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jeffy,
Ram Jet ? Am I mistaken on this one ? I thought that was the ugly thing that was just a tube and fins with an ugly reduced-diameter ramjet cone. Was there some sort of fantasy/sci-fi RamJet I missed ?
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My list
I'd agree with everyone's selections thus far --- the OT, Mars Lander, Mars Snooper, etc. are all "iconic" exotics, but I'd add the following:
Starship Excalibur (Estes Plan #55) Stratos (Estes Plan #77) Saturnian (Estes Plan #39) Nimbus (Estes Plan #81) Ganymede 274 (Estes Plan #59) Black Knight (Estes Plan #71) Argus II (Estes Plan #84) Intruder (Estes Plan #82b) Orbital Transport Laboratory (Estes Plan #73) Space Shuttle JPZ-3 (Estes Plan #76) Top Secret (Estes Plan #78) Commuter (Estes Plan #31) ...Amongst others found in the pages of MRN. Building these was just as much fun as the Estes-supplied kits. I'm rebuilding all of them again, these days, and will be upscaling a few, because they're just such cool designs.
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my list and it could change as far as order: 1.andromeda 2.gyroc 3.mars lander 4.orbital transport 5.trident 6.uss atlantis 7.solar sailer 8.ss cassiopeia 9.star lab 10.super vega 11.mars sooper
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I like all vintage Estes..................
Manta Bomber X-Wing Mars Lander Orbital Transporter Interceptor Space Shuttle Scissor Wing Strike Fighter Oh heck the list is to long........Long live Estes |
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My top ones would be:
Mars Lander Trident Explorer Aquarius Mars Snooper Interceptor Other good ones are: Strike Fighter Scorpius Corsair Venus Probe Manta Bomber Starship Vega Stealth Star Rider Geo Sat LV Satellite Drone SDI Satellite Andromedia Alien Explorer Solar Sailor Star Speeder Starship Excalibur |
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I'd add the #1383 Hyperion to that list, as well as the good old K-33 Trident, the K-32 Starlight and the 1371 Star Ship Nova.
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Thanks to everyone who quickly offered their favorite exotic or exotica kits. I was pleased with the amount of responses in such a short time. From a quick and dirty tabulation of inputs, here is a Top 20 list that most forum members can support. The number relates to frequency in postings. To be honest, I added a vote for the USS Atlantis to round out the Top 20.
Interestingly, no one mentioned the World Federation Star Probe and the combination Orion Starfighter / Torellian Invader kit. Why is that? Is their lack of attention due to kit rarity or some other reason? Mars Lander 7 Interceptor 6 Mars Snooper II 6 Orbital Transport 5 Trident 5 Andromeda 5 Strike Fighter 4 Manta Bomber 4 Scorpius 3 SS Cassiopeia 3 Scissor Wing 3 Solar Sailer 3 Explorer Aquarius 2 Corsair 2 Starship Vega 2 Starship Nova 2 Star Speeder 2 Starlight 2 Alien Explorer 2 USS Atlantis 2 Comments on the list? Wouldn't be nice to build a set of the Top 20 Estes Exotic kits as defined by YORF....
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Wow, my favorites!!
USS Andromeda Xarconian Destroyer Black Hole Space Probe (If not listed as exotic,it should be!! ) USS Atlantis Solar Sailor Starship Nova Manta Bomber Star Speeder Alien Explorer SS Cassiopiea |
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These are my favorite.
I can't think of what order to put them in. OK, the Der Red Max, Constelation and Goblin don't belong in that pic. The orange one is my design.
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The Andromeda would take all top 20 positions for me. My absolute favorite model.
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