David Dobrik hasn't posted on his YouTube channel in months, but he is launching new merch: a toy 'gellet' gun and a Marvel product collab

• David Dobrik is revving his entrepreneurial engine after the successful mobbed launch of Doughbriks.
• His most recent ventures include a candle collab with Marvel and a glow-in-the-dark toy gun.
• However, Dobrik's YouTube presence has remained dormant in the wake of a series of scandals.

Amid last month's mobbed opening of his Los Angeles pizza shop Doughbriks, controversial vlogger David Dobrik continues to engineer a business comeback. And he's aiming to do it with a toy gun that shoots glow-in-the-dark gel pellets.

Dobrik announced the $70 gadget — ostensibly the nightmare of parents everywhere, given its propensity for furniture splatters and eye injuries — on Instagram on Tuesday.

"I made a TikTok for Gel Blaster, and now they finally sent me a custom package," Dobrik said in his Instagram video as he revealed his toy gun collaboration with the company. He then shuts the lights off in his living room as friends engaged in a shootout.

Gel Blaster is a company known for creating paintball-style guns that use water-based "gellets." The company Gel Blaster says all guns come with safety glasses and claims its water pellets disintegrate on impact with a biodegradable formula that's easy to clean. The limited-edition toys are being exclusively sold at Walmart.

While Dobrik remains somewhat active on Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok, his flagship YouTube channel has been dormant for months in light of a series of scandals last year.

In March 2021, Insider published an investigation into sexual assault allegations against fellow YouTuber Dominykas Zeglaitis, where the alleged incident happened during an evening when Dobrik was filming footage for his own channel. The victim said Zeglaitis and Dobrik supplied her and her friends with copious amounts of alcohol, and she was too incapacitated to consent to sex.

Earlier this year, another former Vlog Squad member Jeff Wittek sued Dobrik for a video stunt that resulted in severe eye injuries. 

But in recent months, the 26-year-old influencer appears to be re-revving his entrepreneurial engine. Two weeks ago, Dobrik announced a collaboration with Marvel for $40 candles inspired by the lore of the publisher's Infinity Gems, powerful artifacts that enable users to control different aspects of the universe, like time and space.

Forbes reported in August that Dobrik is a partner in two other nascent businesses: Happy Hour Tequila Seltzer and Xeela Fitness, and a health supplement line he cofounded with his childhood friend Ilya Fedorovich.

Insider has reached out to Dobrik for more information.