09-04-2019, 07:59 PM
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Intermediate Rocketeer
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Santa Clarita, CA
Posts: 74
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Originally Posted by 5x7
Wow that’s great, thanks!!!
The cc kits went to hobby shops and were sold alongside their other kits. The kits indicated the instructions had to found online, like at Jim zs. Carl would get calls that the sites were down or they didn’t have access to a computer so the support needed ended the cc line. Xkits were only sold online so it solved the computer part and there was less to support. Estes made a trademark claim on a bunch of the names so Carl discontinued a bunch but did eventually put a bunch back up for sale he had taken down. He indicated if a kit was popular he would release it as a regular kit. This forum, TRF, and e-newsletter releases (Semroc minute and the Christmas Letter) have been valuable sources for info on Semroc v.2. I am getting close to having ballpark release dates for all the Semroc NC releases except the commemorative ones.
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Yes, I don't know if it was the same time, but I seem to recall that Carl was very worried about a sternly written legal threat made against Semroc from Estes, kind of a Goliath vs David thing, but I thought that for some reason Estes backed down, and there was some kind of understanding expressed from an Estes representative to allow Semroc's offerings to continue.
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