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Originally posted by: Windexed
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Those switches NEVER worked right. Dude, I forgot about the Alphas. Estes had a really neat business going on rockets for quite a few years. Remember those balsa wood fins? Huuuhhhhh...terrible. I remember my favorites were models called the Patriot and also there was one that was silver and black with a skull and cross-bones on it. Also my brother had a funky dark-glittery green one that they called "The Kryptonite".

That's awesome. Yeah, I remember the Patriot. It was somewhat smaller, right? And yeah, balsa wasn't the greatest material to build those things out of considering the stress they are under. But then again, didn't they sell like a big 'value' pack that was just full of assorted pieces that you could mix and match into whatever?

Yes! I remember that. I remember they released an R2-D2 model as well, of course it crashed into a tree and broke the first time we launched it...GRRRRRR!!