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My 'Launch' missile kit arrived yesterday. Many thanks to Carl, Sheryl and Bruce, and to Mark and Deb!
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Now you got something to build .
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Launch Missle
I wanted to thank Mark, Deb, Carl, Cheryl and Bruce for their kind gift of a "Launch Missile", came all the way to western Canada in perfect condition and with no added charges by our Canadian Customs Agency. Many thanks! To be added to my growing build pile of fabulous SEMROC kits!
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And for a change, Customs got a package marked "Gift" and it really was!
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I sure hope they didn't try that through German customs--gift is German for poison . |
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For the collector/Semroc groupies: The version that was shipped to magazine subscribers (first 300) went out non-numbered in sealed bags featuring artwork with a yellow background washing into blue at the top, with no separate Semroc card sealed up at the top. After the first 300 were cleared out, the "regular" product version seems to have come out in two formats. 25 limited/numbered ones with same yellow/blue header artwork as the magazine version, but also including the standard Semroc card sealed at the top of the bag. FWIW, the spec on the number tag are different than the specs on the released model--different length, weight. After the numbered ones were gobbled up, the version for plebes has the Semroc header card sealed at top, no number and header artwork with all yellow background/no blue wash. Sort of takes me back to the days when I was tempted to buy multiple copies of a Led Zepplin album just to get the varying artwork. I'd better start building this in the next week or so, otherwise competition season takes over (3 regionals in 4 weeks, then the mad dash to begin procrastinating for NARAM). --Chan Stevens |
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Chan, does your detailed analysis of the packaging imply that you are the proud owner of all 3 versions of the 'Launch' rocket?
Also, best of luck to you again this year at NARAM and in the competitions leading up to it!
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Yep, and thankyouverymuch.
If I didn't know better, I'd say the multiple versions are just Bruce's clever way to get me to buy more stuff at my special pricing of list+20% (inside joke). A few years ago, I got a free Aerobee Hi at NARAM-47, but was afraid to build a "collectible" with commemorative packaging, so I stashed it. The next spring, I tried buying one at NARCON, but that one was a commemorative edition for NARCON. I wound up ordering one online that summer, finally getting a "regular" one (but still haven't gotten around to building it). Watch--there will be 10 different versions of the Saturn V this summer, ensuring that I wipe out the last of my gift certificates as well as running out of room in the basement. |
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I'm sure I'll get this wrong, but how many should there be? Apollo 4 Apollo 8 Apollo 9? Apollo 10 Apollo 11 Apollo 12 Apollo 13 Apollo 14 Apollo 15 Apollo 16 Apollo 17 Skylab
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Looks like you need one more - Apollo 6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V
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