10-06-2011, 07:43 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Ft. Thomas, KY
Posts: 8,622
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Originally Posted by blackshire
Agreed. The "Dude hatred" reminds me of a one-panel comic that I once saw in an issue of "Reader's Digest." At an art museum during a school field trip, a teacher said to her class: "Just because the painting doesn't happen to appeal to Marvin doesn't necessarily mean that it stinks." I never cared for The Dude, but it appealed to kids, and if it enticed some of them to become model rocketeers, then it fulfilled its purpose.
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And if the great unwashed shelled out $40 for one, it REALLY served its purpose for Estes. 
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Build floor: Centuri Mini Dactyl Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle
In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II, Xarconian Cruiser Semroc Cyber III
Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2
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