11-12-2009, 10:25 AM
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My top Estes Exotica (like that word, btw) would be:
1) Mars Snooper - To my 8 year old self, this was THE rocket; especially the way it was portrayed on the cover of the 1966 catalog.
2) Orbital Transport - It made boost gliders look sexy. A pain in my younger years to build, but a heck of a lot of fun to fly!
3) Interceptor - A must have; it reminded me of my favorite jet, the F-104 Starfighter.
If we extend into the Centuri "exotica":
4) The Orion - always wanted one; it exemplified Centuri in the same way as the Mars Snooper did Estes.
5) The Quasar - It looked like it came right out of one of the late 1950 science fiction movies I watched on TV. I loved the "ram jet engines" on the fin tips!
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