Moldin' Oldies now has a new home as a part of the Sirius Rocketry family of products. Mike's thank you letter is below, followed by some information on the new Moldin' Oldies parts and availablilty. The parts will be available (as detailed below) in the Sirius Rocketry secure online store at www.siriusrocketry.com as they are ready to ship. Everyone should thank Mike for passing the torch! Some new parts will also be made available as time permits. Others are being reworked to make them even better. You can also help support this effort by supporting Sirius Rocketry by ordering other products , spreading the word, and linking to the website. We need your word-of-mouth to help us, so that we can spend the time making the cones that will allow you to recreate some of your old favorites!

For nostalgia's sake, here is Mike's Old Moldin' Oldies Site

About this time last year, I was at a point in my life where I needed to "lighten my load" a bit. After some reflection, I decided that it was time for me close the doors of "Moldin' Oldies". It had been a great ride that I never dreamed would last this long.

During that time, I got to know Dave Miller, the owner of Sirius Rocketry.

It turns out that Dave and I have a lot in common when it comes to making molds and castings. Many of the "Sirius Rocketry" kits have cast resin parts and the quality of Dave's casting work is superior. Despite Dave's insanely busy life, he thoughtfully considered and finally agreed to make "Moldin' Oldies" a part of his family.

So, for the past several months, "Moldin' Oldies" has been relocating and is about ready to re-open. Please make sure to thank Dave for having the willingness to continue to make those odd little parts that can't be found easily elsewhere.

To the team that helped me get started - to Scott Hansen for giving "Moldin' Oldies a web presence - to the many, many people that put their trust in my workmanship - and to the many friends I've made, both near and far, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart. Now, it's time to turn the page and see what the next chapter holds.

Thanks again;
Mike

My Letter:

An update from David:

Everyone should give a big round of thanks to Mike for wanting to continue to make the cones available and wanting to "pass the torch" rather than let these items disappear forever.

As Mike takes a break, I am gearing up for our busiest time of the year so I ask your patience. At NARCON we had some of the new run of cones available, and they were very well-received. As Mike mentioned above, I do lead an insanely busy life, and try to hang on to a real job, so time is very limited. This may change for the better in the near future if everyone can continue spreading the word about Sirius Rocketry. Word-of-mouth is our best advertisement, and we need YOU to spread the word! In the past, Mike made the cones available on a made-to-order basis, but I will be making runs of cones available in the Sirius Rocketry webstore as stock items, meaning, when I have batches of particular cones made and they are in stock, they will be shown in the store and available to order, and when they are out, they will not be in the store until another batch is made. The delivery on in-stock cones will be faster, since they will not be made-to-order, but made-to-stock. I will not be able to take custom orders, as that would greatly impact the kind of quick service that Sirius Rocketry has been able to give. My first stock runs will be of some of Mike's most popular cones, and when they go into the store, I anticipate them going quickly, so don't be too greedy!

Above: New Moldin' oldies cones at NARCON 2008. We sold through 3/4 of the stock of cones that we brought, and this is about what was left.

Other cones will take a little longer to bring back, as some of Mike's original molds have grown tired and will need to be re-made, again, time permitting.

So what I can say is: watch the online store for available items, and what I can make available will be there as I can make them. I would kindly ask that e-mail inquiries are kept to a minimum, as answering an email about specific items and availability takes about as much time as it takes to turn out two to three cones. And I am sure you would rather have me spend the time turning out the cone rather than not because I ran out of time answering another email.

More in this space as time permits....and other news on the Sirius Rocketry news page.

David

The new logo, with the Sirius Rocketry flavor.

For nostalgia's sake, Mike's Old Moldin' Oldies Site