When Did Super Soakers Come out?

While the Super Soaker first hit toy store shelves in 1990, when it was known as the Power Drencher, it was actually first conceived in 1982, in the bathroom and basement of a NASA engineer named Lonnie Johnson

Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie George Johnson was born on October 6, 1949, in Mobile, Alabama. His father was a World War II veteran who worked as a civilian driver at nearby Air Force bases, while his mother worked in a laundry and as a nurse's aid. During the summers, both of Johnson's parents also picked cotton on his grandfather's farm.
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When was the first Super Soaker sold?

The first Super Soaker went on sale in 1990, when Johnson worked out a deal with Larami Corporation, a maker of inexpensive plastic toys and action figures, to produce his invention. Larami's aggressive advertising sold 27 million Super Soakers at $10 each in the first three years of production.

What happened to Super Soakers from 90s?

Super Soakers first hit the toy scene in 1990, but it went by a different name then; the Power Drencher. ... Larami closed down in 2002 and eventually sold the Super Soaker brand to Hasbro. Super Soaker then merged with the Nerf in 2010 and started being marketed as a Nerf Soaker.

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