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I've posted a thread on this over at YORF, but haven't heard back on it, so I'll post it here too.
Did anyone here actually buy the combo offer back in the days when Estes still sold the Cineroc?
I ask, as I haven't heard anything about how Estes packaged them. Were they only available from the catalog, or could you find them in your LHS?
I'm curious if the combo offer was the Cineroc (Cat. No. 701-CM-8) and the Omega (Cat. No. 701-K-52) sent in any kind of special package, or just the two together in a box mailed from them, or they'd send the Cineroc and an Omega with the payload section (Cat. No. 701-K-52P).
Were there any special instructions mailed with the combo offer, or were they the same as if you had bought them separately?
Most (if not all) Catalog photos of the Cineroc on the Omega had a decal that said CINEROC with Omega written below it located on the Omega. I've never heard of anybody getting that decal out of a K-52/K-52P, nor seen one in the photos of the Cineroc being unboxed. Was it sent with the combo offer exclusively, or not at all?
Now for a Cineroc question... I've seen footage taken with a Cineroc using a (clear plastic) a Red (or is it Orange?) and Black 18" parachutes from the 70's, and another with the (clear plastic) Red and White, and a catalog photo showing a (clear plastic) Red and Yellow one, but I've also seen a photo of one unboxed that showed it included a (white plastic) Red, White and Black and yet another with (white plastic) Orange, White, and Black parachutes I remember from the 80's.
Clear Plastic, Red (or Orange?) and Black parachute
Clear Plastic, Red and White parachutes
Clear Plastic, Red and Yellow parachute
White Plastic, Red, White, and Black parachute
White Plastic, Orange, White and Black parachutes (1st image is from ejh64's site, 2nd image is a screen grab from a YouTube video)
Can we date a Cineroc (or film) by the parachute?
Thanks!
Jim
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Did anyone here actually buy the combo offer back in the days when Estes still sold the Cineroc?
I ask, as I haven't heard anything about how Estes packaged them. Were they only available from the catalog, or could you find them in your LHS?
I'm curious if the combo offer was the Cineroc (Cat. No. 701-CM-8) and the Omega (Cat. No. 701-K-52) sent in any kind of special package, or just the two together in a box mailed from them, or they'd send the Cineroc and an Omega with the payload section (Cat. No. 701-K-52P).
Were there any special instructions mailed with the combo offer, or were they the same as if you had bought them separately?
Most (if not all) Catalog photos of the Cineroc on the Omega had a decal that said CINEROC with Omega written below it located on the Omega. I've never heard of anybody getting that decal out of a K-52/K-52P, nor seen one in the photos of the Cineroc being unboxed. Was it sent with the combo offer exclusively, or not at all?
Now for a Cineroc question... I've seen footage taken with a Cineroc using a (clear plastic) a Red (or is it Orange?) and Black 18" parachutes from the 70's, and another with the (clear plastic) Red and White, and a catalog photo showing a (clear plastic) Red and Yellow one, but I've also seen a photo of one unboxed that showed it included a (white plastic) Red, White and Black and yet another with (white plastic) Orange, White, and Black parachutes I remember from the 80's.
Clear Plastic, Red (or Orange?) and Black parachute
Clear Plastic, Red and White parachutes
Clear Plastic, Red and Yellow parachute
White Plastic, Red, White, and Black parachute
White Plastic, Orange, White and Black parachutes (1st image is from ejh64's site, 2nd image is a screen grab from a YouTube video)
Can we date a Cineroc (or film) by the parachute?
Thanks!
Jim
.
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