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Brand: Department 56
Category: Kitchen

List Price: ~~$17.50~~
Buy New: $12.99
You Save: $4.51 (26%)

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Avg. Customer Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars

1 reviews
Sales Rank: 182241

Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6 x 4 x 1.3

MPN: 53501
Model: 56.53501
UPC: 734409364813
EAN: 0734409364813
ASIN: B000Q7UXF4

Release Date: August 31, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Item is Brand New! Factory Sealed!

Features:

•	Brand New in Original Box.
•	Item # 53501
•	Lights & Bulbs Collection

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Department 56 Display Anywhere Lighting Retrofit Unit will allow to display your illuminated Department 56 villages and accessories without an unsightly power cord. Now, you can create a cordless village centerpiece for your dining room table or a wreath for your front door with this Department 56 Display Anywhere Lighting Retrofit Unit. Simply insert this collectible village accessory into the light hole as you would a traditional light cord.

Department 56's world-class artists and designers, whose art represents distinct cultural and artistic themes, create beautiful works that are emotionally inspiring and educational. The diversity of vision and expression illustrated in these original works mirrors the broad mosaic of our rich American culture and is the basis for Department 56 Designs' Classic Collectibles.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars

Not Such a Good Item December 18, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

This item is a battery operated light source to fit Department 56 buildings. It is basically a plastic tube that takes 4 AAA batteries and on one end of the tube are two tiny light bulbs which might be halogen bulbs (?). There is an wire on the other end that sticks out of the building that leads to an on/off switch. On the other end (light bulb end) there is a connection for an optional remotely operated on/off system which I did not buy.

This item gets two stars for the idea of not having to wrestle with the standard cords that stick out of the buildings and trail to a wall socket. This makes the setup of your display very easy, and safer because there is no chance of accidentally snagging a cord and pulling a building off a table. Plus, as the product description notes, you can display your buildings anywhere without worrying about an electrical socket. The big flaw of this product is the light bulbs. They are exceedingly bright and focused. I tried this thing in three different buildings with different unsatisfactory results: Bldg 1 was a one story building with a row of windows. After standing back to look at the effect I was blinded by the brilliant white light that came out of the right hand side of the building, while the windows on the left were very dim. Bldg 2 was a church with windows on the bottom and a steeple with a window on the top. The bottom windows illuminated nicely, the steeple windows were completely dark. Bldg 3 was a small house which was not deep enough for the light tube. Upon inserting the tube into the house the bulbs were flush against the front wall of the house where I could nearly see through the walls, while the remainder of the house was relatively dark.

This is a great idea, and the product would have received five stars if D56 had only stuck with the night-light type of bulbs. Except for the cords which are a pain the night lights work fine, giving the buildings a soft glow which reaches every window regardless of their placement in the building.

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