As someone who grew up without Super Soakers, and saw them hit the market, yes, it was a very novel product. Fundamentally, individual elements existed in othe

As someone who grew up without Super Soakers, and saw them hit the market, yes, it was a very novel product. Fundamentally, individual elements existed in other products already, but the actual product was most definitely a leap in squirt gun tech (e.g. pneumatic water/air rockets). The biggest innovation I recall in squirt guns was using a battery-powered pump to create a fairly pathetic, but "automatic" stream. And how long were squirt guns around before then?