Due to continual requests for more LGIs...

Not wanting those waiting to feel left out, I have attempted to give you a sense of what it's like trying to pump out several dozen LGIs yet maintaining the best QC possible in a one-man shop.

First here is what it looks like when about half the donors are piled up in front of you and you suddenly realize the size of the task ahead, and how little of your life you will have to yourself over the coming days:

There are hours spent toiling over little parts that will never be seen by the end user. Here is one of the wire contacts removed from the Brinkmann bulb socket in order to facilitate insertion of one of the wire leads going to the Luxeon:

Here is the same contact after the needlepoint soldering iron has done its duty:

Just to put things in perspective:

This is the family picnic table on the back porch, the scene of many a happy summer day with my wife and daughter, sipping ice teas and sharing laughs, now overrun by offensively alien hardware:

Dedicated to the relentless quest for Luxeon photons, I remain as ever,

As the pile slowly rises

And fat ziplocks are made

They begin shipping Tuesday

Out to those who first paid.

Massive build nearing completion, shipping Tuesday...

*EDIT: Oh BTW, Supreme Galactic Commanders Lamba and McGizmo have asked me to instruct viewers of this photo to ignore the two dozen or so Legend LXs in the blue package that were inadvertently shown, they will not become LGIs, they are destined to become the new...LG5s...