New For 2006
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12/08/05 10:33 PM
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Here are the new releases for 2006 Finally ---- Owls Head!!!!! http://www.harbourlights.com/catalog/2006/index.htm2006 By State Connecticut ►Mystic Seaport 336 Florida ►Fowey Rocks 331 Maine ►Owl's Head 337 ►Portland Breakwater OE470 Massachusetts ►Edgartown OE471 ►Graves 335 Michigan ►Old Presque Isle 332 New York ►Staten Island 330 Ohio ►Port Clinton 333 South Carolina ►Morris Island OE472
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Re: New For 2006
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12/09/05 03:17 AM
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My only two guesses were right - yea!!! Old Presque Isle as an LE and Morris Island GLOW.
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Re: New For 2006
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12/09/05 12:02 PM
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MtnHkr
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Harbour LIghts has once again come up with some very nice lights for Early 2006.
I would rate the following as really Great (Spectacular):
Staten Island, NY Might buy this one. Owl's Head, Maine (Finally) Will definitely buy. Graves, MA Will definitely buy. Fowey Rocks, FL Old Presque Isle, MI
Followed by well done but not spectacular:
Port CLinton, OH Mystic Seaport, CT Wiil buy Portland Breakwater, ME Will buy Edgartown, MA Will buy Morris Island, SC
Would love to hear what you think? So let's hear it for these 10.
Bert
No mountain is too tall if your first step is belief. -Anonymous
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Re: New For 2006
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12/09/05 12:30 PM
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Rock
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Possible Keepers (means I'm excited about them but it all depends on their size):
Staten Island, NY (saw this about 5 years ago on a USLS tour and it was a mess, and the neighbor lady was very MEAN to our group)
Fowey Rocks, FL (seen earlier this year on the Florida USLS tour)
Graves, MA (appears to be a perfect companion piece for Halfway Rock, ME)
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Re: New For 2006
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12/09/05 01:06 PM
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SDudley
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They are all nice, however the only one I plan on buying is Fowey Rocks, FL. With the choice of lighthouses that are being made this upcoming year it will help me in my quest to keep my purchases down.
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Re: New For 2006
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12/09/05 03:05 PM
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Bob M
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I just viewed the pics of the pending releases. They are looking great! It's a nice way to start the first half of 2006 in the world of collecting HL's. Bob
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Re: New For 2006
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12/09/05 03:45 PM
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CAVR
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I think they are all well done. The Owls Head isn't quite what I expected, so I am a little down on that. But will buy just because it is a Maine lighthouse. Of all the pieces introduced so far, I really like the Mystic Seaport CT, Graves, MA and the Staten Island, NY pieces. I don't really collect NY pieces, but I think the the Staten Island has been done really well and looks neat! Of the 10 pieces introduced, I plan on buying 5 of them. HL330 Staten Island Range, NY HL335 Graves, MA HL336 Mystic Seaport, CT HL337 Owl's Head, ME HL470 Portland Breakwater, ME When is the Cape Forchu lighthouse (w/ rocks) in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia coming out?
-Christopher "CAVR"
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Re: New For 2006
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12/09/05 04:51 PM
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Well, I wish I could see them but I have been unable to access the HL website. I have made several attempts and don't know if it's my computer or what! After all the waiting and then I can't see them!
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Re: New For 2006
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12/09/05 05:02 PM
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Re: New For 2006
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12/09/05 05:09 PM
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The Harbour Lights website is down. I talked to the webhosting company about 10 minutes ago. The server on which the site runs is out. They hope to have it up and running within 60 minutes.
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Re: New For 2006
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12/09/05 05:13 PM
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That's like having a power outage in the middle of a World Series game!!!
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Re: New For 2006
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12/09/05 06:07 PM
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Back Up and Running! Batter Up! BTW If you go to the main page for each light and click on the image, you can view an even larger image to see more of the details.
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Re: New For 2006
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12/09/05 08:01 PM
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I looked at the releases, yesterday, and I have looked at them again, today, just to make sure of my reactions. With apologies, since I seem to have been chomped on and shaken by the Cranky Bug, I'm pleased only with the Staten Island piece, the Fowey Rocks and, to a lesser extent, The Graves. In general, the releases are beginning to look more and more like plastic productions to me... especially Owl's Head, which seems to have everything outlined, like a coloring book. And I'm getting very, very, VERY weary of overbearing boats with easily bendable masts and snaggable rigging [and I can assure you that one or two will arrive at the dealer with just such damage, as well as bent struts and cracked paint in the Fowey Rocks piece]. I know that Bill Younger likes boats, but I'm beginning to feel a little imposed upon by this enthusiasm: that's why Anchor Bay was created. The waves in the Port Clinton piece look like they were generated by the New Madrid earthquake. Paint them green and you will have the conventional Harbour Lights shrubbery! The configuration of the waves and land in the Morris Island piece are disconcertingly mounded up in order to accommodate the power source, way too heavily outlined and demarcated, and simply look bizarre. In fact, this is one of the reasons that I could never like the CSC pieces...the water always looked as though it had been formed over an inverted bowl.
