Old Cox models on ebay

david: yeah that Cox LJ2 was one of my fav models as I could stick an A in it and launch it in my backyard to maybe 100 ft as it was so heavy....

shockie B)

I only have 2 saturn V's and 2 1B's. I also have an honest john and X-15 and the launch pad kit. I think I will be keepig them for a while. I am going to get a V and 1B ready to launch in the very near future though. I am sure nothing will go wrong :-) wrong wrong wrong wrong.

What's the big deal with these? Why are they worth so much? Were they really any good?

Because they are so rare?

Well you didn't have to build anything, they are solid plastic. Stick a motor or two in and go. So yes I think they are worth something.

joe:

I think what makes them collectors items today is the fact they were the first RTF model rockets. I can't remember completely, but I don't even think you had to make the parachute. Plus they were pre-assembled in this thick heavy pre-colored,pre-detailed plastic that was semi-impervious to the heat from ejection charges...No recovery wadding needed!

MPC earlier had come out with the first e put-to-gether plastic model kits (Titan 3-C, Vostok,etc) that happened to include internal bodys tubes and such,required by model rockets. You could built it as a statisc display model only or build it as a model rocket. Later on Cox even offered some put-together versions of their Saturn Ib and Saturn5.

shockie B)

OK, thanks for that. I just thought with Estes having so much "ready to crash trash" these days, that these weren't that a big deal.

I did see an Estes RTF SR-71 and SS1 at wallyworld the other day. Like most RTF stuff, it looked heavy.