Toy guns are not dead. Check out these Max Action toys:
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My boy has kept them in business for years
Agreed. I’m heavily invested in Nerf guns (for my kids! Really!)
Pride and joy is the belt-fed Vulcan Nerf machine gun. 6 D-cell batteries, fires at a rate of about 130 rounds/darts per minute.
The beauty of the Nerf stuff is that there are plenty of people who post modifications on increasing firing rate and distance online. One guy jacked an RC car battery into his Vulcan and got it up to 500 rounds per minute.