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Estes New Shepard
Just got notice of this new kit from Estes:
https://estesrockets.com/blue-origin-new-shepard/ Ouch! $69.99! https://estesrockets.com/product/00...in-new-shepard/
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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 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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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 Later, EV |
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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. Earl
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