Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-31957135-20180304211059/@comment-27306930-20180305051831

Well all I can say is we got a boat load of 'em here in Upstate NY. Can't walk thru a Walmart without running into an endcap full of Retaliators. Mind you, I'm closer to Canada than New York City. In more ways than one. So geography might be a factor.

But indulge me for a moment, I have a theory. I think the Rampage and the recently released Mediator have put the last coffin nails in the Retaliator. True, I've been a Retaliator hater for years, I'll admit that. But come on, you've got to admit there are way better blasters on the market these days.

Look, I understand the '57 Chevy analogy. "It's a classic" blah blah blah "Some things never go out of style", blah blah blah. Yes, some things are classics, like the Vulcan and the Titan and the Stampede. No successors have emerged.

But at 20 bucks the Mediator is better than the Retaliator in every category. Price, performance, ergonomics, usability, affordability, functionality, rate of fire, style, dayum, do I really have to mention any more categories ??? It just seems pathetically unfair.

In the end, sayonara Retaliator. You were awesome in your day, back in 2012. We will miss you, and long for you. Some will pine for you. But you, like the Gator, will be discarded on the road of progress.