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Old 09-11-2023, 07:43 AM
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Default PS II Leviathan is back.

I see the Estes PSII Leviathan is back, now please, just cough up the PSII Nike and the MDRM!

Oh, and the 24mm x 4 cluster powered Patriot would be nice too.
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Old 09-11-2023, 08:25 AM
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Didn't see that one coming...

I recall that the Leviathan was the most popular of the Argent/Ventris/Partizon/Leviathan Pro Series kits that came out ~10 years ago.
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Old 09-11-2023, 08:29 AM
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I see the Estes PSII Leviathan is back, now please, just cough up the PSII Nike and the MDRM!

Oh, and the 24mm x 4 cluster powered Patriot would be nice too.

Those would be nice. What I think would be great is if they bring back the old Centuri Mini-Max line of kits.
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Old 09-11-2023, 08:51 AM
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I know what you mean. You could have knocked me over with a feather when I read it.
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Old 09-11-2023, 09:58 AM
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Old 09-11-2023, 11:29 AM
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i'd like to see both the Mini-Max and Enerjet kits back.
Aerotech now has the rights to Enerjet now though with the Nike-Ram supposedly coming back, but the Spring target date is LONG gone.
I'd REALLY like to see the Enerjet Athena back.
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I don’t understand why MSRP on the Leviathan is 2x MSRP on the Doorknob. A little more tube, a coupler, plywood fins, slightly larger parachute.
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Because MSRP often has little to nothing to do with the actual component costs.
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And....

It's sold out.

MSRP must have been set too low
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It's sold out.

MSRP must have been set too low


Yeah, the email I got to that effect (you probably received it too) teased yet ANOTHER release, one we would ‘really’ like. That leaves open some options, but like others here have commented, I’d like to think it might be the large Nike-Smoke. I’d go for that one, though I seem to recall someone mentioning here recently that a direct question to someone from Estes who would know (at NARAM? Internats?? I can’t recall) resulted in a fairly firm “No” response on a Nike re-release.

So, not sure which kit would be next….

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