Here's a copy of an Email I just sent to Estes:
Let me know if you agree -

Hi Estes,

I just got my clearance sale kits in the mail today.
All arrived in great shape.

A suggestion -
The box was missing a very important element.
There was no stamp proclaiming:
"From the Model Rocket Capital of the World!"

Estes has done much to capture the nostalgia and history of the company
with bring back classic kits and even the retro print on the newer parachutes.

Now that you are back in the mail order business,
Why not bring back the "Model Rocket Capital of the World!" stamp?
Maybe new postal regulations prohibit these things, still it might be fun.

When I was in my teens, that statement on the shipping box meant something
and in a small way added to the excitement of the hobby.


Thank you,
Hans C. Michielssen

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Hans "Chris" Michielssen
Old/New NAR # 19086 SR

www.oddlrockets.com
www.modelrocketbuilding.blogspot.com
http://www.nar.org/educational-reso...ing-techniques/
Your results may vary
"Nose cones roll, be careful with that."
Every spaceman needs a ray gun.
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Good suggestion, I like it. I have one of those shipping boxes with the paper stamp with the date. I'll post a pic. It doesn't have that 'Rocket Capitol of the World'. If it did, it got torn off with the address. As you can see the stamp has faded but it was mailed in the 60's. I got this box in 1985 thereabouts.

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If it flies, I can crash it!

found one! on the box my Saturn 1B (un-built) came in...

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David Stribling
NAR 18402 SR
But it is rocket science!
Get yer Barrowmans here

That brings back memories.
That's what I as talking about! Amazon has it's smile on the box,
Estes needs something like that.

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Hans "Chris" Michielssen
Old/New NAR # 19086 SR

www.oddlrockets.com
www.modelrocketbuilding.blogspot.com
http://www.nar.org/educational-reso...ing-techniques/
Your results may vary
"Nose cones roll, be careful with that."
Every spaceman needs a ray gun.
Look out - I'm the Meister Shyster!