AA MiniMag Collection - Part 3

AA MiniMag Collection






Top row L-R: Green, Lime Green, Jade, Light Blue, Blue, Dark Blue/Purple, Purple/Violet, Fuschia, Pink, Red

Bottom row L-R: Copper, Black, Orange, Gold, Silver, Pewter/Gray, Bronze, Camo, Flag

hi Roy.
your collection inspired me to start a collection as well...........found all the colors you have here plus blue shimmer, wine red, and 2 shades of Hot Pink.

BTW, i sent you a PM, any luck?

As far as I know, this is a complete list of all the officially-released colors. Custom runs are excluded as are significant tint variations.

Roy, what are you looking to put in that last location on the bottom right?

This is mostly standard colors, a few logo items, and a few variations of colors.







enjoy..

Quite a collection there Will.
Love to see them all in a display box..

Ledean said:

Quite a collection there Will.
Love to see them all in a display box..

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+1

Oh I see why now... so do all of them come equipped with McGizmo 20 reflectors, TLE-5K2s', and UCL lens? :lolsign:

Effulgence said:

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Oh I see why now... so do all of them come equipped with McGizmo 20 reflectors, TLE-5K2s', and UCL lens? :lolsign:

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UMM .. no - these are all standard, except the long one. I have a few that that have glass lenses, only one with a 20 reflector. I started to design a case. I like glass cases with glass shelves, that way it is not locked into any one thing or format.

The nice thing about the Minis - the cost to collect is not out of this world.

Wow, those are some pretty impressive collections. I really like the display cases. Very nice! Too bad there is no place that offers all of those colors and styles for sale in one place. That would rock

maglitesales.com said:

Wow, those are some pretty impressive collections. I really like the display cases. Very nice! Too bad there is no place that offers all of those colors and styles for sale in one place. That would rock

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The fun is in hunting for these lights and the atisfaction of getting them.
Not much fun in buying it all in one go.
My two cents..

Ledean said:

The fun is in hunting for these lights and the atisfaction of getting them.
Not much fun in buying it all in one go.
My two cents..

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I agree with this also - a few years back there were no gold anodized lights anywhere. I finally found one and got it. Now, there are always a few gold anodized lights available on ebay. I still question if they are direct from Maglite. Maglite stopped that color years ago.

Ledean said:

Not much fun in buying it all in one go.

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What Ledean said. I wouldn't've bothered if all the colors were easily available.




Anyway, I've been wanting to do this for the longest time; here's my collection:




Here are close-up shots of similar shades (labeled from top to bottom, or left to right where appropriate):

greens:
jade - greenLED (aka Kelly Green) - green - lime green



blues:
purple/violet - blue/purple, this came labeled as "blue" but has a distinct purple tint to it - midnight blue - blue - shimmer blue/BLS - ice blue



pinks:
fuschia - hot pink - pink



reds, orange & Nascar fade:
Nascar fade - orange - red - "red" (labeled as such, but a darker red, what we've been calling "burgundy"



gold & silver:
silver - gold ano - gold plated - orange



browns:
copper - 3 shades of bronze/brown, still gotta sort them out



greys, black, camo, HA:
first pic: camo, dark HA, light HA, grey, charcoal, black



This one is to show the subtle difference between grey and charcoal:
(black - charcoal - grey/pewter - copper - pewter/bronze)



Hard Anodized:
HA-NAT - from wtraymond's GB
HA-NAT - from trivergata
HA-NAT(BK) - from trivergata (this is the darkest HA you can get; it's black, no dye)
HA-BK - VWTim's (unknown pedigree, dyed black)
Type II black minimag



Some vintage packaging:
blister pack, "plastic tubes", engraving differences (original - new)


My ~1:20 scale minimag pinewood derby car:




I still need to go back and check all the color names, etc. (especially with the browns).

Nice start on minimag collection - part 3. I'll get some new photos up soon.........

I should have never wandered into the collecting forum, and this thread. Now I have about 6 different minimags on order

solaris said:

I should have never wandered into the collecting forum, and this thread. Now I have about 6 different minimags on order

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It is habit forming - I am not telling how many I actually have...

To Roy, Turbodog and Will,

Outstanding collection man, I myself have one in purple. The way its housed in purpose made shelves is SO COOL... Congratulation and keep it up....

BTW how long did it took you guys to have such collection?

jumpstat said:

To Roy, Turbodog and Will,


BTW how long did it took you guys to have such collection?

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I think I started around 10 years ago, I got serious about it 5 years ago.

will said:

I think I started around 10 years ago, I got serious about it 5 years ago.

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I can't think of any other 2AA flashlights that have been with us for so long and still working great. My collection is not complete . There is always that color that you have'nt got ..
Roy and his minimags with the beautifuk wooden case (oak?)have inspired a lot of us. I don't think the pictures do justice as to how great they look .
Ledean

It seems like there is always another color! Just when I thought I had them all, Will comes up with one thats new to me. I seem to be missing "Wein Rot" (?) and maybe LED green (???). I think most of the fun is looking for them...

Wow Jeritall
That is a beautiful cabinet . Shows the full minimag body from head to tail .