Board Thread:Questions and answers/@comment-25292701-20140811193148/@comment-25292701-20140812154840

I've been able to get in contact with the original owner. He said he bought the unidentified blue blaster off the self at a toys r us or shopKo in Utah - so it was sold in stores, at the very least as a limited release. And as far as he knows it was packaged separately and not bundled with the squadron blaster.

He also said he bought the stinger off the shelf as well. A post in worthpoint.com said the stinger was given to that seller by a Hasbro employee and was not sold in stores, so - myth busted there. Stingers were on the open market at one point in time.