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The super soaker series we all know today started with a weapon known as the "power drencher" which was soon renamed the Super Soaker 50. The classic series it still somewhat useful, the SS-300 and the MDS can still do OK and the SS-200 is a decent weapon. Others like the 100 and 40 make a decent back-up. However most classics are fragile and should be ones last resort. Treat your classics well and with respect and they will soldier on.*equals detailed review
The Classics Rant
An aerospace engineer Lonny Johnson discovered a way to make streams of water shoot further and with more power, the idea was patented and he eventually approached Larami with his idea. At the time Larami I am guessing was a bit lost because after looking at the rubber sea turtles I got when I was a baby I saw that they where made By Larami. Somehow I don't think turtles would sell as good as water weapons. Anyway Larami launched the Power Drencher in 1988 or 89 the year is disputed. Soon after that it was named SuperSoaker and then it all began one weapon now named the SS-50 launched a tidal wave of craze. Larami now launched the SS-10, SS-30, and SS-100 the SS-100 is the first soaker to have A separate pressure tank. It was a weapon to be extremely feared. The SS-100 was a medium rifle and I guess you could say is the great great great great Grandfather of today’s Max-6000. Soon the line began broadening with weapons as the 40,25,10,60, and the beloved MDS, which could shoot you anyway, you ran Thanks to its swivel nozzle. On the last year of the classics the extremely fragile 200 and the giant super Beast SS-300 where released. SS-300 was the first backpack weapon and the tradition of super scary Backpack weapons live on with the CPS-3200. In the end of the 90's Classic weapons where released once again A new colored SS-100, SS-30, and the same colored SS-MDS and SS-50. Today if you look High and low you can still snag a SS-40, SS-50, or SS-100 for your arsenal. Overall the Original Power Drencher evolved to the SS-50, SS-40, and into the XP's Where its routes can’t really be traced any further a good replacement was probably the XP-95 or 75 though. SS-100 continues to enjoy watching its self evolve from the XP-150, XP-105, XP-110, and today’s 310. SS-300 lives on as the CPS-3200 fills its shoes. SS-20 and 25 continue on as the XP-35, XP-40, and XP-240. SS-10 continues its tradition of small weapons with power as the XP-15, and 215
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