The NERF Timeline
February 9, 2011
Sixty years of Nerf. They had a good run.
| Late 1960s | Parker Brothers invents Nerf® |
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| 1972 | Kinder, gentler football games played across America |
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| 1991 | Hasbro buys Parker Brothers |
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| Feb 2011 | The Guardian newspaper reports that Saudia Arabia may’ve oversold oil reserve estimates |
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| May 2011 | Hasbro sees +13% revenue on increased sales of Nerf® darts, footballs, and related equipment by people enjoying the mild late-spring temperatures |
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| July 2011 | Outdoor toys gather dust while people crank up their air conditioners to stave off another temperature-record-breaking summer |
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| 2016 | Production costs force Hasbro to raise prices on Nerf® toys by 20%. No one notices due to the riots in Holland over retroactive cancellations of a few hundred thousand flood insurance protection policies. |
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| 2023 | Hasbro sells off its entire Nerf® line to the adult film industry, which is doing surprisingly well. While many had hoped for a flurry of innovation, screenwriters and directors show their usual lack of, well, anything meaningful and end up making another “Iron Man” movie. |
Thanks to @PeakOilNews and climateprogress.org
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