blasters, a repaint of the N-Strike Spectre, was expected to be released but was never released, despite online images being found. ICON Series In 2019, the N-Strike ICON series was released to celebrate Nerf's 50th birthday. These were re-releases of original N-Strike blasters with the same paint yellow paint scheme and added a ICON Series logo onto the blasters to differentiate older models from newer models. The plunger tube in the ICON Series Longshot was made significantly smaller, leading to limited modification potential. The ICON series element was given updated internals to shoot similar to an N-Strike Elite blaster, as was the ICON Series Magstrike. The ICON Series Magstrike was advertised with a 10 dart clip, though the original Magstrike was advertised with a 10 darts magazines. N-Strike Elite On August 1, 2012, the N-Strike series was succeeded by N-Strike Elite, which improved on the internal mechanisms for better firing distances. Firing distances for N-Strike Elite Blasters are advertised as up to for U.S. models, while international models (identifiable by their grey triggers) have a maximum firing distance of . The average Nerf blaster fires darts at around . The series was succeeded in 2020 by the N-Strike Elite 2.0 series. Several subseries have been released under the N-Strike Elite line, including: BattleCamo. These were re-painted Elite and Mega blasters featuring a white, blue, and orange color scheme. Multishot Madness. Only one Elite blaster was released in this series, the Elite Rough Cut 2x4. Sonic Ice. Similar to the N-Strike Sonic series, these blasters had translucent blue plastic instead of translucent green plastic. These were repainted Elite and Mega blasters. Sonic Fire. These blasters had dark translucent red plastic, and were repainted Elite blasters. N-Strike Mega N-Strike Mega, formally N-Strike Mega Series, is a line of blasters which fire red-colored ammunition larger than most darts in both size and diameter. Nerf advertises Mega blasters as firing at "mega" ranges of up to . In addition, they are also designed to whistle through the air when fired. Mega was originally marketed as a sub-series of N-Strike and N-Strike Elite, but became its own series in 2016. A subseries of the Mega line is the Mega XL series, which utilizes even larger darts. Mega blasters have been used in the following series BattleCamo Sonic Ice AccuStrike Z.E.D. Squad N-Strike Elite XD Some Nerf N-Strike Elite and N-Strike Mega blasters were originally advertised