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The Vortex line was a Nerf theme that was introduced in 2011. It is the successor to the Koosh Vortex line, of which it shares its name, due to the fact that they both fire disc-related object, with the Koosh blasters fire Koosh Rings and the Nerf versions fire Vortex Disks. It is to be released on September 10th, 2011 (9:10:11) to follow up with the 9:9:9 campaign of the Raider CS-35 and the 9:9:10 campaign of the Stampede ECS. There are four initial blasters to be released, with more to follow depending on its success. It is the first new Nerf theme to be released since the Ball Blasters line of 2004.
Background
The first knowledge of a new Nerf theme was announced at the TIA New York Toy Fair 2011, where the Gear Up line was also announced. This series would consist of 4 blasters to anticipate the release of the new line which was just announced. No new info was announced, but it was assumed that it would either fire rings, disks or a new type of ammunition.
Soon after that, a price tag of several items arrived on a German site. The results were:
- NERF Vortex Ammo Refills: 4,90 €
- NERF Vortex Mission: 12,90 €
- NERF Vortex Nitron: 69,90 €
- NERF Vortex Practice: 39,90 € (This one's name turned out to be Praxis, explaining why it is the second most expensive)
- NERF Vortex Proton: 14,90 €
- NERF Vortex Vigilon: 24,90 €
News started to pop up very shortly after on the fact that these new blasters would not fire Micro Darts, and instead a new type of ammunition. Eventually Nerf released a video of the Vigilon, Praxis and Nitron, verifying the fact that it would fire disks. A second video was later released, this time showing off the Proton.
Blasters
Upcoming Blasters
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