Board Thread:Wiki news and announcements/@comment-5578690-20140527011025/@comment-5578690-20140530035437

GameGear360 wrote: Simply put, you're thinking way too in depth. The RotoTrack was seen in 1998 catalogs as a Mega Blitz blaster, and although a Mega Blitz RotoTrack box hasn't surfaced, neither has a Mega Blitz Pulsator box, or a Mega Blitz NitroQuad. About half way through '98 when the blasters were all repackaged, certain older blasters made the jump such as the Rattler and the Eagle Eye; where do they fit in? i may be thinking way too indepth but from what i provided against what you say there, the opposition of keeping rototrack listed as mega blitz is a bit more convincing especially considering that nerfcenter's reviews don't mention mega blitz. Dart Strike also excludes the rototrack but oddly also the triple torch as well; the website is truly lacking in content though is probably due to the fact that they were not able to review every blaster just like nerfcenter.

the rattler and eagle eye are cyber stryke gear, there is no proof that those were under a new series just updated box art. a lot of blasters have that happen. since only one catalog is avaliable and is untracable regarding origin, a bit more would be needed to really come to a solid conclusion.

GameGear360 wrote: As one who heavily looked into the Action Blasters series, I'm one of the few people who actually knows the deal with the series. In a nutshell, it was a 2004 series of re-released blasters just as the unnamed 2003 series was. Older Nerf Sports products were badged as Street Zone or Pro Shop, while older Nerf blasters were badged as Action Blasters. From what I can tell, the last blaster to use Action Blasters-styled packaging was the 2009 red BBB, although it lacked the logo alongside the blue Hornet. Not sure where they fit in. fine, i concede this point since there isn't much to counter since its different from the Action series.

GameGear360 wrote: The Nerf Action series is something I don't really care about. All it was was a continuation of Original Nerf, which is why some sites list it as a part of Original Nerf, although for some reason or another, 94/95 blasters are titled Nerf Action instead. There isn't any box proof or commercial proof, but it's the safest bet to add the blasters to the series rather than just having them as a part of the largely unrelated Original Nerf series. like I said this would be considered a series if not for the fact that the catalogs shows multiple blasters listed with  the "ACTION" logo but that logo also appears for multiple original series catalogs. i already gave you proof, if it was a series then a special icon or the logo would appear for each box (front & back).

GameGear360 wrote: The 1998 re-release caused the Hyper Sight, Mega Blitz, SuperMaxx and Airjet Power lines to all develop similar boxes. All continuing 2003 blasters were sold under one set 2003 packaging. All continuing 2004 blasters that weren't N-Strike, or Dart Tag were Action Blasters. It's just a method of packaging, you're looking at it far too in depth. In the end, the series hardly matters, it's just an easier way of categorization.

If you want to categorize the series otherwise, then you may do so on your wiki, but I see them fit to stay the way they are until I'm proven otherwise with conclusive evidence. since you brought up that the boxes were similar starting in 1998, would you mind explaining why the ripchord box and the rototrack box are different?

all in all, this isn't about one person's viewpoint; its about getting the content as accurate as possible. that's why i started this discussion and i don't think jet would be particularly happy if we were to exclude information for personal opinions/viewpoints rather than facts or information that conflicts.

i started discussion here so that we could resolve it rather than through pointless edit wars.