A Christmas Story 20 Inch Leg Lamp Prop Replica
Posted by admin on Nov 11, 2009 in Christmas Movie |
Sure to become an instant conversation piece AND “the gift” of the year, our Christmas Story 20-Inch Leg Lamp is an actual working 1/2-scale replica inspired by the hit movie A Christmas Story! Every detail is the same–right down to the fishnet-clad leg and 10″ fringed lampshade! This lamp features a 4-way switch: top bulb on, leg bulb on, both bulbs on, or off. The top portion of the lamp uses a standard light bulb (45W maximum), not included. Lamp is 20″ tall.
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PRICE $33.77
Buy A Christmas Story 20 Inch Leg Lamp Prop Replica at Amazon
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I had to have this the first time I saw it!! A friend sent me an email photo of the full size 40″ LEG LAMP. The full size model was just too expensive. I couldn’t justify spending that kind of money on something I’m only going to drag out once a year. The 20″ model is great. I only payed 40 bucks for it at SUNCOAST VIDEO.
MAKES A EXCELLENT HOLIDAY GIFT FOR THAT HARD-TO-BUY-FOR FRIEND WHO LOVES THE MOVIE.
It’s a realistic replica of the one Daren McGavin receives in CHRISTMAS STORY. The lamp shade is made with a nice fabric, it’s the right color, and it has the cheesy fringe around the bottom. The leg is wrapped in a beautiful fishnet stocking and has a standard socket on top. It also lights up inside the leg. Which begs the question; how am I gonna get inside the leg to change THAT bulb once it burns out? The lamp doesn’t come with instructions or a switch on the cord. There is a sticker on the socket with a WARNING: DUE TO THE RISK OF FIRE DO NOT TO USE ANYTHING LARGER THAN A 40 WATT BULB, so you won’t catch the lamp shade on fire. Also the leg stands a tiny bit crooked, which is okay because it’s supposed to look cheesy. Just don’t tighten the shade all the way down and it will level out and hang nicely. Mine is displayed prominently in my living room window. Who needs a Christmas tree?…
After all, “IT’S A MAJOR AWARD!!”
This is a great little lamp that is suitable for placement in the front window of any house; after all, it’s a major award! The thing that is great about this lamp is that not only is it relatively inexpensive, but it doesn’t take up much room, unlike the real size (40 inch) lamp (which I also have, and also endorse highly) which tends to overwhelm smaller rooms.
The lamp works great, although the maximum bulb wattage is pretty restrictive. The actual lamp looks even better than the Amazon illustration (particularly the hose on the leg, which appear to have a finer mesh than depicted) and it looks especially great when the internal leg light is on.
This is a great gift: it’s fun, affordable, and adds a touch of class to any room (well it at least adds a touch of fun, if not class.) This is a great little leg lamp at an attractive price, but always remember: it’s fra-gee-lay.
This is one of those products that leads one to high expectations, and delivers the exact opposite.
Considering the high shipping costs for such a light item ($15 to ship something only a few pounds? What gives??!!) it arrived awfully late. I suppose you could chalk it up to being the Christmas season. Then again, the lamp purchase was one of several parts of the same order, made at the same time. For items I ordered from Amazon that day (mostly books and DVDs), I opted for their free “super saver” shipping, and they arrived at my house 6 days before the lamp. Adding up the weight of the books (some of them were big) and the DVDs, the total non-lamp package was twice as heavy as the lamp alone. $15 for late shipping of something light vs. *free*, fast shipping for double the weight . . . Yeah, the company distributing the leg lamps through Amazon is using a lot of BS tactics.
When I opened the box and pulled it out, my heart sank. The size was a disappointment. I guess I was thinking the leg portion of the lamp was 20″, instead of the whole thing (from base to top of lamp). After I set it up, I measured it and it turns out to be 19″, not the 20″ they’ve advertised. It was at this point when I realized I’d been had. I just spent nearly $75 (when you add in shipping) on a novelty lamp that is way too small; when I put it in the window to show off the neighbors, you can’t even make out that it’s a leg lamp from the curb.
The overall quality of the lamp is hit and miss. There are parts of the lamp (the shade, for example) that look like they were built with quality materials and craftsmanship. Other parts seem crummy and wouldn’t withstand more then a couple of moves. The bulb in the leg portion of the lamp was DOA (assuming, of course, there was even a bulb in there to begin with). The process of getting to that inside bulb is pretty tricky. However, they included instructions.
I suppose the one good thing I can say about it is that since it’s so small, it is less likely to draw the “trash it” mentality a significant other might have, or if you have your boss over for dinner and you forget to hide the lamp, it’s less likely for her to notice.
Shame, really. For the price they charge I would expect the full size lamp. For this novelty lamp a price tag of $35 including shipping is a more realistic cost.
If you’re considering buying one, before you purchase take a tape measure and see first hand how small 19″ is from the top of the desk or table to the top of the lamp you’d be getting. Also, consider how far from the floor you’d place it. The distance between the bottom of the lamp shade-sans the near transparent tassels–and the base surface is 11 ¼”. The `leg’ base stops looking like a leg and more like any other lamp at 10 ¼”. This means that unless you’re seated several inches above the bottom of the lamp shade, you’ll see the leg terminating.
If this is an absolute “must have” item for you (though I can’t imagine anyone actually `needing the leg lamp), go for it. For the rest of us, I’d hold off, check eBay, or spend more money and get the `full sized’ model. I can’t say if the full size unit will improve all of the problems addressed above, except for one: In being `actual size’, you know that at the very least you’ll get a lamp big enough to display in your front window of your home so every one can see.