Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27977218-20160308013729/@comment-27306930-20160309022844

Pardon me, I got confused. I'm old. My bad. If we're talking about the old yellow Recon (circa 2008) compared to the Retaliator (circa 2012) and the recently released MKII, then the Retaliator wins. The original Recon ??? "Fuget aboud it." Unless it's seriously modded, those antique yellow N-Strikes can't compete against any of the modern Elite blasters. They just don't.

The Retaliator and the MKII share many of the same design aspects, but having done lots of mods on similar N-Strike Elite blaster of that same vintage, you'll definitely want to spend your hard earned dollars on the Retaliator. The MKII just doesn't do anything for me (see my threads). But the look & feel, and mod potential of blasters like the Raider, Rampage, Retaliator, Alpha Trooper, Spectre, etc., is excellent. There are so many options !

Until the Modulus line expands beyond the MKII and the IonFire, I'd spend my money on an N-Strike Elite and a good mod kit. IMHO ;-)