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Old 03-15-2017, 11:57 AM
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I have a pretty good collection of 1970 's Centuri and Estes catalogs. To me they are more inspiring to look at as the majority of the kits were builders. (not bashing RTF's - just not my type of model)
As a kid I would pour over the pages and be lost with the "Designer Parts Assortments"
The grand ideas I could dream up and build if I could afford one. My budget at the time was $1.50 and under type kits. The Little Joe II and Saturn rockets were way beyond my means but sure caught my eye.

Perhaps the spike in prices are from guys that grew up in the same era and want to relive their childhood memories - only they have more money now. Me I am still on that $1.50 and under budget.

That is nice to have those memories with your Dad, mine always scowled at the thought of "burning up money" to send a cardboard tube into the sky.

I keep the Centuri "Skylab" catalog by my bedside and thumb through it every night while waiting for my wife to finish grading school papers.
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