<<<sigh>>> y do vintage Ray-O-Vac stainless steel flashlights cost so much these days?
$24.95 plus (without bats and has a standard (dim) incadescent bulb) for a 2 D cell that works, has a "good" cardboard liner, and still retains the end cap hanging ring.
A 2 D cell was under $10 (with bats and a dim (LED's was not invented yet) incadescent bulb) when new.
so sad whut inexpensive stuff I had asa lad is now expensive ... or worse.
The Aurora AFX H.O. slot car model I paid call it "$16.00" for in '73 is on the auction site for $100.⁰⁰
(Makes me wish I still had it ... I wonder what happend to it ... I don't think I've laid i's on it since late '74 or early '75. I last raced it soon after H.S. graduation in '74, just b4 the H.O. slot car club I was in disbanded.)