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[[File:estes logo.png|right|220px]]
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'''Estes Industries''' is a company specialized in the build and design of manufacturing of rocket miniatures for the private sector. Founded in {{y|1958}} by {{w|Vernon Estes}}, the {{w|Penrose, Colorado}}, US based company served a community that revels in launching operational model rocket miniatures. The company has managed to survive the severe decline of the interest in the hobby in the 1990s by takeovers of competitors and being taken over by holding companies and as of 2011 is still in existence.
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'''Estes Industries''' is an American company which specializes in the design and manufacture of operational model rockets for the general public.
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Founded by {{w|Vernon Estes}} in {{w|Penrose, Colorado}} in 1958, the company managed to survive the severe decline of interest in the hobby during the 1990s by acquiring its competitors and subsequently being taken over by affluent holding companies. The company is still in existence today and was sold to {{w|Hobbico|Hobbico, Inc.}} in 2010.
==''Star Trek'' association==
==''Star Trek'' association==
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[[File:Estes Industries 1975 USS Enterprise hld by Vernon Estes.jpg|thumb|left|Estes holding his ''Enterprise'' model, ca. 1975.]]
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[[File:Estes Industries 1975 USS Enterprise hld by Vernon Estes.jpg|thumb|left|Vernon Estes holding an ''Enterprise'' model rocket, ca. 1975.]]
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In {{y|1975}} ''Estes'' became the second US-based company, after [[AMT]], licensed to market [[Star Trek model kits|model kit]]s in the USA, albeit adjusted to the company's prerogative, i.e. as a rocket model (strictly spoken, [[Aurora Plastics Corporation]] was the second licensed company, but they were only licensed to serve non-US markets). The models chosen were those of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} and the {{ShipClass|D7}}. Originally packaged in a polypropylene bag with a carton board, both models were re-packaged in in {{y|1991}} in hardboard boxes for ''Star Trek'''s [[Anniversary#1991 (25th)|25th Anniversary]].
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In {{y|1975}}, ''Estes'' became the second company (after [[AMT]]) to be licensed to market [[Star Trek model kits]] in the US, although their products were strictly model rockets.
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Estes released models of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} and the [[Klingon]] {{ShipClass|D7}} [[Battle cruiser]] which were originally packaged in a polypropylene bag with a cardboard liner. In 1991, both models were re-packaged in cardboard boxes for ''Star Trek'''s [[Anniversary#1991 (25th)|25th Anniversary]]. Subsequent releases were also sold in cardboard boxes.
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==See also==
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* [[Star Trek starship miniatures|''Star Trek'' starship miniatures]]
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* [[Star Trek model kits|''Star Trek'' model kits]]
== External links ==
== External links ==
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*[http://www.estesrockets.com/ Home Page]
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*[http://www.estesrockets.com/ Estes Industries corporate website]
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*{{wikipedia}}
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*{{w|Estes Industries|Estes Industries at Wikipedia}}
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*{{w|Vernon_Estes|Vernon Estes}}
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*{{w|Vernon_Estes|Vernon Estes at Wikipedia}}
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*[http://www.rocketreviews.com/frank-casey-7470.html Reviews of the models] at [http://www.rocketreviews.com/home-5631.html Rocket Reviews.Com]
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*[http://www.rocketreviews.com/frank-casey-7470.html Estes rocket reviews at Rocket Reviews.Com]
[[Category:Collectibles]]
[[Category:Collectibles]]