Gamo has updated their Recon, it's now the Gamo Recon G2 Whisper. It has more MV (now 750 fps, was 525 fps) but it's advertised as having the same cocking effort (19 pounds) as before (I would tend to question the effort specs, seems a little too low to me)- but it should still be within the range of kids who would be shooting it, seeing as how it's marketed as a youth orientated gun. It now comes with open sights and with a green dot optic sight. When the features and specs are compared, IMHO it's one of the best buys of the youth-type pellet guns right now- PA has them for ~$90.00.
ETA It looks like the Recon 2 has a cocking assist of sorts- the front sight assembly makes the overall length of the barrel longer than before so it would be less effort to cock (although spread over a greater distance) than its less powerful predecessor.
I like the earlier Recon stock design a lot better, but as long as it's comfortable to shoot, I suppose I could give the new stock a pass. Truth be told, none of the stocks exactly wow me- but I'm an ol' fart anyway.