As if the image of the launch of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket no longer burned in our collective retinas, fans of the sexualized spaceship can now own their own reduced model, for a suggestive price of $ 69.99 .
Manufactured by marketing partner Blue Origin Estes, a high-quality rocket maker and model launcher, the toy is 1/6 the size of the New Shepard, with a capacity to launch up to 400 feet into the air.
Last month, the founding billionaire of Amazon was on board during the inaugural space launch of his rocket, which finally reached 62 miles above sea level before reassembling the jet-propelled rod to Earth.
“Estes is proud to collaborate with Blue Origin to provide a piece of history that inspires children to dream and imagine. The new Shepard model, ready to fly, is a perfect addition to the office shelf or launch it to recreate the space for yourself. “can be read on the company ‘s website.
The toy, available for pre-order now before the Nov. 1 launch, starts at $ 69.99 for the rocket itself, but will cost an additional $ 40 to receive the launch pad, controller and single-use engines. needed to make it fly.
According to Estes, “also, after deploying the capsule, it falls through the atmosphere under a large parachute to touch gently. Like the Blue Origin New Shepard, you can fly the Estes New Shepard over and over again. ”
A promotional video, available via YouTube, offers a parallel view of the New Shepard and its miniature performance. But the real action was in the comments section.
“My sister has one in the drawer,” one viewer joked, Gizmodo was told.
There is already a limit of 5 units per customer to place pre-orders, indicating that Estes expects the rocket to fire off the shelves.
Each package also includes postcards from the Bezos Club For the Future Foundation, with instructions for the collector to draw or describe their own vision of the future to send to Blue Origin, which intends to send the bag of letters in space before returning to the sender with the stamp “Flying into space” stamped, according to the press release.
The Post addressed Blue Origin regarding the placement of the model rocket on Amazon.com and whether site moderators have a protocol to deal with the joke attack on product reviews.