Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-29595756-20190702002242

Now that we have more information about the Icon Series, I kind of feel a bit... disappointed. It feels like these new releases don't really add much and are just way overpriced for what they are.

Don't get me wrong, I like the Stampede a lot, but I already have one, and this Icon Series one is basically the same except for a small Icon Series logo. I mean, why would I (or anyone for that matter) buy it when they could go to a thrift store and get the same thing for way cheaper? Another thing that bothers me a bit is that Hasbro has made the 50 dart drum work, and yet they didn't release it with the Stampede. I mean, that should be a no-brainer.

Then we found out about the Magstrike being re-released, and again I felt a bit disappointed. First of all, the new clips aren't even going to work in old Magstrikes, which I'm sure will make a lot of people grumpy. Second of all, it's the same as the N-Strike version, and only comes with one proprietary clip. I honestly wonder why they didn't release the Rapid Fire AS-20, which is a superior blaster, and give it a better turret so that it fires Elite Darts more consistently.

It seems to me like they sort of missed the mark. We wanted old blasters to be re-released with modern improvements, like what they did with the Modulus LongStrike. Heck, I would've bought the Stampede if it had a new paintjob (I was really hoping they would do something like make it golden or anything unique like that), but instead we get something that we already could get with a much larger price tag than it was originally. Is it just me feeling this way? What are your thoughts? 