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Old 08-25-2021, 05:36 PM
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Maybe part of the price is a non-refundable deposit for a ticket to space aboard the real thing (like the ones Pan Am offered in 1968, for flights on their orbital spaceliner shown in "2001: A Space Odyssey")? :-) Strangely, I found myself half-seriously contemplating hijacking that recent New Shepard flight as its launch date neared (waving Jeff Bezos out of his seat; he can afford to fly aboard his own spaceship anytime)--that would have meant prison time, but it would also (especially if successful; several would-be Progress freighter stowaways have been caught before launch) have gone into the history books!
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Old 08-25-2021, 07:09 PM
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I just saw the email about 30 minutes ago. That list price is ridiculous. Even with the typical AC Supply discount of 40%, it will sell for $41.99. That’s a LOT of money for a 10.34” tall all plastic, nondescript/unattractive rocket. (OK, that is purely my opinion that it is nondescript/unattractive ...)

It would be moderately more interesting in 1:100 scale (6.8” tall) to display with other Estes scale models. Or maybe 1:200 (3.4” tall) to go with the other smaller scale Estes spacecraft models.
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I just saw the email about 30 minutes ago. That list price is ridiculous. Even with the typical AC Supply discount of 40%, it will sell for $41.99. That’s a LOT of money for a 10.34” tall all plastic, nondescript/unattractive rocket. (OK, that is purely my opinion that it is nondescript/unattractive ...)

It would be moderately more interesting in 1:100 scale (6.8” tall) to display with other Estes scale models. Or maybe 1:200 (3.4” tall) to go with the other smaller scale Estes spacecraft models.
Its appearance has long been compared to that of...other things of basically similar shape, which certain human females and "confirmed bachelors" (and "confirmed spinsters," too, I would suppose) have some use for...
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Its appearance has long been compared to that of...other things of basically similar shape, which certain human females and "confirmed bachelors" (and "confirmed spinsters," too, I would suppose) have some use for...


I decided not to mention that, just like I didn’t mention “at that price, you’d hope it includes batteries” ...
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I'm sorry ESTES this is one rocket I have no desire to buy or fly.
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Old 08-26-2021, 05:55 AM
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Maybe Estes will come out with a 3” or 4” diameter PSII New Glenn Builders Kit?
Nope. Too big for estes, even at 3", the NC would be more than 4", and it'd still be ugly!
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Old 08-26-2021, 09:04 AM
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Ridiculous pricing.
It will be discontinued after one catalog year.
Should not RETAIL for more than $12.98. SERIOUSLY.
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Some commentary/perspective from the "normals'....

https://gizmodo.com/jeff-bezos-dick...e-mo-1847560824

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Old 08-26-2021, 10:49 AM
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Some commentary/perspective from the "normals'....

https://gizmodo.com/jeff-bezos-dick...e-mo-1847560824

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I missed reading this (quote below) about the Estes model when I looked at it on the Estes page. From the link provided above by EchoVictor:

"Every rocket will include a postcard from Bezos’s organization, the Club For the Future, where people can send in their own vision of the future. The postcards will be taken aboard a Blue Origin flight and returned to the sender with the message “Flown to Space” stamped on it, according to a press release."

Interesting.

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