Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-29970843-20190623191925/@comment-27306930-20190624055339

Hmmm, if you'll notice, the diagonal scratches at center left indicate the underlying plastic is the typical gray tinted ABS commonly used in early blasters. The "Metallics" you're referring to are almost always a result of electo-painting with an aluminum based paint over a gray shell.

Look, I'm not trying to be a nitpicker. You might be right. Hasbro took the added expense of molding these Defender shells in a costly, time consuming, silver colored platic resin. And those scratches are just a photographic artifact. Or something like that.

On the bright side, I think we can both agree these are not cracks 😉