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Dorkwheeler

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When did Maglite start putting the logo on the flashlights? I have a couple older light with no logo and wondering how old they might be.
 

greenLED

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From Mag Customer Service desk when I asked about this (I thought it was a ram):

The logo is actually a panther's head. The panther is a symbol of an animal of the night and it's sleek power best represents our line of flashlights.

As for when the logo changed, it was modified in the late 80's.

Thank you for your interest in Maglite products.

Sincerely,
Customer Service
 

greenLED

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Oh, and the logo change the e-mail talks about is when they switched to the current text. Before letters were blockier, and had something else written on there (look through the minimag collection thread, we discussed this there).
 

ABTOMAT

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Always looked like a ram's head to me.

Mag changed the design of the flashlights around 1989-1990. I believe this is when they went to laser engraving instead of rolling the letters, and started using the panther/ram head.
 
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