Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-26431461-20190712235758/@comment-29595756-20190714222952

I actually have a theory about the blue versions. I think it's possible that the blue versions were going to be released all over the place, and that they would replace the purple ones to keep in with the blue theme of the Voidcaster. But when TRU went bankrupt (at least the American TRU), they stopped production of them.

If the Voidcaster was released in fall 2017 and TRU went out of business in spring 2018, I think it's possible that these blue blasters saw a limited release before the end of TRU. It's also possible that the blue ones popping up in other stores is Hasbro getting rid of the last of the production run, and since TRU was gone, they had to give them to other stores. I've done some searching for the blue versions, and while they are uncommon, they are certainly not extremely rare, which you might expect if they were only on shelves for about six months or so and are exclusive to one store.

That's the theory, at least.