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Old 04-08-2023, 08:41 AM
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Default Estes Limited Edition 65th Anniversary Blue Sapphire

Get one before they're gone. Only 300 being made. I just ordered mine!

https://estesrockets.com/product/blue-sapphire/
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Old 04-08-2023, 11:10 AM
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Got mine, too. Kind of reluctantly, I might add (that MAP pricing thing). Estes really needs to work on their website, too. It is SO painfully slow.
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Old 04-08-2023, 12:19 PM
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Saying sold out now
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Old 04-08-2023, 12:25 PM
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That sold out quickly. We will probable see them on eBay at marked up prices.
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Old 04-08-2023, 02:04 PM
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That sold out quickly. We will probable see them on eBay at marked up prices.


Yeah, one would suspect there were those who bought 10-20 of them at once for just the reason you mentioned. The kit held little interest for me though.

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Old 04-08-2023, 04:23 PM
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Yeah, one would suspect there were those who bought 10-20 of them at once for just the reason you mentioned. The kit held little interest for me though.

I wasn't wowwed by this kit either. It's like the Crossfire ISX.
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Old 04-08-2023, 04:25 PM
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That sold out quickly. We will probable see them on eBay at marked up prices.


Well since it is Out of Production already, can someone post the Instructions and Scans of the decals and pertinent parts? The Instructions link on the Estes site is not active.

I added this to the Master Estes kit list with the note that it appeared on the Estes Web site as the information source since this will not be a catalog item.
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Old 04-08-2023, 05:29 PM
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I ordered two yesterday — one to build (I was actually planning to build a Crossfire ISX soon, now I'll wait on that one) and one to hang on to for awhile.

I will be happy to post scans when I get them and open one up.

Yeah, I got a 404 trying to go to the instructions, too.

I agree with Andy — the web site was/is really slow. I was having one of the very rare dropouts on our Starlink yesterday afternoon and I was wondering if it was that. But apparently not.
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Old 04-08-2023, 08:40 PM
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For those that want one and didn't get one initially, John Boren just posted on FB that more will be added to the website. Not sure why they didn't just make all 300 available at once.
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Old 04-09-2023, 09:07 AM
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Estes email must be slow. I got their email about the Blue Sapphire this morning (Sunday) at about 0730. But see from these posts that they started selling them yesterday.
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