What happened to the water gun again? The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a notice

27/10/2022

It was originally launched on Kickstarter and sold on the company's website, Amazon, and toy outlets across the US. Between August 2020 and October 2021, about 62,700 were sold for about $60.

It is important to note that the recall does not affect other lines of the same brand, or even different models of the same line, such as the upgraded SURGE, Surge XL and StarFire XL.

Gel Blaster and SplatRball were among the first toymakers to launch water guns in the U.S. in 2020, followed by giants like Anstey, Gel Storm, Prime Time Toys, and even Hasbro. When TikTok caught fire, the water gun went awry. Water guns have been used as prank weapons to shoot at unsuspecting passers-by, resulting in a number of communal confrontations. At one point it got so bad that the NYPD issued a warning outlawing air-pump water guns.

In late August, Hasbro and Spinmaster, which owns Orbeez and Technology, a brand of water-absorbent beads used in water bombs, filed a Section 337 complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), It claimed that the related products exported to, imported to and sold in the United States violated its patent rights (US patent number 8,371,282, 8,640,683), and requested ITC to issue a limited exclusion order and injunction. Six Chinese companies and three American companies were singled out for investigation.