There here! And they're even nicer than I expected after seeing the sample. The sample was just that: as sample.

I've tried to scan one but my lack of expertise yields less than desirable results. I keep getting shiny spots from the high gloss surface.

So what I'll do rather than post a poor image here is start stuffing envelopes tonight and start mailing them in the morning. Maybe someone with better scanning equipment and technique than I will scan one and post the scan in this thread.

I should have them all out by Friday at the latest.

PS - we still have a FEW remaining if you haven't ordered yet.

Yipeeee!

Great! I'll be checking my mail every day til it arrives. Thanks for the info. Dennis

WAHOOO!!!!! Can't hardly wait for it. Thanks for all the work you put into this Lamar!


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Wonderful! Thanks, Lamar!

Looking forward to it. Thanks Lamar. And Weasel, be careful buddy. You might hurt something doing that.

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-Art

Wonderful news. I was just thinking about our WACKO pins. Thanks again Lamar for all your dedication and hard work on this project. We all appreciate your efforts.

KYKEEPER - Pat

Thanks for the info Lamar and once again to all involved!!! Will be waiting impatiently by the mailbox!!

I think it would be great to wear out buttons when we have special events, signings, meetings etc., so we will be able to spot each other immediately. Of course, when my pin isn't being worn, it will be in my curio.

Joanne

Looking forward to my pins and will anxiously await their arrival. Will let you know when they gets here.

Thanks all for the expressions of gratitude, but please don't forget that this whole project is a committee project. Barbara (ladylightkeeper) and Henry (foghornkeeper)Hupp, Darlene Cook (bugqueen) have done loads of work on this project. John Chidester (St. John of the Internet) and Rod Watson helped a bunch in the design phase, too. Thanks also to St. Paul Brady for his legendary photographic skills and to HL itself for creating the wonderful sculptures from which the original design was wrought. Without these contributions this project wouldn't even exist.

I big thank you to everyone who made the WACKO pins become a reality. My wife and I will be anxiously awaiting their arrival in our mailbox.

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Randall Ronne

I'm so excited. Can't wait to get mine!!! Thanks to all involved in this project. I really appreciate the effort you've dedicated to this endeavor. Thanks Again.

~Dale

I am going to show my wacko pin off at the Orlando event in August

Daniel

Lamar - Looking forward to receiving the pin. Thanks for all the hard work you and other did on this project.
Mike H.

Thanks to "ALL" for putting this nice project together. I'm looking forward to receiving my pin!!

In my haste to post I neglected to properly thank all those who made the Wacko Pin Project the success that it is. I'm sorry. Thank you all for your efforts on our behalf. It is appreciated I assure you. Dennis

Didn't mean to slight anyone involved, Lamar. Obviously it was a group effort and I am sincerely appreciative of everyones' work on this project!

P.S. I.O. says he doesn't need any pin to tell folks he's "wacko". Obviously!

Gosh, I obtain my WACKO status "just in time"

Thanks for EVERYONE'S HELP ON THIS PROJECT!

Thanks for the group effort on the WACKO pin. I hope to get details soon on the regional events so that I can wear my pin to one of the events. When are we going to start listing suggestions for the 2001 WACKO pin?

That's fantastic news Lamar! Thanks so much for yours, and others involvement in this project. I will proudly wear my Wacko pin for the first time to a dealer's event the end of this month.

Tim - Keeping the flame lit...

once again, a HUGE thank you to all involved-- I'll be watching my mailbox!!

chris g

Lorie: I just love your enthusiasm. So glad to see that you are looking forward to the 2001 wacko project. Lamar and I were just discussing that. We decided we needed a day or so to take a "breather". Actually we are waiting until you all get your pin and your "reviews" are posted here. We want to hear what you think about this pin. Do you like it? We SURE hope so --- yes, it was a ton of work.

But we are ready and willing to start in all over again if you all will support the project. And we are hoping for even more pin sales this time, as there will be even more wackos. I think you will like this pin, as it is distinctive. And we have made a nice amount of money to be donated to Morris Island, and that is what really counts -- wackos helping out.

So you can get on your thinking caps now. I will be officially posting the beginning of the 2001 campaign sometime next week probably, along with the ground rules and instructions.

Help keep this wacko pin project uppermost in all our minds. Keep that Flame Burning.

And thanks to you all from all of the committee for your support of this first wacko project.

I will be wearing my wacko pin to the Milwaukee regional. Long drive there from NH. Are any of you going?

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ladylightkeeper

ladylightkeeper... just so that I don't miss anyone's name, thank you for all the hard work you put into this project. It is very much appreciated! I look forward to opening my mailbox and getting THE envelope. I will help in anyway I can with the 2001 project.

Tim - Keeping the flame lit...

Can't wait to receive my pins....will be wearing them to Rosemont!!! Thanks to all that worked so hard to see this project through...your efforts are most appreciated by Larry and myself

God Bless You All & Keep The Flame!!
Kat & Larry Waterson

Thanks to all of you who worked on this! I like the others can't wait to get my pins.

Rusty

This information may have been posted earlier so I apologize if I missed seeing it, but I can't recall it being mentioned. (getting older/memory going)

Now that the pins have been purchased and are being shipped, there should be a pretty good idea as to the donation to Morris Island.

So to either Barbara or Lamar: How did we do?

-Todd

Thanks to everyone involved.I`m sure it was a major undertaking.I know I`ll be wearing mine to the NC regional. TerryBarfield

I have neither sold quite all the pins yet nor have I tabulated all expenses but I'd say about $1,000 will go to Morris Island. When all is complete I wll certainly post the final results in this Forum topic.

The last batch of pins will be mailed at the post office tomorrow morning.

If you have ordered and I've acknowledged receipt of your prior to today, your pin has been mailed or will be mailed tomorrow.

If you do not receive your pin(s) by Monday, June 12, please email me promptly by clicking on the little email icon above this message. I would think a week would be plenty of time to receive them. I mailed them first class.

Thanks again to all who ordered for participating in this most worthy lighthouse restoration cause.

Mine arrived: Here's a life size image. Note that this pin is not cloisonne - like the Collectors Society pins. Nice, just not that type of pin.

Although not a final or exact total, it is the "pretty good idea" that I was looking for. $1,000 is a fantastic donation to the preservation of the Morris Island Light. It goes to show what the dedication of Harbour Lights collectors can accomplish when they set their minds to it.

I look forward to receiving my pin and I thank everyone who made this project, or any lighthouse restoration/preservation project successful.

Way to Keep The Flame gang!

-Todd

Thanks for posting the image St. John.

It's made by some type of photoengraving process. The pin manufacturer's rep advised us that the cloisonne process requires a separator around each different but adjoining color. The cost per cloisonne pin in the quantity we needed would have been prohibitive AND we would either end up with a huge pin or would have lost much detail.