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Simply put, you're thinking way too in depth. The RotoTrack was seen in 1998 catalogs as a Mega Blitz blaster, and although a Mega Blitz RotoTrack box hasn't surfaced, neither has a Mega Blitz Pulsator box, or a Mega Blitz NitroQuad. About half way through '98 when the blasters were all repackaged, certain older blasters made the jump such as the Rattler and the Eagle Eye; where do they fit in?

As one who heavily looked into the Action Blasters series, I'm one of the few people who actually knows the deal with the series. In a nutshell, it was a 2004 series of re-released blasters just as the unnamed 2003 series was. Older Nerf Sports products were badged as Street Zone or Pro Shop, while older Nerf blasters were badged as Action Blasters. From what I can tell, the last blaster to use Action Blasters-styled packaging was the 2009 red BBB, although it lacked the logo alongside the blue Hornet. Not sure where they fit in.

The Nerf Action series is something I don't really care about. All it was was a continuation of Original Nerf, which is why some sites list it as a part of Original Nerf, although for some reason or another, 94/95 blasters are titled Nerf Action instead. There isn't any box proof or commercial proof, but it's the safest bet to add the blasters to the series rather than just having them as a part of the largely unrelated Original Nerf series.

The 1998 re-release caused the Hyper Sight, Mega Blitz, SuperMaxx and Airjet Power lines to all develop similar boxes. All continuing 2003 blasters were sold under one set 2003 packaging. All continuing 2004 blasters that weren't N-Strike, or Dart Tag were Action Blasters. It's just a method of packaging, you're looking at it far too in depth. In the end, the series hardly matters, it's just an easier way of categorization. If you want to categorize the series otherwise, then you may do so on your wiki, but I see them fit to stay the way they are until I'm proven otherwise with conclusive evidence.