Any scans you're able to send would be greatly appreciated.

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WOOSH NAR Section #558

There are several #1284 Space Shuttles on ebay now with DOWN RIGHT IGNORANT starting pricing.
Most of these YAY-HOOS need to PUT DOWN THE CRACK PIPE and come back to reality.
Gold is up to $1500 an ounce, #1284 Space Shuttle (or any other OOP kit) pricing does NOT track the price of gold.

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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, TURMOIL, FIASCOS, and HAVOC !

Based on what I am seeing for bids on those Space Shuttles, there are some real KOOK bidders too.
The lowest I saw was a bid of around $70.00 for one that had 5 days left.
I thought buyers that actually PAID that much at the end of an auction last year were nuts for that price.
They produced literally THOUSANDS of that kit, many of which are still unbuilt.
There were 3 versions- Green Header with Green Hang tag (think that was first two years of production only), Green header with Black hang Tag (most production was this version), and the newest packaged "masters series".

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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, TURMOIL, FIASCOS, and HAVOC !

GH,

Please don't 'rock the boat' for those of us who are selling these items

I have 2-3 of those Estes Patriots, and a couple NCR Patriots ... and yes I will be letting them go for ANYTHING over $200.00!!! Did you see that Patriot that went for $370.00 in the final seconds of bidding!?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT

or

http://tinyurl.com/3ljqb7j


Jonathan

I have two words in response to the ridiculously astronomic prices I have seen paid for kits (many of the kits which in a word, STINK) on ebay lately- LUNKHEADS and BUFFOONS !

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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, TURMOIL, FIASCOS, and HAVOC !

"on ebay lately- IDIOTS and MORONS !"

Did the fire go out or cooler heads prevail? My personal opinion is that you had it right the first time. None of the models purchased will ever see flight, yet the price is so incredibly inflated by an artificial passion to possess. I have sniped a few buyers in the past, sniped by a few cents. But never get into the heady realms of burying an opposing buyer by $15-20. The point most of these buyers seem to reach it is all about "the investment" - is there a futures market on unassembled balsa and cardboard tube that I missed? I think it is the head rush of winning that takes priority. "Gas and Groceries be darned!, I am going to beat them on this one!"

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I thought I was being maybe a bit too harsh and edited it to Lunkheads and Buffoons from idiots and morons. They were at least buying rockets, which gets one out of the lowest common denominator "reality tv" crowd, so I reasoned idiots and morons was a touch too harsh.

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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, TURMOIL, FIASCOS, and HAVOC !

J,

Model rockets as an investment? PLEASE!

Next thing you know, some coin collector will start a website that tracks the week to week and month to month variations in the price of model rocket auctions! Like that will ever happen! LOL

Jonathan

From the movie WarGames, "The only winning move is not to play."

Stop the insanity - buy Semroc.


Bill

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Give a man a rocket and he will fly for a day; teach him to build and he will spend the rest of his days sanding...

I would believe some of the ridiculous buys are from new BAR's that don't know about Semroc, cloning, etc. I know I made a few bonehead buys early in my BARdom (before I got edumicated at YORF).

Our good friend CAP99 just sold an opened Aerobee 300 blue skill tag for eighty something bucks. (the pride of my meager fleet back in the day). I'm working on my Semroc clone and I don't remember exactly but am sure was under $15.