Any collecting interest in these?

ABTOMAT · Mar 18, 2004

This is an Radio Shack 5D light my father bought new some time around 1968. It's only been out of the package (shown in photo) once, to test it, and it's like new. Do folks collect lower-end lights like this now?

earl · Mar 19, 2004

aaah, the wonderful radio shack 5 cell. They used to have a coupon on their flyer for a free one. Mine have all bit the dust. fun though.

kfasold · Mar 19, 2004

Thinking back, I believe the flyer coupon was the start of my addiction! <G> At one point, I had a 'battery club' card at 5 different locations to keep one of these monster's fed!

cabletech · Mar 23, 2004

I remember that flashlight, my dad used to have one. Cool photo though brings back a couple memories.

Big_Ed · Mar 23, 2004

My parents have one of those. I put a new krypton bulb in it for them. The old one was a crummy standard vacuum bulb! A new set of alkaline batteries, and....good as new. When I was a teen ager, (1980's)I got the new version of that light with a coupon Radio Shack put out, but for the life of me, I can't find it anywhere.

Big_Ed · Mar 23, 2004

And oh yeah, to actually answer your question, yes. I feel that older lights that are out of production do have some collector value (at least to me). In a sense, it's part of flashlight history. Man, I'm a nerd!