw-away decoder to use on “secret messages” printed on the arrows. Pull another arrow out and it loads quickly and easily. The arrows whistle when zipping through the air and they can land on your target at up to 80 feet away when fired properly. This Nerf Rebelle bow backs up it’s amazing looks with great performance as well. ![]() I feel bad for all the little Hawkeye’s out there that would be put-off by the color scheme. The design is just so great and official looking. Plus, with Hunger Games being so hot right now, it’s sure to be a hit with all the girls who want to pretend to be Katniss Everdeen. I would totally use this Nerf Rebelle bow, and I’m a guy. This bow is actually very impressive looking. The last, my favorite, is a crossbow type blaster and is more true to the standard blaster archetype. The first is even firing actual bow type projectiles and the second is back to the usual dart projectile. They are fired more like actual bow and arrow weapons than any real Nerf blaster. Two of the bows, although labeled as blasters, aren’t true blasters. Katniss, their hero, would agree with him.There are three different Nerf Rebelle bow blasters I am going to be going over here. Their older brother is dismissive, pointing out that a version marketed to boys – or, as he calls it, "the black one" – does more. But Hasbro appears to have taken this new type of girl hero and given her a marketing treatment that feels distinctly out of date – one that depends on being attractive, even when wielding a crossbow.īoth of my daughters want the "pink bow and arrow for girls" for Christmas – even the six-year-old, who isn't allowed to watch the films. At last we have a female screen hero with the body of someone you could bump into in the supermarket and an aesthetic that suggests substance over style. I also think that, in some ways, Hasbro should be praised for producing a toy for an "outdoor girl", rather than the makeup, jewellery, dolls and tea sets that sit them down inside the house. I'm tired of pointing out that pink was the colour of masculinity a long time ago – that there's nothing inherently feminine, or inherently problematic, about the colour. I've got nothing against pink per se, and I'm happy to see it having a bit of a fashion moment for grownups. It isn't all about being pink and pretty." ![]() Not that there's anything wrong with being feminine, but there's more than one way to be a girl. What's so disappointing is that it has to be done in a pinkified, prettified way. "We are desperate for decent female characters in film. People, crossbows are meant to help you survive, not look good on a catwalk.Ībi Moore, the founder of Pinkstinks, the campaign that managed to get Hamleys to stop branding beauty products and ironing boards with pink for girls while leaving the construction toys and outdoor games for the boyfolk, is also disappointed. "You can play with the hair and face and shoes and clothes," she says, happily. In a promotional video, a saleswoman dressed remarkably like Katniss shows off her target practice and speaks of accessories that allow girls to create an avatar. ![]() OK, so the Heartbreaker Bow isn't marketed directly at Hunger Games fans – partly because Hasbro didn't win the franchise rights, I suppose – but I can't think of many other reasons for the launch of a bow and arrow for girls this year. ![]()
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