Let's see if I can answer some questions here.
The Pure Strike doesn't replace anything, it is it's own iteration. But yes, the Storm series is going away.
Yes, there will be two Pure Control frames coming (no plus racquets at this time, at least that we are aware of -- just the Pure Control and the Pure Control Tour) that we know of.
The Pure Strikes consist of the Pure Strike, the Pure Strike Tour, and the Pure Strike 100. These will be available January 2014.
As far as stiffness, it is a bit of a joke around here that I'm immune to the Babolat so-called "stiffness" as I don't really have issues stringing up PD/PDRs in the high 50s/low 60s with polys...so, at this point, I don't find the Strikes to be stiff. We also have them currently strung with a multi that we are playtesting, so poly will be next. There is some new technology in there as well which helps. But, Andy, who uses the Blade 98, says it feels comparable to that -- he says it doesn't feel as stiff as the PD or APD, but not as soft as the Storm.
The paint job is that fluorescent red-orange color and matte black, it looks sharp in my opinion!
Also, our numbers are the specs on the frames we have (not what the manufacturers put out). We only have one of each at the moment and usually give specs based on an average of racquets, so we are hoping to get a couple more testers to see what the numbers really look like.
Hope that helps and I'd be happy to answer any other questions I can.
Michelle, TW