The original Nerf Turbo is hands down the greatest football ever made. Perfect size for kids and adults, just the right density, and almost every throw was a spiral with good distance no matter how crappy the throw or how tired your arm was.
The indentations that were all the way around just always gave good finger positioning. No need to make sure laces or anything were lined up.

I know they are pretty much cheating as no true grip or form is needed but I am just a dad out here throwing with his kids.

Bring back the OG!!!!

These new Nerf Turbo Jrs are awful. So hard to throw a good spiral and way too soft. It’s to the point they really just aren’t fun to throw.

I have one somewhere in the garage. Probably 30 years old. No one to toss with.
I would likely hurt my arm

I had 2 of them. I still remember the smell when new. They got stuck in the trees and forgotten, until 10 years later after a storm blew them down and were turned all hard and crusty foam chunks.

The original original Nerf football was great, once you stopped trying to throw it like a real football. (it needed a little more finesse)

Nerf ping pong was a blast, loads of fun on the dining room table.

Nerf basketball was a flop. Dribble as hard as you like, it didn't come back up quite far enough.

Similarly, the Nerf Vaulting Pole was also a flop.

There's one on ebay right now, new and unopened, for $400.

My two little boys LOVE these things we found at the dollar store, I usually buy a bunch of them when I can find them as they seem to be sporadically stocked and don't hold up for long as the fins tend to break off:

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Originally posted by Black92LX:

These new Nerf Turbo Jrs are awful. So hard to throw a good spiral and way too soft. It’s to the point they really just aren’t fun to throw.

I'll bet you that someone's kid got hit in the face and Nerf got sued and that was their reaction.

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Originally posted by egregore:
Similarly, the Nerf Vaulting Pole was also a flop.

Clever!

I miss the Nerf Turbo Whistle. They banned them at my school when they came out, a perfect throw would have that whistle singing loud!

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Originally posted by Gibb:
I miss the Nerf Turbo Whistle. They banned them at my school when they came out, a perfect throw would have that whistle singing loud!

I forgot they had the Turbo with the whistle. That was a good one too!

We have the Nerf Vortex with the whistle it’s fun but the ball itself is small and I don’t like the tail for catching.

Used ones on eBay are stupidly priced.

This is on Amazon. No idea if it’s like the original but for $10 might be worth a try.

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When the Turbo had enough chucks missing we replaced it with one of the Turbo Whistlers. Football pretty much had a plastic kazoo in the middle and whistled when thrown. That thing was painful to catch.