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I never said they were.

The "flat" stock images aren't bad, but we would rather have "real" stock images as the image for infoboxes. "Flat" stock images are usually official prototype renders of the blaster and may not be an accurate representation of what the actual blaster would look like in real life. The "real" stock images are official pictures of the real blaster, probably taken in a studio with a white background.

For example, with the BattleScout, we would much rather have the top image (real stock image) as the infobox image than the bottom image (flat stock image).

Again, none of them are bad. I invite any of you to re-upload the "flat" images of the Vortex blasters and post them in the gallery. It's just that for the infobox, it's preferred if we chose the "real" stock image.

So yeah hope that clears things up.

Other example: If you check out the pages on the upcoming Trilogy DS-15 or Titan CS-50 you will notice that they are using "flat" images for their infoboxes. This is because, as unreleased products, there is no "real" image yet. Once Hasbro takes "real" pictures, we will replace the image with those.

So yeah, "flat" images serve as a placeholder or substitute for blaster infobox images if such a "real" image does not yet exist/everyone feels like the "real" image is a low-res eyesore to look at (which we thought was the case with Vortex blasters, hence the reason I brought it up. But I managed to find good "real" pictures).