Estes started sending out a survey asking you to rank 15 different rockets in the order you'd like to see them brought back. I encourage everyone that gets this survey to fill it out. Besides helping to decide what old kits we get to see again you get entered in a drawing to win a Falcon 9 kit!

For those of you that have taken the survey already, can you guess which kit I put at number one?

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I'm going to guess either the Gemini Titan or The Dude (but probably not the The Dude.)

My vote will be for a Vern Estes Chia Pet!

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4 out of 3 people struggle with math.

Chemically, alcohol IS a solution.

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SAM# 0078

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Gemini Titan for sure, but it better be like the old BT-70 K-21 and NOT that almost all plastic turd of the early 90's.
Astron Cobra, Astron Ranger, Astron Scrambler.

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Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.
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Cylon Raider

Super LTV Scout?

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Lee Reep
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Projects: Semroc Saturn 1B, Ken Foss Designs Mini Satellite Interceptor
In the Paint Shop: Nothing! Too cold!
Launch-Ready: Farside-X, Maxi Honest John, Super Scamp

Ding Ding Ding! Lee wins!

That would be cool if they did an upscale of their original kit.

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Black Hole Cygnus Probe Ship

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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, and HAVOC !

In the interest of myself forgetting about some models, post your list!

Some classics are so easy to clone, I wouldn't ask, especially since I've already cloned most of them. Some are easily cloned except for decals with white or metallic, such as the Citation Patriot that they've already given us.

Several on this list I've either already built the kits, cloned them, or have preserved kits that I don't want to dig into. However, everyone should have a Centuri Taurus, for example, even if I've already cloned it. I'd like to have an easy to build backup for some of them as well.

Right now, my list looks like this. Because I've cloned so many of the classics, my list probably looks different from many of yours. My list will also be subject to change after seeing more of your lists, considering these were just off the top of my head.

Estes:

BT-70 based Gemini Titan
1/72 Saturn 1B
Pershing 1A
LTV Scout
Starlab
Soros and Nomad (same parts)
Quasar (early version)

Centuri:

Alien Scout Ship Flying Saucer
SSV Scorpion
Boeing ALCM
Buck Rogers Starfighter
Fighter fleet kits (F-104 especially)
Mach 10
Nomad
Taurus (with plastic NC's and transitions so I wont have to finish so much balsa this time!)

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I love sanding.

I have all the Centuri kits (and doubles) to build all the vintage Centuri stuff that I missed as a kid (that is the building I do now…all vintage stuff). So, I personally don’t need anything ‘brought back’ to enjoy building the classics.

That said, I think folks might like to see some of the following brought back (I agree with a number you had listed. Below are a few more possibilities).


Centuri

T-Bird (three stager)
Orion (with vacu-formed wrappers)
Magnum SAM-3
‘Maxi’ Screaming Eagle (2-3 inch diameter)
Quasar (another good upscale candidate, like NCR did)
X-24 Bug


Earl

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Earl L. Cagle, Jr.
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Point 39 Productions

Rocket-Brained Since 1970