I had a recent auction where my daughter puchased an item at a "Garage Sale" for $3 and asked me to put it on Ebay for her.

Now this was absolutely absurd! Especially in the last 5 minutes.

Remember I said she bought this at a Garage sale for $3!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...69384&rd=1&rd=1

Note that one of the bidders asked me if I would be willing to send the item to Belgium.

It's not just us dumb Americans.

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I'm going to have to check my parents garage for one of those.

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Apparently I like to collect kits and build them from time to time.

no joke, I think I have one of this exact item in the basement of my parent's old house.
They never threw out ANY of our old toys.
Mite haveta start selling them off.....although I find these sort of prices to be downright ignorant.

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There is an Enerjet Nike Ram and Egg Crate for sale on ebay.

Opening price for each is $799.

Wow!

Bob

Bob,

It probably would have been listed at $899 but it's missing the parachute.

I'll be surprised if there are any takers at $799, but at least it spurred me to look at the plans on JimZ. Interesting shape to the egg capsule with the long bottom transition. And the instruction to use partially inflated balloons as cushioning material was new to me.

But Bob, as our former Enerjet guy, what was the thought behind an F-egg -lofter? Was there much of a market for a 2500 foot egg lofter?

Breakfast deliveries to mountain climbers?

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I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: Centuri Design Contest F-150 Hurricane Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle

In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II Semroc Cyber III

Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2

$799.00 each ????????
Un-freekin-believable.
One year ago I bought a COMPLETE, but opened Enerjet Nike-Smoke on ebay for $86.00.
That is realistic price to pay opened, maybe double that sealed. These kits are NOT sealed and the Egg Crate is NOT EVEN COMPLETE (it is minus the chute, which is probably the only part of the kit that has NOT been reproduced by Estes).
I stand by my original statement that these prices are ******* for anyone to pay, and no I don't say that because I can's afford them either....I refuse to pay prices as if something is made of pure unobtainium.
I noticed the seller is the same joker that ALWAYS starts his auctions out with ridiculously high opening bids, but never sells anything.
This guy told me some rock-a-chute motors he was trying to sell were actually worth about 4 times what they were actually worth....I laffed when I saw he did not get a single bid.
Move the decimal place one spot to the right on the opening bid and you would have a reasonable opening bid, not this must-have-bumped-your-head current opening price.

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When in doubt, WHACK the GAS and DITCH the brake !!!

Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't !
Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.
ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, and HAVOC !

The Enerjet mold for the egg capsule was used to make the parts for the Estes Eggspress and Scrambler (1990's vintage) kits. You can still find these kits if you look for them. Paint does not stick very well to this plastic.

Enerjet products were designed to appeal to those who wanted to fly the highest, fastest and carry larger payloads (And had a bigger weekly allowance than me ). They came out just as public interest in space was fading.

Bob

Bob,

Thanks for the great info, as usual.

I cloned the Egg Crate by using an Eggspress as my starting point.
One can get paint to stick to the capsules if they are prepped correctly.
Wipe capsule with Xylene or Toluene to remove any oils.
Wash with extremely hot water & dishwashing detergent.
Scuff capsule with 600 to 1000 grit sandpaper.
Prime with a lacquer-based auto primer.
Finish with Krylon Fusion paint in the desired color.
This method seemed to work well, with high scuff/scratch resistance.
If you try to prime/paint like regular plastic it WILL NOT WORK !

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When in doubt, WHACK the GAS and DITCH the brake !!!

Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't !
Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.
ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, and HAVOC !