ATLANTA, Georgia USA-- What are tomorrow's collector's items going to be for the model rocketry hobby? The writing is surely on the wall when a manufacturer discontinues kits.

Estes has produced most of the kits so coveted today in the model rocketry collector circles and every time they discontinue another kit, it's only a matter of time before the market price of those remaining kits start to creep up.

You can get in on the fun by keeping up with the kits that are slated for discontinuation and sticking a few back for later. The most recent list of Estes kits to face being discontinued are listed below: