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Old 04-10-2011, 11:38 PM
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The K21 (1221) based on the BT-70 is a far better kit than the later BT-60 based twist-lok clear fin mess that any 8 year old could build.
The K-21 was around for a longer period of years, but I would venture to guess far fewer still exist in kit form.
The newer one was only produced for 2 years from 1987 to 1988 and the older one was around from I think 1966 to 1973 for 7 years.
The newer one pops up on ebay FAR more often than the K21 does.
Don't understand why anone would pay even $50 for the newer one. As a kit, it stinks and for collectibility it does not appear to be rare. Paying $356.00 for one makes about as much sense as paying $100 for any variant of the Mosquito kit...NONE. The phrase "A fool and his money is soon parted" comes to mind.
Whoever sold that kit for that price is laughing the whole way to the bank.

VERY FEW Estes/Centuri kits should come even close to approaching that sort of price based on rarity.
The few that do include:
Centuri 1/45 scale Little Joe II
Estes K29 Uprated Saturn 1 (not the revised K29 Saturn 1B kit)
Boxed Enerjet Athena
Boxed Enerjet Aero Dart
Enerjet 2250
Enerjet 2650
Estes Green Skill-level hang tag K21 Gemini Titan (produced 1973 only)
Estes Green Skill-level hang tag Astron Trident (produced 1973 only)
Estes Pink Skill-level hang tag Astron Cobra (produced 1973 only)
Estes Green Skill-level hang tag Astron Sky Dart (1973 to 1977 production)
Estes Green Skill-level hang tag Astron Nighthawk (produced 1973 only)
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