An artist says Nerf’s Destiny 2 hand cannon is a ripoff of their work
engadget.com
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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Just curious: This is a toy?
I mean... if a kid holds up this toy to a cop, what would be the most positive outcome?
Edit: I know, karma isn't a thing here. But could anyone just explain, why I'm getting downvoted for?
It depends. How dark is the kid's skin? Are they in a poor neighborhood?
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.
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?
Presumably because letting the cops know you are defenseless is not what they want to message.
a nerf gun that fires foam darts. the price is prohibitive enough that no kid is going to feasibly be carting this around under normal circumstances.
It has an orange end and triggers on it which marks it as a toy gun. So they'd be fine most likely. But it's still a stupid move.
It fires and the cop dies.
Most positive.