When discovered last December, Rudolph was missing his original lightbulb nose. Over 30 years ago, someone filled the original nose chamber with a red wax to display him without the open chamber nose (see inset photo). This created a huge obstacle for us, as we had to find a safe way to extract this wax without damaging Rudolph's head. The experts were successful in removing it all without damage and were also able to discover the original channel through the head that feed the electrical wires to operate the light-up nose. They even found some original wire still in there! When finished, Rudolph will have the same type of red light-up bulb in place and working again! rudolphsnose © Time & Space Toys, 2023.