Ye Olde Rocket Forum

Go Back   Ye Olde Rocket Forum > The Golden Age of Model Rocketry > Kit Collecting
User Name
Password
Auctions Register FAQ Members List Calendar Today's Posts Search Mark Forums Read


Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old 01-13-2007, 01:58 PM
prooflike13 prooflike13 is offline
Junior Rocketeer
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 7
Default vintage estes kits

Is there a current price guide on vintage estes rockets kits (unopened),say from 1970 to 1995?Where can one find a source to show how many kits were made in each given year(population report?)Lastly were is the largest source for vintage estes?not ebay,also are there any auctions for vintage rocket kits. Thank you very much for any help.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 01-13-2007, 03:08 PM
sandman's Avatar
sandman sandman is offline
Custom Cone, Kit & Decal Maker
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Way North of Detroit
Posts: 5,048
Default

This is soooo old and outdated but it's probably the only thing out there.

http://members.aol.com/djadamson9/rocest.html
__________________
"I'm a sandman. I've never killed anyone. I terminate runners when their time is up." Logan from "Logan's Run"

http://sandmandecals.com/
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 01-13-2007, 03:26 PM
ghrocketman's Avatar
ghrocketman ghrocketman is offline
President, MAYHEM AGITATORS, Inc.
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Nunya Bizznuss, Michigan
Posts: 13,443
Default

Old and the prices are way off on many.
Some are way high for the last 5 years and some are way low.
$278 as a low for an Orbital Transport ? Those often go for under $75 now, and I'm talking originals, not re-issues.
$280 seems WAY high for an Interceptor (several have went for under $150)
$150 seems WAY low for a K-30 Little Joe II....I think the last one I saw went for over $250.
Prices on original pristine Mars Landers are now WAY down since the Semroc re-issue; you can find those for around $125 if you are patient....that's about half price of what they went for before the Semroc release.
$194 for a high price on a K-29 Saturn 1B is also way off even though Semroc has re-issued this kit. I have never seen a NIB Estes K-29 go for less than $250 and I have been hunting for the past 7 years. I have seen those go as high as $414 in the last 3 years.
__________________
When in doubt, WHACK the GAS and DITCH the brake !!!

Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL
, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't !

Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.
ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, and HAVOC !
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 01-18-2007, 07:34 AM
Arley Davis Arley Davis is offline
Arley's Spaced Out Rocketry
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Omaha NE
Posts: 210
Default

This web site has the copies of old rocket catalogs such as Estes?

http://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/rockets/rockets.html
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 01-29-2007, 01:28 AM
rokitflite's Avatar
rokitflite rokitflite is offline
Master Modeler
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 952
Default

Dang Prooflike! You really wanted that Interceptor on Ebay didn't you!
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 02-11-2007, 04:37 PM
shockwaveriderz shockwaveriderz is offline
rocket dinosaur
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: My Old Kentucky Home
Posts: 1,184
Default Nighthawk prices

Anybody notice those 2 last Nighthawk auctions?
$107.50 from Jan 18th 2007 and now a similar kit feb 11h 2007 goes for a whopping $222.50! wow These were K-34 damon era (post 9/69) nighthawks. Anybody got a photo or scan of an orginal estes one in orginal wrappings?


just thought you might like to know....

terry dean
nar 16158
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 02-12-2007, 07:42 AM
PaulK PaulK is offline
BAR
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: WI
Posts: 1,847
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by shockwaveriderz
Anybody notice those 2 last Nighthawk auctions?
Yeah, I've been watching those; while I don't really collect kits, that is one of maybe a half-dozen I would like to have, for sentimental reasons, of course - my very first B/G. Well, I'm not $222 sentimental
__________________
Paul
If we weren't all crazy, we would go insane - Jimmy Buffett
NAR #87246 www.wooshrocketry.org
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 02-12-2007, 08:03 AM
Bob H's Avatar
Bob H Bob H is offline
Master Modeler
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Douglas, MA
Posts: 556
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulK
Yeah, I've been watching those; while I don't really collect kits, that is one of maybe a half-dozen I would like to have, for sentimental reasons, of course - my very first B/G. Well, I'm not $222 sentimental
It almost makes me wish I hadn't opened mine.

Of course, it was opened when I first got it so who would have thought it would ever be worth that much.

I guess I'll just have to build it someday.
Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:22 AM.


Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.0.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Ye Olde Rocket Shoppe © 1998-2024