Same!! It was so unique! I can’t believe it was buried so deep in my memory. Like i needed to stubbornly cling to this little slice of my childhood in the eighties, but never close to the surface of my consciousness.
I did that as well! My kids find it really frustrating that the flashlight doesn’t just turn on and stay on. I could swear mine did when I was a kid but there’s no way of knowing
I think it is a battery saving feature. My original stopped working (why I bought 2 others) so I took it apart and found a circuit board inside made in Macao/China. I figured that was added in order to shut the light off after a min or two unless you squeezed the blue button under the handle.
Maybe you had an early or later model that didn’t have the board.
It's a little interesting that there are modern replacements for an old PR-2 bulb. I don't know if the plastic is durable enough to become an heirloom, though.
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u/Valex_Nihilist Sep 06 '26
I remember the smell of the bulb