Mail in the enclosed form to Brent Zier with your bid amount, the highest bid will win. Letters need to be received by June 1, 2012, which is when the winner will be announced.
Name: __________________________________________ Membership Number: __________
Mailing address: ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________
My Bid: $___________: Prototype 20th Anniversary lantern & Case (Send NO money).
Mail to: Brent Zier/ICCC President, 7019 NE 165th St, Kenmore, WA 98028-6312. Note: The high bid winner will be notified by phone and payment will be expected by June 10th. Shipping TBD. Contact Brent Zier at icccpresident@comcast.net if you have any questions.
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Above is current.
This part of page below is left for reference to the 20th lantern, as ordering is closed March 31th, 2012.
ICCC 20th Year Anniversary Limited Edition Lantern
Announcement: I would like to announce a limited edition 20th
Anniversary Lantern that is an ‘ICCC member produced’ effort to help us
mark this special anniversary with a special lantern.
Background: I worked with Tim Daniel at Coleman, brainstorming with many
ideas to mark the ICCC 20th Anniversary. A special run for the ICCC
would require a minimum of 5000 units, which the ICCC bank account could
not support. Tim, however, could provide us with a current
off-the-shelf product at a discount, and the ICCC could customize it for
the membership.
The Lantern: Of the products available to me, the 639 single mantle,
bulged globe, kerosene lantern was the clear (and brightest!) choice of
the products available and has the best “classic” look. The
customization will result in the resemblance of a traditional 50’s
Christmas lantern with the ventilator porcelain updated to red, a very
special etched globe, and a new special ICCC numbered sticker, to be
produced once all orders are taken. This also might be an opportunity
for us to make a mark on the lantern for ICCC Charter Members that
purchase this lantern. All of these improvements are done directly by
our own ICCC members. This is your membership working for you to bring
you a special lantern, intended to be ready by the Lake George
Convention.
Price: Prepaid. The targeted price for this lantern is $100 + shipping.
We are striving to achieve this target. Limit: one per current single
membership, two per current family membership.
What you can do to help: A current Coleman email coupon allows for a 33%
discount, with free shipping that ends 12/19/11. This represents about a
$15 savings per unit over my best price and will go a long way to lock
in our $100 unit price target. Also, ICCC Secretary Peter Ecklund
learned this item will have a 5% increase in 2012. Since the ICCC does
not have the funds to make this purchase, Peter and I have purchased 200
units ($6400 each) to lock in this lower cost. This will result in
lowering the total overall cost to offer this special edition lantern to
members. We expect more units will have to be ordered to meet all
demand, but that will occur once the ordering deadline has passed (to be
announced soon in a future mailing).
Action Requested: Peter and I have taken a personal financial step to
make this as affordable as possible, and are asking those members that
intend on purchasing the 20th Anniversary Lantern (that are able to make
payment at this time of the year and still retain your Holiday cheer!)
to send $100 USD (shipping 2BD)payment to the ICCC PayPal account at:
icccsecretary@comcast.net and email both Peter Ecklund and Brent Zier at
icccsecretary@comcast.net and icccpresident@comcast.net for record
keeping. If you know how to send the funds using the PayPal Personal
tab, instead of the Purchase tab, that will save the Club money. Checks
or money orders can be sent to:
ICCC
C/O Brent Zier
7019 NE 165th St
Kenmore, WA 98028-6312
Many hours have gone into this project and would not be possible without
the contribution of fellow ICCC members that are involved in this
process to create a very special lantern for you, the ICCC member. If
the response exceeds the 200 units we have purchased, prior to the end
of the coupon expiration this weekend (Monday 12/19/2011), we will order
more lanterns!
Sincerely,
Brent Zier Peter Ecklund
President, ICCC Secretary, ICCC
Printable PDF Order Form: Click Here
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20th Anniversary Lantern Case Brent Zier
For those ICCC members who have ordered the 20th Anniversary Lantern by the March 31, 2012 deadline, you can now order an ICCC labeled case to protect your 639C kerosene 20th Anniversary Lantern and box.
Background: Coleman Collectors Forum (or CCF - a bulletin board found on OldColemanParts.com) member Will Foster introduced his company, www.theZungalow.com, and offered a $39.99 galvanized metal storage box for “medium” sized lanterns. It is a high quality case made in the USA. Please visit his website for all the details.
Soon afterwards, CCF members asked Will for a larger case, to fit the taller and wider lanterns (like a 228E) as well as the ICCC 20th Anniversary Lantern. Will and I connected and compared measurements of a proposed ‘larger’ lantern box and found it would fit the ICCC lantern, in its original box, with some additional foam padding. Will worked hard with me to keep the cost down. I requested a $49.99 target (just $10 more than the small version currently in production) and he was able to honor that request with a reasonable number of units ordered (l00, which is less than ½ of our current Lantern orders).
The $49.99 is a special price offered by Will to ICCC members for the 20th Anniversary Lantern. There is alot more material in the larger case. FYI - when this larger style of case is ready to be offered on his website for general public purchase, it probably will be more expensive.
I will add the same 20th Anniversary Lantern label to the ICCC lantern case. It will be serialized and match the number on your lantern! I am working with Fred Kuntz to see if the label for the case can be sized larger for better presentation on the case.
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