In 2003, the former Hasbro engineers started a company called Buzz Bee Toys and created the Water Warriors brand.
[4] The "Firefly", "Hornet", "Zzapper", "Wasp", "Lightning" and "Blazer" were the first six types of water guns offered by Buzz Bee Toys.
[5] The Firefly, Hornet and Zzapper were standard air pressure water guns, the Wasp was a "piston pumper", and the Blazer and Lightning employed "Hydro-Power", a system that the Buzz Bee Toys engineers invented.
Originally made popular by the Super Soaker 50,[9][10] pressurized reservoir systems are still common for small water guns.
[12] After being sued by Hasbro, Buzz Bee started taking advantage of air pressure technology[citation needed], releasing the Gorgon,[13] Ultimate Explorer,[14] Colossus,[15] and others.
Hydro-Power was Buzz Bee's equivalent of Super Soaker's Constant Pressure System (CPS).
[4] Hydro-Power consists of a flat, circular sheet of rubber (known as a diaphragm) clamped with several bolts onto a disk with a hole in it.
[11] In 2009, Buzz Bee Toys started manufacturing water guns with CPS type bladders under the same name of Hydro-Power.
The first was the Splat Blaster, which was cocked with a lever action, and fired a small burst of water.
This gave it a constant stream, and allowed it to continue shooting for a moment after pumping ceased.
[29][citation needed] Buzz Bee Toys has previously invited selected enthusiasts to its annual meeting in order to assist with effective decision-making.