It actually is a pretty nice classic blender, which is one vote AGAINST doing anything to it.
Making it into a lamp would give it a secondary use.
Since it's pretty much still interchangeable with modern parts, I could just mod a different jar for it.
Did you know that glass mayo jars have the same threads on them as the bottom of a blender pitcher? It's true, makes a great poor-man's Magic Bullet..
My wife has a "glitter lamp". It's like a lava lamp, only it's just colored water and glitter inside. The heat of the lamp causes a convection current, moving the water and glitter. The movement of the glitter catches the light and sort of makes the effect similar to the teleporter in the original Star Trek TV Series.
(As an odd trivia note, that effect was created by filming a glass of water filled with water and silver glitter. The water was stirred with a spoon, and then filmed with a light shining on it. That was then superimposed over a dissolve of the actors on the Teleporter deck. OMG. How nerdy is it that I actually know that......)
Anyways, if the blender base was unmodified, but a pitcher for it was to include a lamps, water, glitter - the blades could still be used to make a Glitter Tornado!
Also, right on about lubrication. I compared the blades that came with this to my other blender. There is considerably more rolling resistance on the blades of the retro blender.