Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27125665-20191006053814/@comment-27306930-20191006064307

There's a lot to unpack there Buddy. I'm not a therapist, so let me start with this.

The Raider was replaced by the Rampage. Except for the awesome CS-35 drum, the Rampage is a superior blaster in every way. There's no need to rerelease a blaster that's already been rereleased.

From my perspective, the ICON series is reintroducing blasters that never had a modern N-Strike/Elite equivalent. The "Icons" were all awesome blasters in their day that simply can't compete anymore on the modern Nerf battlefield, so they're being rereleased with modern-day internals and performance levels.

I already bought the ICON Stampede and the ICON MagStrike, and I love them. They look like their distant cousins, but they perform like N-Strike Elite blasters. They're awesome.

But as far as the Raider is concerned, there's already an N-Strike Elite version. It's called the Rampage, and in many places it's on the shelf. Go grab one.

I hope in time you'll come to grips with your regrets. But as they say, LiPos ain't for everyone.