Board Thread:Rumor discussion/@comment-38565009-20200615015308/@comment-26431461-20200618131412

Gonna have to agree with Mayo on that. I do somewhat dig the futuristic look but the lack of paint details is concerning. The comment that Drac pinned pretty much sums it up:

''"I honestly find this extremely concerning. Hasbro is still cheeping out with the lack of paint and it seems we are still getting the same elite dart? Smh. So far, elite 2.0 has brought literally nothing new to the table. They’re just remaking older blasters for less money and calling them new just to sell them for more. This looks like it’s just a scam, just like the ultra series. Unless they’re using nice waffle head darts or can achieve ranges of 110-120 feet out of the box there is literally no reason to buy these if you have a decent collection of older elite blasters. The off brands are actually really catching up to nerf in terms of quality and performance, and hasbro is handling this increasing competition in literally the worst way possible. They are 100% riding on the fact that they are the name brand and that people will keep buying nerf because... it’s nerf. I honestly really hope their corporate arrogance backfires spectacularly and forces them to go back and increase their quality to at least what should be their standard. Remember back in the n strike days when the blaster names were actually painted on both sides? Remember back in the prime years in the elite days when they actually has decorative paint detailing and stripes? Then came the accustrike alphahawk and raptorstrike and they couldn’t even be bothered to apply the decorative paint stripes on the other side. Then came the elites redesign from the digital texturing with blue and white color scheme to the tiger texturing with blue and orange color scheme and they removed the decorative paint all together. Sorry I went on a bit of a rant over toys. It’s just sad seeing the direction hasbro is going. The only future nerf blasters I am even remotely interested in is the mega motostrike and the halo series. This video has completely killed all my hopes, interest, and curiosity for elite 2.0. GG hasbro."''

Venting aside, should we start the Elite 2.0 page?

EDIT: So far I agree with everything Drac has said about it, but he mentioned that Hasbro is being lazy by adding the sloped teeth on the tac rails rather than the spring assisted ones. While I guess the slopes are the least secure, to be fair, they haven't used the spring assisted ones/lever ones since 2015, at least on new blasters.