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Old 03-31-2017, 11:20 AM
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I would MUCH rather have modern clone kits for 20% or less the price of an original kit. The ONLY time I buy originals is when a clone is not available.
What does NOT impress me is wasting huge amounts of $$ for "original" cardboard and wood.

A great example is the Estes re-issue of the Centuri 1/45 Little Joe II that I paid $30 for versus paying a ridiculous over $300 for an original Centuri kit.
It's not an affordability issue either...in my book it is a sanity issue.
The one kit I paid a LOT for was an original K-21 Estes Gemini Titan that was in green skill-level packaging. It was only produced in that package for two years. Nobody clones it (PDR did at one point) now.
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