Originally[[O]]riginally introduced by [[Parker Brothers]] in [[1969]] as an indoor-safe ball created by [[Reynolds Guyer]], '''Nerf''' was an instant fad. Sales of the balls mounted to four million in the year of their inception. Later, the range of Nerf products expanded through the [[Super Soaker]] company to include [[Toy weapon|mock weapons]] that fired Nerf ammunition, such as rifles and pistols.