Talk:Stryfe (Elite XD)

The story of how I got my XD Styrfe
One Christmas, I was joining my grandfather for some shopping. He asked me what I want & I looked arpud. I didn't like anythig I saw. Then I looked through a Totally Toys store inside the shop. Then something caught my attention: I found an XD Stryfe & many other OT blasters! Then I chose this as my Christmas gift since it's super rare! And that's the story of how I got my XD Stryfe

Matt (talk) 07:07, December 31, 2017 (UTC)

"ELITE" mark confusion
On my Elite XD livery Stryfe at least, one side has the ELITE mark and the opposite side does not. This may be what the author(s) were thinking of, as it would be odd to have two revisions for such a small change. Additionally, AFAIK there is no reference to the "XD" brand on the packaging. Mine is from the UK market.
 * "'There are two variants of the blaster: a standard version, where the word 'Elite' is printed onto the white stripe on the side, and an alternate, where the printed word is not present.'"


 * Hmm, let me go ahead and try and talk to the person who added that information. No images were provided, which would help back this up. As for the packaging, we do have a stock photo of a version without any Elite XD branding; this was dropped in later years, I imagine when 90-foot firing ranges were standardized for most Nerf blasters.
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 * EliteXDStryfe_comp.jpg I received this photo from the editor. According to him, "The top one still with the ‘Elite’ on the stripe has a Dart detector lock on it, so it’s older". I'll go about adding this info to the wiki soon.


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 * StryfeConflictingPackaging.png I noticed that the packaging illustrations have no ELITE mark, which may suggest the blank version is older and the packaging has not been updated yet; we may never know the true story of how this distinction came to be. There was no shortage of stock of this blaster at the shop where I bought it (new), and all the others on the shelf also had the ELITE text. - TokidasoKW555 (talk) 12:27, 2 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Good point, about the packaging. Later today I'll go browse around the web to see if there's any version with the ELITE mark on it. If not, you may be right about the non-ELITE one being the older version.


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