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Old 08-20-2007, 10:10 PM
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Default Semroc Discontinued cc:Kits

Many people have noticed that a few of our kits are not on our web pages any more.

After long deliberations, we have decided to discontinue all the CC: Kits. We are out of stock on the Space Plane and X-21 and do not plan on re-kitting the SST Shuttle as a cc: kit when they are gone. A few are still available in stores and from online vendors.

Almost all our complaints and warranty issues have been with the cc: kits.

1. No instructions in kit.
2. Links broken to instructions or can't get to the internet.
3. Bad design.
4. Poorly written instructions.
5. Not up to Semroc's standards.

Far too many customers missed the point of building historically significant kits using Vern's instructions and Lee's instructions. Several people said we should re-release them with "better parts" and Semroc written instructions.

If the market is there we will look at releasing them with our instructions and improvements sometime in the future. Thanks for your patience with these "old birds."
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Old 08-20-2007, 10:17 PM
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I believe that Uncle Mike's Rocket Shack is one of the only online places with X-21's and Space Plane's left. There are still a couple places with the SST available, including Semroc's own store. People may want to check their LHS as well for any of these kits if they're looking to snap up a few before they're all gone.
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Old 08-21-2007, 01:43 AM
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I just ordered 2 Space Plane's. Gotta build those.

It's a shame that the kits are being discontinued but quiet understandable.
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Old 08-21-2007, 07:19 AM
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I enjoyed building the SST. The Centuri instructions were a bit vague in a spot or two, but that was fine with me. I'd like to thank you for kitting it when you did so that I didn't have to clone it myself!
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Old 08-21-2007, 07:26 AM
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As a follow up our last 2 space planes were bought this morning. We now only have 2 SST shuttles left and we dont expect those to last the day.

Thank you
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Old 08-21-2007, 07:31 AM
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The kits were very nice, I'm glad I purchased them when I had the chance. The good thing is, they'll still have the parts in stock, they just won't be in kit form.
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Old 08-21-2007, 08:25 AM
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I was just informed by John at JonRocket that he has "one" X-21 left if anyone is looking for one still. Here's the link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...DME:X:AAQ:US:11
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I was just informed by John at JonRocket that he has "one" X-21 left if anyone is looking for one still. Here's the link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...DME:X:AAQ:US:11

This one is now gone. That didn't take long.
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Old 08-21-2007, 08:50 AM
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Boy, that was quick!

We also have one of the Shuttles remaining. If it's not gone by this evening, I'll probably just take it off the site, stick it in the drawer and forget about it.


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Old 08-21-2007, 11:55 AM
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As a follow up our last 2 space planes were bought this morning.

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Yaaaeeeeeeks, I guess one German rocketeer got lucky
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