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You wudn't bout shite unless you rolled with an Entertech as a kid back in the day
Posted on 6/6/26 at 5:39 pm
Posted on 6/6/26 at 5:39 pm
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In 1985, LJN start selling a line of water guns, starting with the Water Hawk, branded as Entertech. It surprised all of my friends. Not only were they battery-powered motorized water guns, but they also eschewed the more colorful designs of most water guns. No, the water guns were not only sculpted to look realistic, they were also matte black to make them even more closely resemble a real gun.
At the time, there were a series of heavily publicized shootings of children who were carrying realistic looking toy guns, so this was a controversial choice. So while many safety and parenting groups were speaking out against them, my friends and I desperately wanted one.
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The Entertech line was terminated in 1990, right around the time of the Super Soaker phenomenon taking hold in the U.S.
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Posted on 6/6/26 at 5:42 pm to shutterspeed
From entertech to oozinator
Posted on 6/6/26 at 5:42 pm to shutterspeed
We had pellet guns, not water guns.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 5:43 pm to shutterspeed
That’s a literal blast from the past. I had a friend down the street that had one. We were all jealous.
I didn’t know they were made by LJN, though. They made better water guns than video games, that’s for sure.
I didn’t know they were made by LJN, though. They made better water guns than video games, that’s for sure.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 5:43 pm to shutterspeed
In 7th grade me and a bunch of boys decided to have a water gun war at school. One of the kids had one of these guns…he smoked the rest of us.
This was 1987. Completely different time. We would have been expelled now-a-days.
This was 1987. Completely different time. We would have been expelled now-a-days.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 5:44 pm to wheelr
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We had pellet guns, not water guns.
Two tools for two different jobs.
Pellet guns were for shooting wildlife, streetlights, and friends at a distance.
Entertech was for close combat/shooting stinging streams of water at people in the face.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 5:51 pm to AgCoug
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I didn’t know they were made by LJN, though. They made better water guns than video games, that’s for sure.
LJN only briefly made games before problems with Enertech and Gotcha product lines forced them into bankruptcy.
Most of the shitty games were released when they were a shell company for Acclaim, serving as the shitty version of Konami’s Ultra Games.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 5:57 pm to shutterspeed
I was a teenager when they came out. We shot each other with 410's with the shot removed.
plastic wad stings like a mug inside 10 feet.
Disclaimer:
kids --- we were Gen X and built different. DO NOT try this at home.
plastic wad stings like a mug inside 10 feet.
Disclaimer:
kids --- we were Gen X and built different. DO NOT try this at home.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 5:59 pm to wheelr
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We had pellet guns, not water guns.
In the early 80's my gang ruled Sherwood Forest subdivision with our Benjamin Model 342 pump .22 caliber air rifles
Posted on 6/6/26 at 6:00 pm to shutterspeed
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back in the day
quote:Before my time but we still had us some Daisy straps and them super soakers on deck, ya heard me?
The Entertech line was terminated in 1990
Posted on 6/6/26 at 6:01 pm to shutterspeed
It didnt have shite on a CPS Super Soaker.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 6:19 pm to shutterspeed
I had the uzi.
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