Obviously you don't know how companies work, they have the right to do whatever they want with THEIR products even after you bought it. Does it suck that they changed it in such a way that you are no longer happy with it? Sure it does, but they are well within their rights to do that. I'm guessing that a whole lot of people complained about how it sounded which is why they changed it, not trying to sell other blasters on the market. Consider that the Payday is still available. Now consider that IF all they wanted was to sell a new blaster they would have just have removed the Payday and all other blasters from the market all together. Going all tinfoil hat about it isnt gonna get you anything but angry and likely wont get anything resolved. As was said here before, try being polite and reasoned and contact Customer Service. Maybe, if enough people feel the way you do, they will revert the changes or even *gasp* work with the community to find an amicable solution. It takes more than one person being pissed about something to make a change. After all, the StarWars universe doesnt revolve around only you :-)