08-13-2006, 12:05 AM
I believe they were simply sent to Video stores to promote the release of the film Friday the 13th: A New Beginning in 1985. The reason it was a lamp was to add an interesting take on the poster with the light coming from within the Hockey Mask. So they made a lamp to illustrate this as posters took up a lot of room in stores and many store owners in the mide eighties were just lazy, and this item would be more eye catching when you went to your local video store. Prompting you to maybe ask what\'s the deal with this. Then the clerk could explain a new friday the 13th film just hit video. Very cool piece and one of my favorite promo items from the series. Nice score.