Posted By: Dick Johnson
Xmas LH & ornaments arrive - 09/25/04 06:52 AM
Picked up the #719 Christmas piece Bodie Island & the four 2004 Fresnel ornaments from my dealer tonight. The Bodie Island piece is nicely done and includes a snowman with stick arms just outside the tower. It also includes such little touches as a sled (I think), wreaths on the porch, and footsteps in the snow. The new twist for this year is the fact that it lights up most of the windows in the house, and four of the five tower window in additon to the flashing lantern. It is kind of a nice touch that the house and tower appear more of an normal incandescent light while the lens light is a more blueish type of light, thus giving it some variation.
The ornaments are also nice and includes two lenses that have not been issued as LE's yet (any guesses on the next LE lenses). I especially like the Yorktown Lightship one that even has the latch and hinge on the top. The really nice touch is the fact that they are open on the bottom and if you put a miniture light in them and it should look nice. Now if they only made it so they fit tightly, and that coupled with a flashing bulb it would look pretty realistic. I am looking forward to adding these to my lighthouse tree this Christmas season.
The ornaments are also nice and includes two lenses that have not been issued as LE's yet (any guesses on the next LE lenses). I especially like the Yorktown Lightship one that even has the latch and hinge on the top. The really nice touch is the fact that they are open on the bottom and if you put a miniture light in them and it should look nice. Now if they only made it so they fit tightly, and that coupled with a flashing bulb it would look pretty realistic. I am looking forward to adding these to my lighthouse tree this Christmas season.