OK, I've been watching these discussions for a long time, and I will finally comment that I totally agree with what Mike and/or Patty have said.

I look at the four different regional Fort Tompkins, and given my lack of space, have decided that I need none of them.

I look at the gold lighthouses and remember how detail was the prominent point of Harbour Lights lighthouses. In my entire 23 years in the Coast Guard, I never saw a gold lighthouse. If I was ever lucky enough to win one, I would trade it in a flash for St. Augustine or Ocracoke, and probably give something extra.

I am close to full at my house, and if I can't display it, I won't buy it. Don't take this wrong. I love my HL's, but "gimmicks" is the correct word for where this is heading. Right on Mike and/or Patty.

Rich

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