Just today I was looking at my Long Life and wondered if the guts could be removed and used to power a smaller light. For it's time, it really was a pretty remarkable flashlight.
This was almost my first non-keychain LED light. I first
saw it in Wally world. Went back to buy it and got the
Rebel instead. Both of these Brinkmanns are very similar.
I suspect the internals are identical. Though someone else
can verify.
Checked them both out at http://ledmuseum.home.att.net.