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Old 03-26-2011, 05:32 PM
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Default Some new Estes kits

I just received several of the new Estes kits from Hobbylink.

The MIRV has several molded foam components.

The EPM-010 (What's that name mean?) has quite a few BT-5 plastic nose cones.

These are now added to my list of kits to build (Sometime ).

Still waitng for my Maxi-Alpha III and Vagabond kits to arrive (They are on backorder ).
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Old 03-26-2011, 07:35 PM
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Got both of these as well, the MIRV looks wild. I was impressed at the quality of the foam parts.
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I just received several of the new Estes kits from Hobbylink.

The MIRV has several molded foam components.

The EPM-010 (What's that name mean?) has quite a few BT-5 plastic nose cones.

These are now added to my list of kits to build (Sometime ).

Still waitng for my Maxi-Alpha III and Vagabond kits to arrive (They are on backorder ).




I'm pleased to see that Estes is injecting a little more style into their kits.
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EPM is the equivalent of SPEV. Something like "Excess Parts Mover."
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Old 03-27-2011, 01:05 AM
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Speaking of new Estes kits you might want to check out www. hobbylinc.com

I might add that these kits are not out yet.

Level 1 Mosquito, Trans Wing, Venus Probe, Sizzler (Talon), Pigasus, Firebird, Venom, Exo-Skell, Thunder Hawk, Thunder Bird

Level 2 Trade Federation Battlestar, Black Brant II, Rampage, Star Wars R2D2, Long Shot, Mercury Redstone, Menace, X-Prize Thunderstar, Marauder

Level 3 Lancer, Daedlus, Star Wars Tie Fighter, Thunder Roc

Level 4 Orbital Transport, Star Wars X-Wing Fighter

Level 5 Super Nova Payloader, Honest John, PS-5560 Payload Kit, SR-71

Note: Bolded ones are on my must have list

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Are you sure some of those aren't just Estes OOP kits that the dealer had some new-old stock of, and, once sold out, he just hasn't bothered to take down the links? I find it difficult to believe that Estes is bringing back all those Star Wars kits with no real reason (such as a new movie release) to promote them. Likewise the Thunderstar - X Prize is old news and they dumped the whole line except for the Spaceship One. A lot of those others (Transwing, Orbital Transport, SR-71, Mercury Redstone and Exo-Skell are, in some cases, only recently discontinued. And some were announced, such as the Thunder Bird, Hawk and Roc, and the Daedelus were announced but never released.

The only new models I know of for sure on that list are Mosquito (As part of the Mega Mosquito set) and Mini Honest John. Sorry to get your hopes up, but I wouldn't count on most of those models being released (I could be wrong on any of those, so don't hold me to any of this - I an NOT privy to any inside info from Estes - just using logic, knowledge of what kits were available at one time or another and official announcements.)

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A lot of those others (Transwing, Orbital Transport, SR-71, Mercury Redstone and Exo-Skell are, in some cases, only recently discontinued.



I am not Estes and I do not play them on TV, but it would be a golden idea to release a 50th anniversary Mercury Redstone this year...


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The EPM-010 (What's that name mean?) has quite a few BT-5 plastic nose cones.



I saw one of those in a LHS and did not have lots of time to study the kit in the bag, but it struck me as a stepbrother to the Mars Snooper.


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Default New Estes Super Alpha

I got two of the new Super Alpha kits when they first came out and they both had nice balsa nosecones. I was at Hobby Lobby the other day and of course I was checking out the rockets when I noticed a Super Alpha kit on the shelf with a PNC-60AH like the Red Max nosecone but molded in white ala Screamin Mimi. Has anyone else seen this? I hope Estes doesn't go back to plastic on all of the kits but it would be nice to see a nose/tailcone set for the Satellite Interceptor like the original. I know the molds are still around for that because Estes has the same nose/tailcone combo available in the Tandem-X starter set for the Crossfire ISX rocket.
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I got two of the new Super Alpha kits when they first came out and they both had nice balsa nosecones. I was at Hobby Lobby the other day and of course I was checking out the rockets when I noticed a Super Alpha kit on the shelf with a PNC-60AH like the Red Max nosecone but molded in white ala Screamin Mimi. Has anyone else seen this? I hope Estes doesn't go back to plastic on all of the kits but it would be nice to see a nose/tailcone set for the Satellite Interceptor like the original. I know the molds are still around for that because Estes has the same nose/tailcone combo available in the Tandem-X starter set for the Crossfire ISX rocket.


Yes.

I saw the plastic PNC-60AH nose cone in a Super Alpha kit I was looking at this past Saturday.
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