The inventor of: The Nerf Raider CS-35 and Nerf Vortex Vigilon!

 The Toy Industry Association Facebook page posted a Flashback Friday about the Nerf N-Strike Raider CS-35, and the man behind it, Robert Victor (his company is named "Kite and Rocket")
  
Saw this posted on the Toy Industry Association Facebook page...


Photo taken from the New York Daily News, 2011
Featured for a TAGIE (Toy and Game Inventor Expo) Award in 2011 for the Nerf Vortex Vigilon, Robert Victor's Raider gave us the 35 round drums that gave us an out of the box ammo capacity that had been unheard of in recent years.  The rest of the info about him can be found in the New York Daily News Article here - but it sounds like he's still busy at work, and hopefully working on Nerf blasters still! 

Thanks, Robert!


P.S. - My favorite part of this story is how he was inspired by spring-loaded grocery store racks that ultimately might have been the basis for the Raider's drum design, as well as the other N-Strike mags (possibly?)

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