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An artist who goes by @tofu_rabbit on X says that the look of Nerf’s Ace of Spades handgun from Bungie's Destiny games came from a commissioned artwork they drew almost a decade ago.

Nerf and Bungie unveiled its newest foam dart gun collaboration on Tuesday featuring a limited edition version of Cayde-6’s iconic “Ace of Spades” blaster from Destiny 2 that is available for purchase on Bungie’s online store. The following morning, @tofu_rabbit posted images comparing Nerf’s newest foam dart launcher to a piece of art they made in 2015 and posted on their DeviantArt page based on the same gun from the game.

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[-] RicoBerto@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 months ago

All toy guns in the US have an orange tip, you can see this one just in shadow on the end. That doesn't mean there haven't been problems with what you are imagining in the past though, not smart to point it at anyone.

[-] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago

Stupid question probably, but what's stopping actual criminals from putting a bright orange tip on their real guns so they won't get shot by cops? Pride?

[-] Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 months ago

Nothing is stopping them from doing it, which is why when the cops get a report of someone pointing a gun at people they have no choice but to assume it's real (unless it's obviously shaped like a super soaker). If the person training their gun-shaped object on passersby points the gun at the cops they usually get shot because the cops aren't willing to bet their life that it's not some asshole who put orange acrylic paint on the tip of a real gun.

There are some hobbyists that paint their guns to look like a Nerf gun or a Nintendo gun controller. The general consensus is "it would be stupid to take this out anywhere other than the range". This is much less common than the opposite: toy or pellet guns that look very realistic.

[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Presumably because letting the cops know you are defenseless is not what they want to message.

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