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Old 02-27-2017, 01:25 PM
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Jerry is correct; The Citation line from Estes was designed to be box-marketed in department stores like Sears, Montgomery Ward, and JC Penney back when they carried lots of toy/hobby items.
The era was from ~1971 through about 1977, the kits lasted beyond the "Citation Boxed" time frame, some much longer.
The Citation line of kits consisted of the Quasar, Patriot, Der Red Max, Starship Vega, and Bomarc.
The Citation Engines were labeled A-3, B-2, B-4, and C-6; those corresponded to actual types of A8-3, B4-2, B6-4, and C6-5; it is perplexing why they used incomplete labels on the engines.

After the "Citation Boxed Kit" time frame, the Der Red Max, Patriot, and Starship Vega became bagged kits with no changes.
The Quasar became a bagged kit but the nose cone and fin unit changed from Chrome-finished to simple white plastic parts.

The Bomarc had the most major change when it went from box packaging to bagged packaging. It changed from skill-level-4 boost-glide recovery to traditional yet FAR MORE BORING standard parachute recovery and was downgraded to skill level 2.
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