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40th Anniversary Zippo Lighter

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February 26, 2021

The 40th Anniversary Zippo Lighter was released in 1972 as an employee issued Zippo as a thankyou gift for their hard work and loyalty.

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Pure and Precious Metals Series Zippo Lighters (Copper Z Project)

March 12, 2021

Copper Zippos were released from the year 2002 until 2009. In year 2002, they released their first and only copper collectible, the Copper Z Series Project. These are the rare versions with copper inserts, and a special copper Z Stamp. I am lucky to chance upon a few of them while collecting Zippos.

Zippo ZipLight

February 28, 2021

With antismoking forces gaining steam in the United States, Zippo came up in 1995 with a creative way to keep its brand strong. It introduced the ZipLight pocket flashlight, which was simply a traditional lighter casing with a replaceable battery pack inside. Zippo spent $500,000 on a television advertising campaign to launch this new product, one of its largest campaigns ever. The Zippo brand, prematurely declared dead by USA Today in 1989, was clearly alive and well and seemed as ubiquitous as ever. Revenues for 1996 were estimated to have reached a record $150 million. The company was now producing 80,000 lighters a day, and the 300 millionth Zippo lighter rolled off the assembly line that year. One year later, the company opened the Zippo/Case Visitors Center to replace the previous Family Store and Museum. The new visitors center encompassed the Zippo/Case Museum and the Zippo/Case Store and also offered visitors a chance to view repair technicians practicing their craft in the Zi...

50th Anniversary Zippo Lighter

February 27, 2021

The 50th Anniversary for Zippo is a big thing. For that, they came out with a special bottom stamp commemorating the exceptional event. Below is a photo of the commemorative stamps. Because it was such a special event, they extended the commemorative stamps for solid brass lighters from 1982 to 1992. Above are some example of the commemorative stamps for solid brass Zippos. Here are some pictures of my 50th year Anniversary Zippo Lighter. I managed to get one of the rarer package, which comes with commemorative Zippo fluid and flint in a gift box. According to what i have found out, these gift boxes were only given to Zippo's employees back then, in 1982.