Nerf Rebelle Heartbreaker Bow (Vine Design)

Loving the Heartbreaker Bow
We received the Heartbreaker bow last week as a part of a prerelease bzzagent campaign. I did this get free, but the opinions are my own. I was not required to write a positive review.

We love NERF products in our house. With 2 boys and a girl, we have had many NERF wars in the past 10 years. The Heartbreaker bow is a nice addition to the line of NERF products. By decorating the bow with the pretty pinks and purples, it appeals to the girls, but it is a formidable weapon in the backyard NERF wars that we regularly enjoy.

At first my daughter didn't shoot the bullets very far. Then she realized that when she pulled back a little more and aimed a little higher, that the ammo could shoot halfway across our yard. This was easy to shoot and surprised us that it really worked.

Since safety is a #1 priority when using NERF products, we always insist the kid wear safety glasses.

The special Rebelle ammo fits in all of our NERF guns as well as...
Finally a Nerf Girls Line!
First off, I received this product to review (well, for my daughter to) through BzzAgent. Now that I have that disclaimer out of the way, I think it is great that Nerf is finally getting girly colors! What took so long?? The design and colors are quite appealing to my girly-girl daughter. I am a big fan of pink myself, so I love it too.

My kids have done archery before and have their own bow and arrows and target practice area in the yard, so they are used to having to pull really hard to release the arrow. That said, they find the Nerf Bow pretty weak and are a little disappointed that the dart only goes a few feet. I think they may be afraid of breaking it if they pull on it too hard. It does feel a little on the fragile side if you pull the bow back too hard. They have also had problems where if the dart is not situated just so, it won't launch it at all when shot. That can be annoying for them too, but after they take the dart out and re-load it, it usually...
Great value and loads of fun with just a little hitch
Great value and loads of fun with just a little hitch. My kids love this bow and the Rebelle themed dart items which in my opinion is a huge marketing and product success for Nerf. Outstanding except for one little hitch: it's hard to determine the suggested pull/draw length for success. Seems it has to be pulled until the little green tab in buried in the bow along the puller string becomes visible but I don't know if that's drawing too far and promoting its breakage (which hasn't happened yet). Still, great product.
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