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Some interesting things here to unpack...MAV Lander, the Zed sci-fi style rocket, update/upscale of the Gyroc?, another 13mm “cult” rocket in the making with the Orange Bullet...and is that an Interceptor-style nose cone pointing skyward on the far left? Also, what’s that long silver and orange/red rocket resting on the yellow stand? Will we see a general release of the Green Eggs egg lofter?
 
The MAV Lander and the Zed look interesting... not enough resolution in that photo to see what they really are though.

Interesting to me that they're not revealing that stuff to the public yet... change of procedure since they used to put the "coming soon" stuff on their website a pretty long time before they became officially available.
 
Before the usual grousing about Estes E2X kits gets started I’m going to give some love to the Destination Mars MAV - I think Estes is on the right track creating their own trademarked line of pseudo realistic rockets centered on exploring Mars. Why put money into licensing fees when you can put it into nifty new nose cone and fin designs! The MAV may not be the cup of tea for grizzled, steely eyed rocketeers with balsa dust in their lungs and sanding sealer in their veins but it could be the perfect way to get a model rocket in the hands of nine year old Space-X fans.
 
Looking at the instructions for the Tazz, I’m liking those locking plastic hooks for the fin tab rubber bands! Still lots of balsa to fill and sand on the Tazz but those little plastic thingies should make it less fiddly to get this to work right.

I do wish Estes would offer alternate graphics/decals - the scheme on the Tazz is nice but this would look good with updated GYROC decals too. Just a wish, not going to keep me from adding one to the build pile.
 
Kudos to Estes for getting ahead of the curve here! If Congress ends up naming our new military space branch as they should - U.S. Space Corps, not Force! - Estes is good since they got there first :)

Nifty rocket, good to see per the instructions posted on the Estes website that the decals are waterslides.
 
I don't love the decals, but looks like a nice little slightly-more-than-3FNC rocket. Also interesting to see the 18mm retainer there, wonder how many of their future kits will feature retainers instead of hooks.
 
Also interesting to see the 18mm retainer there, wonder how many of their future kits will feature retainers instead of hooks.
I’ve been wondering about that, too. Boosted Bertha uses them on both stages and they work quite nicely (though the retaining ring on the sustainer is now getting a little cooked in the staging event after half a dozen flights or so). They are only a little heavier than the current metal hooks so I will be using them in scratch builds of models that aren’t all-out contest types in the future.
 
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Nice that Estes apparently put some effort into the design and graphics of a glue-free beginner rocket. If you’ve spent any time working with grade schoolers you know what it’s like when the use any kind of glue - even glue sticks - if a little will hold it then a WHOLE BIG PUDDLE will hold EVEN BETTER! Since I started substitute teaching I’ve seriously considered buying a bunch of stock in Elmer’s Glue ;)
 
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On the YORF thread turbofireball IDs the rocket between the Gryphon and TAZZ as the LEO Space Train.
The cut off poster shows a "Side Kick" and a "Low" something.
Only the top of the Side Kick showing on the poster, looks like two nose cones and body tubes in parallel. Maybe twin parasite gliders? Could be the rocket on the extreme left obscured by the gentleman's orange shirt. I think I see two nose cones.
Corvette Class is behind the TAZZ.
Perhaps the long horizontal rocket is the "Low" something. Low n Slow? Low Rider?
Anyway, won't be long till we find out for sure.
 
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