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Old 10-09-2015, 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Woody's Workshop
I don't think the true value (as a collector) will go down that much.
More so that the heat shrink film is off.
Centuri is gone. Estes uses their size BT's.
Centuri had different size, which makes OEM parts more valuable.
IF it was me, I'd hand it down to one of my sons.
Figure it like this; what did it cost new?
Worth now? $300 someone said.
What would it be worth in another 30 or 40 years?
When one of your children has it.

I just don't think the hobby will be viable enough in 30 years to command a price like that. Heck, with the nanny state it will probably be illegal to own a mini motor. At 49, I'm probably one of the younger folks that was in the hobby and remembers the kit real time. I'll be 79 in 30 years. I know I won't be capable of building rockets to my own standards by then and I seriously doubt I will collect any kits beyond the next few short years. Most people younger than me never had the passion for rocketry, therefore will not have it in the future. Even if they did, their passion will be for a time well past the era of the LJII.
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