Given the extremely wide spread problem we have, it is disappointing that HL has not taken a pro-active stance and recalled the entire run. It would be the right thing to do. The manuafacturer apparently cut corners and got caught. If this is the case, I imagine HL will make them absorb the expense of replacements.

Some have questioned why HL wants a piece of the light back, and that is simple: it assures that the light is now out of circulation. Without requiring the destruction of the piece, there could be two #1 pieces out there and so on.

Appreciate your Collector Forums participation, folks. Think about those that have received the light and don't know to make a thorough inspection and to look for the hairline stress fractures. Mine weren't obvious until I looked at the piece with a flashlight.