06-29-2014, 04:04 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Needville and Shiner, TX
Posts: 6,134
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Originally Posted by eljefe
I am just starting to get back into model rockets after a nearly 15 year hiatus, and am also somewhat depressed about recent Estes catalogs. They don't really capture the imagination like the ones I first saw in the 80s. The current products also seem like mostly the same 2 or 3 basic rocket designs with different color schemes and lack the variety of the old days.
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That's for sure... with the few golden gem exceptions thanks to John Boren, most of the Estes catalog is retreads of the regular 3FNC rockets in different colors and schemes...
Not much interesting or inspiring there...
Later! OL JR 
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