This morning on TRF, Bob Sanford (Initiator001) announced the new Estes 2012 catalog is available for download on the Estes website HERE Items already shown on the forums are the Pro Series, Nike Smoke, V2, Solar Warrior, Asteroid Hunter, Dark Energy and E12 engines.
Two not unveiled until this morning are the individual BT-5 based Mosquito and arrow inspired Fletcher.
A #3552 Pro Series II Launcher is listed, but no picture yet.
Many of the Classic Series I thought were discontinued are still listed. The Saturn V and both Interceptors are not in the catalog.
Two surprises were the (not just spare parts) Designer's Special and re release of the (Astron) Sky Dart II.
Estes is certainly on the right track, some re releases for the old timers and plenty of great new designs.
This catalog is terribly composed. There's no description for each rocket, other than technical specs. Descriptions would fill all that empty white space on each page quite nicely. It makes me miss the old watercolor Damon catalogs even more.
ReplyDeleteFrom the way the last page was written, I thought they were re-releasing the Designer's Special kit from 1980 :^)
I didn't think the catalog was too bad. Some descriptive body copy would be nice. I'm just glad Estes and Quest still have printed catalogs!
ReplyDeleteThose Designer Special boxes used to be full of a lot of surplus parts. Nose cones that wouldn't fit body tubes included in the same box! This new Designer Special looks to be matched parts.
Did Estes discontinue the Saturn V?
ReplyDeleteIt seems they have discontinued the latest version of the Saturn V. But, I have a feeling it'll be available on Ebay for quite a while.
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