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I got mine today, too! Bummer—there’s NOTHING new for scale models.
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The “profile” scale New Shepard builder’s kit - not very exciting but it is new. |
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Wildly unimpressed. The flights are even less to be excited about. Hard pass.
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The builder’s kit New Shepard is, at best, raw material for bashing into a model of the New Glenn. |
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I got the catalog and they sent me an email saying I have a 20% discount coupon, but there was no code in the email. I missed something somewhere. |
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I just received my catalog. There must be some pricing errors, or the person responsible for pricing was on drugs. The little Generic E2X is $23.99! It’s a BT-50 kit with plastic nose cone and fin unit! Directly above it is the Athena, same BT-50 tube size, taller, and a longer nose cone, plus an Alpha-like plastic fin unit, and it is $14.99 — $9.00 cheaper!
Much bigger kits like the Der Red Max are cheaper than a Generic E2X. Heck, for the same $23.99, you can get a BT-65 Green Eggs with payload section. And my favorite comparison — the Baby Bertha is $14.00 cheaper than the Big Bertha. That’s a lot of money for a slightly longer body tube, and barely larger set of fins. There are plenty more in consistencies, but I’ll end my rant. I can appreciate the prices will go up, but many make absolutely no sense. Finally, I will give Estes lots of credit for releasing a beautiful catalog. I love the cover!
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Buying directly from Big E is like greasing up and bending over.
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The price on the Generic is most likely a misprint - the bulk pack of 12 is priced at $129.99 which is $10.83 a piece. I’m guessing it’s supposed to be $13.99 which is still a $1 increase but not the $11 it looks like 😆 |
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