Remember when the kid in The Gate launched his big rocket at the giant four-handed demon lord thing and the giant four-handed demon lord thing exploded and closed the portal to hell and the kid’s dog came back to life? Yeah. That was awesome.
Okay, so the first video below shows what I think are the ’97 Estes re-issues (poor R2), as well as a custom built Y-Wing. The second video shows what happens when the chute on an original X-Wing doesn’t deploy. Oops.
EDIT (1/31/13): Lefty Limbo has a sweet Estes Iron-On Transfer on display here.
(Images via kenyatabks)
(Videos via Calvertfilm and proprioceptions3)
2 Warps to Neptune 
Aw man. That was the worst, to view the crash site and the strewn remains. Terrible! In the slow-mo it looks like a parachute actually did deploy, but got detached from the X-Wing!
Hey, speaking of Estes SW Flying Model Rockets, did you ever see the iron-on transfer I found in my ’70s box (amongst all my drawings)? Check it out!
Awesome. I updated post and linked to it. Your parents rule.
Dood no kidding. When they presented me with that box, that was like one of the happiest moments ever. I’m definitely going to do that with my kid.