08-24-2012, 09:47 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
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Originally Posted by AcroRay
I was surprised last night when my daughter & I went to the local mega Wal-Mart last night (we rarely shop there) and dropped by the toy dept we saw there was suddenly now an actual small hobby department with plastic models, Testors paints & tools, and an array of Estes RTFs & engines. Wow! That was a shock!
The Estes offerings were just about the same as the Toys R Us assortment. The RTFs were all 9.97, except for the 3 or 4 that came with launchers. The launcher sets included the twins, a helcio recovery bird and an egg-lofter. Engine packs were all 9.97 or so as well - the same 3-packs offered at Toys R Us.
Not a whole lot of stuff I'm interested in, but it should make gift shopping easier.
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This is great news! I'm not a big fan of RTF rockets either (but I don't hate them--they are good for introducing kids to the hobby), but the more big vendors that offer them to the public, the better. |