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Old 12-21-2017, 01:16 AM
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Originally Posted by tbzep
The inventor sold them independently before Estes started buying them from him so the only difference should be the packaging. Let's just forget about the plastic abomination.
The name of the plastic one--Fin Alignment Guide--if it had been used as an acronym, would have been charmingly un-PC (although British and Australian folks often use that term for kindling sticks and cigarettes, even today). :-) I have an unopened one in a desk drawer next to me; maybe one day it will be collectible, as an "Edsel" product from Estes? :-)
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