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Old 01-02-2014, 10:08 AM
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Default 2013 Estes Catalog (v. 1-13)

I noticed in the Estes catalog, an 88 page behemoth, that on page 76 near the top reference is made to 400,000,000 launches. It is my understanding the current figure is approaching 1,000,000,000. What is the real deal?

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Old 01-02-2014, 11:13 AM
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Leave it to Fred to post something not only worthless but also deliberately smart-assed.
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Leave it to Fred to post something not only worthless but also deliberately smart-assed.


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Old 01-02-2014, 11:58 AM
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There was a question. I correctly answered the question.

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And I agree that it sure looks like Mark Margolis (Hector Salamanca from Breaking Bad) sitting in front of Woody and Norm.
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Fred, you did not "answer the question", since context obviously matters. Your off-topic posts are unappreciated. Do you have an answer to the actual question? Sources where to find publishings? I have already seen figures above 400k elsewhere, hence why I posted.

I do find it ironical I am telling Fred to stay on topic because I regularly get accused for bringing something off-topic, merely because I point out the political layer of so many subjects, which are increasingly pervasive.

Yours was just blatently off topic and non-additive.

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Fred, you did not "answer the question", since context obviously matters. Your off-topic posts are unappreciated. Do you have an answer to the actual question? Sources where to find publishings? I have already seen figures above 400k elsewhere, hence why I posted.

I do find it ironical I am telling Fred to stay on topic because I regularly get accused for bringing something off-topic, merely because I point out the political layer of so many subjects, which are increasingly pervasive.

Yours was just blatently off topic and non-additive.

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If I had given you the true and correct answer to your in-context question, I would have been attacked. Let's see what happens:

Contact Estes and ask them. Only they have the data.
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If I had given you the true and correct answer to your in-context question, I would have been attacked. Let's see what happens:

Contact Estes and ask them. Only they have the data.

No, that is not an answer, much less a true and correct answer to the question.
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No, that is not an answer, much less a true and correct answer to the question.


Ok, then who has the data or the answer? People reading one of the smaller web forums of a small hobby?
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