Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-35017627-20180508192444/@comment-27306930-20180508224733

I think it was pushed out of the market by the Elite HyperFire, and to make way for the upcoming Infinus. I have both a RapidStrike and an E-Hyperfire, and in my humble opinion the HyperFire is a better blaster. It's faster, holds more ammo with the stock clip, and has bigger batteries with longer runtimes. In any event, it's just funner.

So I wasn't surprised when the RapidStrike was discontinued. As Flat said, they all get discontinued eventually. It's just the RapidStrike's time, Criss. (sniff, sniff)

But look, don't panic. You'll be able to get new RapidStrikes for at least a year. Heck, I found a brand new  N-Strike Rayven on Amazon for $200, and those were discontinued in ≈2013. There will be new and used RapidStrikes around for a long, long time.