I started around 1968 when I saw some of the older neighborhood kids launching them. I had already been building plastic model kits, so it was a natural. Loved it, even through high school and college, even after getting married. It's been dormant since then, but I've been getting a little nostalgic for them, especially the old school kits. I still have some in a box in the basement, but I doubt they are in decent shape or salvageable, I'll have to pull them out and check. I'm looking forward to getting involved again!
thanks so much for the links, I really wanted the old-school version of the Sprint, not the XL, so that's great! I used to design and build many of my own, as many of us do I'm sure, but there's nothing like the classics!