This ENERJET AERO-DART went for over $1000, several years ago . . .

No, it was not mine and I did not buy it !

Also, a boxed ENERJET ATHENA was sold a few years later.

Dave F.

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You seem to enjoy criticizing how other people choose to spend their money. It's their money to spend as they wish.
I've spent well over $400 for a number of kits - most of those at (or close to) retail and never regretted the purchase. $700 for a 3x Colossus Mars Lander kit (very, very nice kit BTW), $600 for the Polecat/Skunkworks Saturn V that I did my L3 cert with (and I got lucky - that was ~$200 off what they originally sold for). Heck, the Sirius Saturn V currently retails for $500 (if you can find one ).
There are precious few rocketry purchases I've made over the years where I didn't think I got fair value for my money.
YMMV

The rockets you speak of are huge and justify the $$.

Paying those kind of prices for any sort of LPR is insane.
If people are buying these for some sort of "investment" they are crazy.
The bottom is going to fall-out in this market due to the fact as collectors get older there are less of them.
BARs are not getting replaced by younger hobbyists interested in these old kits.
Most likely the value is going to drop massively within 20 years.

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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, TURMOIL, FIASCOS, and HAVOC !

I would venture to guess that most ‘collectors’ are doing what they do not for any real monetary return, but simply to obtain kits (to either build or to simply ‘collect’) they could not or did not get when they were younger. That is me, but I suspect I am FAR from alone. And I do it without ONE BIT of concern about any kind of financial return; to the contrary.

And what someone puts ‘value’ on is strictly up to them. Some people would not spend $15 on a bottle of wine. Others gladly drop $100 on a bottle. But, I’m not going to criticize either one. Some things I don’t care for at all and won’t spend a dime on them. Others gladly throw all kinds of money at those very same things.

To each their own I say and let it go at that.

Earl

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Earl L. Cagle, Jr.
NAR# 29523
TRA# 962
SAM# 73
Owner/Producer
Point 39 Productions

Rocket-Brained Since 1970

What Earl wrote

I know people who have (or at least had) a nearly complete collection of all the Estes "K-" series kits - sealed! And they would pay dear money to get the one or two kits they were missing. They are re-living their childhood - not looking to make great investments.

First kit I put up on ebay (~20 years ago) was a mint sealed Estes SPEV. It went for well over $400 to one of those collectors (I was later told it would have fetched much more if I had been an established seller - since I was new at it people weren't sure they could trust me). I actually financed a year of my racing by selling a bunch of the stuff that had been sitting in boxes since I started college. But it was while I was selling off those kits from the late '60s/early '70s that I became interested again and turned into a BAR. And for a while, I too tried to rebuild my collection . But a few years ago I decided this was foolish - most of it was sitting in storage as I had no place to display it, so I turned around and sold most of it off again.

This is YORF. Shouldn't that be $4 for a six pack of skunky beer or $200 for a bottle of aged Sam Adams Utopia? (though I would criticize anyone for paying $200 for a single beer)

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I love sanding.

No, it's $100 for a full six pack of Billy Beer.

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Bill Eichelberger
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http://wallyum.blogspot.com/

I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle

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

Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark

Oops. Sorry about that. I was trying to bring a touch of refined living to the masses.

Earl

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Earl L. Cagle, Jr.
NAR# 29523
TRA# 962
SAM# 73
Owner/Producer
Point 39 Productions

Rocket-Brained Since 1970

****. It even came with a bottle of glue inside the box.....ahh to see an Enerjet Athena soar the skies .......again.....with a real Enerjet motor in it.......

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Ah, yes, a REAL ENERJET motor ! ! !

Dave F.

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