Motor collectors might want to ask...

Ask if they still have any left that actually look like this:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N9KAMEC/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20



These, too:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NS4K1VS/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

I actually purchased the D12-5's from exactly that link. Received product was appropriately labeled and flew fine. Too bad I put it in such a small rocket, which was sadly totally lost...last seen floating away high over the trees into the nearby wetlands.

MCriscione said:

I actually purchased the D12-5's from exactly that link. Received product was appropriately labeled and flew fine. Too bad I put it in such a small rocket, which was sadly totally lost...last seen floating away high over the trees into the nearby wetlands.

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Actually, I just noticed that they're from two different hobby outfits selling through Amazon. So, it looks like they're probably just finding the most desirable image (a potential collector's item - motors with no markings) on-line and "borrowing" them. Another example:

https://eugenetoyandhobby.com/shop/estes-d12-5-standard-d-engine-2-1567/

Estes doesn't have photos of the D12-0s or D12-5s on their site. So, a vendor Photoshopped a different image into ones for the two motors. It was easy to fix the text on the packaging. But, the printing on the motor was too hard, so they just erased it.

-- Roger

Actually, the UPCs appear to match the products. I was bored and checked.

MCriscione said:

Actually, the UPCs to match. I was bored and checked.

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Yeah ... I just recalled fixing those, too.

I'm not sure if those images on Amazon are actually copies of the ones I created for our site. But, I did create some that looked much like those before we had a chance to actually photograph the two-packs. Others may have had the same idea.

-- Roger

jadebox said:

Estes doesn't have photos of the D12-0s or D12-5s on their site. So, a vendor Photoshopped a different image into ones for the two motors. It was easy to fix the text on the packaging. But, the printing on the motor was too hard, so they just erased it.

-- Roger

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Yeah, I though of that, but it was the very well done paper-textured fill on the motors that originally fooled me into thinking it wasn't. However, looking at it again, I can see the too-sharp border on the right-hand side of the motor type marking box.