I have a slightly damaged Portland Head. There is a small chip out of the roof overhang that is totally unnoticible to anyone except me. I payed $150.00 for it back in the days when Portland Head was selling for 3 times that much. I touched up the chip and am perfectly happy with it. A missing lightning ball is no problem either. Wooden beads of the right size from a crafts store, a little bit of epoxy for filler and some touchup paint from the same craft store and your in business. It boils down to buy what your happy with and forget everyone else's opinion.