Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-8975323-20130506224820/@comment-5073360-20131102130347

Nerf, never said the Retaliator was going to replace the Recon, same with the Longshot and Longstrike. Just look for "Longshot vs Longstrike", you will get thousands of people that consider the Longstrike the Longshot's succesor. Even the packaging supports this, both were the "Longest Nerf Blaster" during their respective times.