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Old 02-19-2020, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Scott6060842
I stopped briefly at the NARAM that was held in Michigan (I was in the area) and was part of a conversation with Mike at the Estes booth about the Flutter By. He led me to believe that they got burn't on that one and wasn't real keen about other vintage Centuri designs. I did get a free one he was passing out.

LOL... Yeah they got burnt all right... on the Flutter By, the Twister, the Photon Probes and their ilk, and all the other kits that hang around forever at AC Supply long after being discontinued. These "unique" and "fantasy" type kits don't seem to do very well.

But the Star Trooper soldiers on - the only Centuri remnant left in the 2020 Estes catalog. The Star Trooper has been offered by Estes for more years than Centuri ever did. Of the Centuri kits that stayed in production for 30+ years (Centuri + Semroc) only the Laser-X was a unique, fantasy kit. The rest are all simple rockets: L'il Hercules, Javelin, Micron, Astro-1, Snipe Hunter....
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