Scott_650
Well-Known Member
The new #9985 Mini Alpha starter set is on the Estes website - shows out of stock but the product page has a link to the instructions for the rocket. It uses a Star Hopper style snap together plastic fin can with white and a single blue fin plus what appears to be a prefinished body tube. Hard to tell from the pictures but it looks like the body tube is finished similarly to the anniversary Alpha from a few years ago. The nose cone is (apparently) molded in red and looks like a fair approximation of a down sized Alpha cone - I’m sure an Alpha expert (like BEC
) will do some research and have some insight.
Hopefully they offer the rocket separately, even though it’s not a “builder’s kit” it looks like a good fit as a beginner’s kit for younger children or an easy path for an Alpha completist to have a down scaled Alpha. There is a separate SKU listed for just the rocket so maybe a good indicator we’ll see it as a standalone kit.
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Hopefully they offer the rocket separately, even though it’s not a “builder’s kit” it looks like a good fit as a beginner’s kit for younger children or an easy path for an Alpha completist to have a down scaled Alpha. There is a separate SKU listed for just the rocket so maybe a good indicator we’ll see it as a standalone kit.