which the lead in wires 14 16 of the respective flashlamps in the array extend to the underside where they are bent around an annular contact ring or collar 32 integral with and depending from the underside of the platform support to form the electrical contacts 14 39 16 39 for the individual flashlamps of the array the base 28 is also formed with a center post 34 depending from the underside of the platform support 30 and terminating in a plurality of radially outward extending retaining lugs 36 adapted to engage with locking or clamping means in the flashcube receiving socket of a camera to retain the flashcube in place in the socket the light transmitting cover or shield 38 of a single molded piece of the butadiene styrene copolymer material as above described and of substantially cubic shape is disposed over the array of flashlamp reflector assemblies to provide protection from possibly rupturing flashlamps in the array as well as to prevent direct touching of the lamps while they are still in their highly heated condition immediately following the flashing thereof the cover 38 is permanently affixed at its bottom edge to the platform support 30 by suitable means as for example by an adhesive 7 heat sealing ultrasonic welding or a mechanical snap to more definitively establish the greater effectiveness of the present plastic cover means to.