vintage estes kits

[prooflike13]

Is there a current price guide on vintage estes rockets kits (unopened),say from 1970 to 1995?Where can one find a source to show how many kits were made in each given year(population report?)Lastly were is the largest source for vintage estes?not ebay,also are there any auctions for vintage rocket kits. Thank you very much for any help.

[sandman]

This is soooo old and outdated but it's probably the only thing out there. :rolleyes:

http://members.aol.com/djadamson9/rocest.html

[ghrocketman]

Old and the prices are way off on many.
Some are way high for the last 5 years and some are way low.
$278 as a low for an Orbital Transport ? Those often go for under $75 now, and I'm talking originals, not re-issues.
$280 seems WAY high for an Interceptor (several have went for under $150)
$150 seems WAY low for a K-30 Little Joe II....I think the last one I saw went for over $250.
Prices on original pristine Mars Landers are now WAY down since the Semroc re-issue; you can find those for around $125 if you are patient....that's about half price of what they went for before the Semroc release.
$194 for a high price on a K-29 Saturn 1B is also way off even though Semroc has re-issued this kit. I have never seen a NIB Estes K-29 go for less than $250 and I have been hunting for the past 7 years. I have seen those go as high as $414 in the last 3 years.

[Arley Davis]

This web site has the copies of old rocket catalogs such as Estes?

http://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/rockets/rockets.html

[rokitflite]

Dang Prooflike! You really wanted that Interceptor on Ebay didn't you! ;)

[shockwaveriderz]

Anybody notice those 2 last Nighthawk auctions?
$107.50 from Jan 18th 2007 and now a similar kit feb 11h 2007 goes for a whopping $222.50! wow These were K-34 damon era (post 9/69) nighthawks. Anybody got a photo or scan of an orginal estes one in orginal wrappings?


just thought you might like to know....

terry dean
nar 16158

[PaulK]

Anybody notice those 2 last Nighthawk auctions? Yeah, I've been watching those; while I don't really collect kits, that is one of maybe a half-dozen I would like to have, for sentimental reasons, of course - my very first B/G. Well, I'm not $222 sentimental :rolleyes:

[Bob H]

Yeah, I've been watching those; while I don't really collect kits, that is one of maybe a half-dozen I would like to have, for sentimental reasons, of course - my very first B/G. Well, I'm not $222 sentimental :rolleyes:It almost makes me wish I hadn't opened mine. :rolleyes:

Of course, it was opened when I first got it so who would have thought it would ever be worth that much.

I guess I'll just have to build it someday.