The Odysseys weren't much...BUT...for those of us coming from the small scopes of our youths in the 60s, they were a revelation. I got my first look though one in the 80s, an Odyssey II. No, the optics likely weren't very good...but it didn't matter. One look at M13 through a 17.5-inch had me picking myself up off the ground. It was the first look I'd had through a Nagler, too, which ruined my Erfles and Orthos for me. :lol:

Whether blue or red, Jim Braginton/Jacobsen's scopes were humble things, but they opened a lot of eyes to the deep sky.