FWIW, that is a very rare item.

I'd love to see the instruction sheet, and also get the "specs" so I could try to recreate it.

What am I missing- these show up on eBay fairly often don't they?

You may be thinking of the LIA-77 which is the smaller -- and much more common -- brother to the LIA-100 'heavy duty' launcher.

I think this is the first time I've ever seen the larger LIA-100 on eBay. This is the one that was recommended by Centuri for their large-scale line like the MiniMax and Enerjet stuff.

I don't know just how much bigger than the LIA-77 it is, but the legs and such look almost identical.....the 100 is just 'bigger'.

I suppose the two used the same blast deflector/ignitor lead assembly, but I'm not sure on that. I'd like to get a trace of the legs on the 100.... I have a couple of the LIA-77's, but I've never even seen a 100 in person ever.

Earl

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Yeah, I knew it was the HD. Just didn't realize it was $190+ type rare.

My bidding stopped at $125. More than that is just insane.

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To be honest, I was surprised as well to see it go for that final bid. I too did not know it was quite in that rare range, though I knew I'd personally never seen one come up for bids. Then again, if an item turns out to be 'just the item' a particular collector is looking for ("Ahhhh.....the only item in my Centuri launch gear collection I don't have!"), then they are probably willing to pay a chunk to get it.

GH, I'm about like you. I was gonna go maybe up to $150 for it, but I never even bid on it once it got up to the $193 range sometime yesterday.

In similar 'news', the Centuri Power Systems set and the Centuri Eagle 1999 set (both offered by Penn Valley Hobby Center, I think....same who listed this launcher) went for over $200 each right about the same time this eve.


Earl

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Earl, I still have an original Centuri LIA-100 wood launcher and the original Instruction sheet.

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Larry B
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Larry,

Could you trace the legs on a piece of paper and then scan them for use as a template? Do you have an LIA-77 you could compare it to to see what the differences are?

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Larry-

Any chance you can confirm whether the deflector/ignitor assembly is the same as used on the smaller LIA-77? Also, could you trace and then scan and post to the forum one leg of the launcher?

Earl

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