Folks here have discussed some of the colors that have changed over the many years of production. For example: the darker "midnight blue" seems to be one of the standard colors now and has replaced the brighter royal blue.
Has the same thing happened with violet/purple? The current production purple lights seem to have a darker, more saturated hue than earlier lights. Am I correct in this?
Also, did the bronze/copper color(s) change during the time that they were produced?
Mag makes standard colors year after year; these appear to be:
black
red
royal blue (typically just called 'blue')
camo
They also appear to run custom colors for a year or so and then kill them off. Therein is your midnight blue and others.
Sometimes there will be significant tint variations from manufacturing that show up. I have 2 regular blues that are a good bit different from one another.
I was able to get 3 Bronze Minimags that have a logo on the barrel. 'EQUIPP.COM' these do not have the Knurling on the barrel - they are smooth. I would like to trade for a Pink and a Light Blue. ( I will keep one of these for myself.
I have 1 Dark Blue, 1 Light Blue, 3 Gold and 2 Pink. They are brand new, never used and still in their original presentation box (without batteries). All of them have the inscription “MFG BY MAG INSTRUMENTS – ONTARIO CA.” on the bezel ring. You can see them here . PM me if you are interested. Thanks.
I don't want to fragment this thread, and have avoided talking about the various "nascar" minimags. I do not collect them, but I do have all the regular colors.
I have found a new minimag that I pretty much consider to be a "regular". It shows a checkered flag and the words "mag-lite racing", but it does NOT endorse a particular driver/etc.
Needless to say... one is on order.
Supposedly they are available at action-lights.com. I have ordered mine from another source. AL does not have pictures though; the other place did.
Target was reported to have bronze minimags. Went there, got one. Appears to be a new color "copper". Similar to bronze, yes. Unable to mistake one for the other though.
part # from back of blister pack
m2ajyh
Part # has the prefix "S", but my experience is that all mag part numbers start with "M".
Roy,
You should have PM'd me! I could have met you at Braum's again! Actually, the Target I would have gone to (off of Bryant Irvin & 820) is less than 10 min. from the Braum's in Benbrook, and I need to pick up a couple of things there.
Awesome collection. The MiniMag 2AA is my favorite AA flashlight. Just love the look of it and it dont have that bad of light. It'll get the job done. Well anyway, love the way you have them arranged. Yesterday in fact I bought the camo MiniMag on Ebay, my favorite one out of all of them. Nice Job!!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/buttrock.gif[/img]
[ QUOTE ] 4x4Dragon said:
i think maglite has released a new shade of blue. saw them last night at wal-mart. it's a lighter blue but doesn't look like the one in your pic.
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Dunno if we were looking at the same one, but I wanted to let all know that Wal-Mart DOES have a new color. It is called "shimmer blue".
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