Okay...I've had my fit of negativity, so I'll retire to my cave and gnaw on a bone, or my own leg.
Danny
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Re: New For 2006
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12/10/05 01:07 AM
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Rock
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Don't sweat it, Danny, you're not the only one who's been bitten and shaken by that bug...I think I've got a few years on you there when it comes to HL...
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Re: New For 2006
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12/10/05 02:53 AM
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Hey, Rock, I just realized you made it to Super Wacko - congratulations!!
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Re: New For 2006
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12/10/05 10:31 AM
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MtnHkr
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Just noticed the information on Edgartown - Open Edition. Maybe it's a mistake but it has an edition size of "4500". Can this be right John?
Bert
No mountain is too tall if your first step is belief. -Anonymous
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Re: New For 2006
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12/10/05 01:28 PM
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Rock
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Thanks for noticing, Grace, much appreciated!
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Re: New For 2006
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12/10/05 03:10 PM
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Owl's head completes the land-based Rockland-area trio, along with Rockland Breakwater and Marshall Point. A keeper.
Portland Breakwater: Excellent.
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Re: New For 2006
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12/10/05 06:06 PM
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fra02441
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Congradulations Rock on making super wacko
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Re: New For 2006
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12/10/05 08:18 PM
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Rock...first of all, kudos for your accomplishment! [NO...I DON'T actually know what a "kudo" is, exactly, but it sounds good ]. Actually, although this isn't a competition, I suspect that we might have started registering our reservations about the same time. Kim Andrews could probably tell you about some of the letters that I have sent her over the past several years, expressing confusion and dismay over those occasional, glaring errors in the pieces. Kim was always unfailingly gracious and a good sport about my observations and obsessions with details, and generous in her responses. I haven't written her in more recent years, because I easily understood that she had more than enough to do, and more than enough other collectors to respond to...but when I finally met her here in Wichita, she remembered [with good humor]. I also had the good sense to comprehend that Harbour Lights had no obligation to tailor their product to my particular tastes and obsessions, even though I am finding more and more to "push my buttons" as the years go by. I guess that it is up to me to recognize when the product strays too far from my demands in aesthetics and accuracy, and when the investment becomes one of diminishing returns. The very latest developments with the Company may serve as a turning point. We'll see. Danny
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Re: New For 2006
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12/10/05 08:49 PM
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I DON'T actually know what a "kudo" is, exactly, but it sounds good ]. Webster states: "A statement of praise or approval; accolade; compliment." Bob
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Re: New For 2006
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12/10/05 11:28 PM
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Originally posted by MtnHkr: Just noticed the information on Edgartown - Open Edition. Maybe it's a mistake but it has an edition size of "4500". Can this be right John? Can't be right. Thanks for catching that. I'll fix it this evening.
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Re: New For 2006
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12/10/05 11:29 PM
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Originally posted by Bill Harnsberger: Owl's head completes the land-based Rockland-area trio, along with Rockland Breakwater and Marshall Point. A keeper.
Portland Breakwater: Excellent. Bill good to see you posting again. We miss your reviews!
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Re: New For 2006
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12/11/05 04:04 AM
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Rock
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Dan, just glad I've found someone I can relate to around here...
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Re: New For 2006
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12/11/05 10:11 AM
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Originally posted by John Chidester:
Bill good to see you posting again. We miss your reviews! Bill your reviews were awesome, and we need your expertise in creating them again.
DANIEL
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Re: New For 2006
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12/12/05 11:47 AM
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Isn't it kinda dumb to have Morris Island "now" as a lighted piece? Just an observation.
Mike
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Re: New For 2006
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12/12/05 05:35 PM
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Maybe the thought was that after it is saved (we hope) it will be re-lighted.
Eric, Florida Keys Reef Lights Foundation; Godfather of Jones Point River Lighthouse; member and District Commissioner of Florida Lighthouse Association et el
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Re: New For 2006
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12/12/05 06:05 PM
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It would be great to see this beautiful lighthouse saved. It's a shame that it has continued to be waterbound for so long.
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Re: New For 2006
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12/13/05 02:16 PM
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With only one Michigan and one Ohio release in the first half to buy I can spend the rest of my allotment on filling in older pieces that I want to get yet. Really like the Old Presque Isle piece but the tower looks a little too tall compared to the height of the actual tower and the keepers house. The Port Clinton piece is okay I guess and I will get it only because it is an Ohio piece. I can't really understand why this piece was made unless it is because of the area being a big tourist destination because of the islands.
Tom
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