Anyone remeber the original nerf turbo football

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around 20 years ago Nerf released the Turbo football. It gave 12 year old kids the chance to be able to throw the ball as far as an nfl QB. I recently was able to pick one of these up off of ebay and i had a blast with it as i was able to fire a pass a good 70 yards at a local field. just wanted to know if anyone remembered this great football

[TheShizNo1]

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lmao. I picture a guy in the old school sports goggles, high school football jersey 2 sizes too small, with the small grey shirts throwing a nerf ball around screaming at kids to get under the ball

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lmao. I picture a guy in the old school sports goggles, high school football jersey 2 sizes too small, with the small grey shirts throwing a nerf ball around screaming at kids to get under the ball

Go long.

[Watson]

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And if your dog got to it.....

[BunnyHardaway]

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I don't remember that one, but I remember the Vortex howler thing that had a tail on the end and made this ridiculous sound...seriously identical to the whistle tips. Bubb Rubb would approve.

[kehlis]

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I don't remember that one, but I remember the Vortex howler thing that had a tail on the end and made this ridiculous sound...seriously identical to the whistle tips. Bubb Rubb would approve.

Yea, the nurf football that came out 20 years ago didn't go anywhere near 70 yards...It was far too light.

The vortex ball however is a different story.

[Cebby]

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I don't remember that one, but I remember the Vortex howler thing that had a tail on the end and made this ridiculous sound...seriously identical to the whistle tips. Bubb Rubb would approve.

THE WHISTLES GO WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[dopeboy206]

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I don't remember that one, but I remember the Vortex howler thing that had a tail on the end and made this ridiculous sound...seriously identical to the whistle tips. Bubb Rubb would approve.

I remember that one too when I was in the 3rd grade (1992)

I never really could throw far with the nerf but the vortex is another thing. I can bomb it with that one even at the age of 9 or 10. I couldn't throw no 70 yarders with the nerf. Maybe a good 25-30 yards at the time.

[BurghFan]

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Yep, I went through a couple of them back in the days. There were actually a couple threads on the subject a few months ago.

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...post2040325106

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...post2040325145

[jnofx]

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I hated the one with the tail on it. Even if you could bomb it 70 yards, you couldn't play a real game with it, it had a ****ing tail! And the one with the whistles on the sides? Ever try to catch one of those and work your fingers over as a little kid because it landed on the hard plastic whistle? F those, too. The best one was the orange light-up one. You could squeeze it and flip the switch on the inside and it would light up! Awesome! Perfect for keeping kids outside later than they should be.

[BTG]

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NERF Turbos were awesome until some a-hole ripped the nose off...which ALWAYS happened.

Every group I knew had that one kid who wouldn't leave the ball alone, and he'd always end up slowly ruining it by ripping off pieces. Our NERF saboteur was named Joey. lol

[LionsFanNJ]

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NERF Turbos were awesome until some a-hole ripped the nose off...which ALWAYS happened.

Every group I knew had that one kid who wouldn't leave the ball alone, and he'd always end up slowly ruining it by ripping off pieces. Our NERF saboteur was named Joey. lol

I hated that guy. We would make it a point to throw it at his head whenever the opportunity arouse. Hilarity ensues.

[MassNole]

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That whistling ball hurt like a mother to catch in the dead of winter.

Does anyone remember the miniature footballs with team logos on them from the same era? Those were the rage at my school over the Nerf balls.

[kehlis]

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Does anyone remember the miniature footballs with team logos on them from the same era? Those were the rage at my school over the Nerf balls.

Ha, my Broncos ball was cooler than anyone else's on the playground.

This brings back memories of our recess games where every recess we would take turns being the lookout to make sure the teachers backs were turned so we could keep playing tackle. We had a code for when they were looking so everyone knew when it was two hand touch time.

[mgoblue]

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That whistling ball hurt like a mother to catch in the dead of winter.

Does anyone remember the miniature footballs with team logos on them from the same era? Those were the rage at my school over the Nerf balls.

Yeah, totally. Those were awesome because you could throw a mad spiral, whereas a regulation ball no one could throw that well (you need quality hands for those)...Those were great for street football for sure.

We also had the various Nerf and Vortex ones, but those were more for fun/throwing and not actual games.