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Old 03-25-2017, 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Dewalt
I received a 1981 Centuri catalog recently purchased from ebay. I was actually disappointed when I eagerly opened it up . Gone were all the full color rocket pages - most are B&W , there are a few pages that do have color models but not like the early 70's catalogs I have. I would of thought a decade later the pictures would be more outstanding then not.


in 1981, Centuri as a separate entity was winding down, most of it's operations having been moved to Penrose (in 1979 I ordered replacement wraps for my Centuri Saturn V, and was mildly shocked when the package came from Penrose!). As such, they didn't put as much money into marketing. For the next couple of years, they went even cheaper (see http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/no...a/82cencat.html and http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/ca...3/83cencat.html ).
In 1984, I think they sent out a tabloid newspaper catalog that was essentially just a clearance ad with some tech information included.
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