It appears there's a pic of the 20th anniversary Super soaker 50 on Supersoaker.com now ... and if it is true, it looks similar, yet different (fixed-reservoir and screw-on reservoir cap?)
Definitely odd. I suppose they don't do reservoirs that thread on any longer because they can turn into missiles, or possibly they don't have the manufacturing capacity any longer.
Wow, very interesting. I'd take a guess and say this means the chances of seeing any carbon-copy re-releases from the pre-Hasbro days are slim to nil. They probably just got rid of most of the molds for the parts.
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