User blog comment:Doughnuts/The end of N-strike/@comment-2234967-20120701020406/@comment-5065259-20120701031918

nerf won't be able to eliminate n-strike that fast, we only have 3 blasters for elite this year. i would give n-strike about 1 or 2 years before they are gone. i talked to foam from above on facebook, he mentioned that nerf is looking at upgrading recent blasters (no longshots). he posted the samething on his blog.

recent blasters would include: stampede, longstrike, alpha trooper and anything around 2010; i doubt nerf will go beyound that.

as for the stockade, we may have stock images but those could be fake just to fool us. i doubt nerf plans to fools us, slim chance of quietly releasing it during fall. most likely next year with the jolt. the only thing is no official release year or confirm from hasbro. there are some people that still think this is real and coming out this fall which is why its better to keep product count official for the time being to prevent confusing people.