There is an Estes Phantom Electro-Launch set on eBay right now:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Es...:55:pf:0#viTabs

Fine print says:
Seller does not accept returns.
(Not eligible for eBay purchase protection programs)

Call in credit Card Only NO PAYPAL on this one.

payment due within 24 hrs of auction end.

Another one sold recently for $380 to the same current high bidder:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Estes-Phan...=p2047675.l2557

Kind regards,
Jeff Jenkins
aka: Faithwalker
NAR #46879 SR

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I didn’t know Elon Musk was into collecting model rocketry memorabilia.

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Lee Reep
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Projects: Super Sky Hook, Estes Saturn V, Astron Farside-X
Stuck In the Paint Shop: Estes Saturn 1B
Completed!: Painted Prowler! (ditched the pink tube wrap ...)

This seller has astronomically INSANE pricing on all items anywhere from 2x to 100x their actual value. Ridiculous.

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If you are NOT FLYING LOW in the left lane, you need to GET THE #$&@ OUT of it !

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

Pretty cool pad, though. I'd like to have one, but I wouldn't like paying for it.

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I love sanding.

To tell the truth, I never could see the point of a see-through Electrolaunch. With the see-through Phantom rocket, you could supposedly see how it works. With the see-through Electrolaunch, it's not particularly obvious how it works. To me it was kind of a gimmick. I think a lot of people agreed with me...........Estes didn't sell all that many of them.

I think folks back then had common sense to know they would get smoked up if they were used, and didn't have the extra money to waste just to display it at an occasional public event. The only reason I'd want one is to display it with my Phantom rocket.

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I think tha Phantom Electro Launch was cancelled because the see-thru launch rod posed too much of a hazard for potentially poking out an eye ...

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Lee Reep
NAR 55948, L2

Projects: Super Sky Hook, Estes Saturn V, Astron Farside-X
Stuck In the Paint Shop: Estes Saturn 1B
Completed!: Painted Prowler! (ditched the pink tube wrap ...)

Lee wins the internet.

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Current project: Estes #7227 Apollo Little Joe II. Rescuing my Mini-Comanche III.

He either wasn't getting the price he wanted, or else he came to a price agreement with a bidder. The auction was cancelled.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Es...&orig_cvip=true

Crap! I was just waiting until closer to the end of the auction to put in my bid. Oh well....it’s not that I needed a Phantom Electro-Launch or anything.....

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