BAR065
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It's becoming very apparent that a lot of people still active in the hobby have very fond memories of this particular kit. I'm hopeful that, absent a surprise reissue from Estes a la Der Red Max, given the current vintage-kit-cloning-craze, some other company could clone it. Maybe Bill Stine and Quest could come out with a "Quest-Star"; Carl at Semroc could put a humorous spin on it with a Russian theme and offer a "Quay-Czar"; Ray at InFlight could offer a "Ray-Zar"; If it was a reasonable facsimile---I'd buy several.On a vacation visit to an Uncle in Colorado Spring, CO many years ago, we convinced our parents to take us to Penrose for a visit to Estes. After the tour, and the launch of a Big Bertha, we got to look in the store. As we already had rockets, and money was tight, it was decided to only get 1 rocket kit for my younger brother, his first as he was only about 7 at the time. It was the Quasar, and I loved how it went together, and did not need paint! Back then all we had was brush paint. It saw more time "playing" then flying, to the point the Chrome was coming off of the Nose Cone. Back ahead 35+ years, and my brother has been long out of the hobby, no clue as to what ever happened to the Quasar!
Mike