and..... drumroll please...
IT WORKS!!!
mc12345678 - YOU ARE THE MAN!!!! (I can't tell your gender by your screenname..

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Okay.. my apologies to mc12345678 for the last 5 pages of this thread.. It wasn't until you last post that it finally clicked that my responsive template is the cause of the popup window issue.. Probably a javascript conflict.. when I turned off the responsive template, the issue went away..
I just installed the modified additional_images.php module file on my client's live site (where I first discovered the issue) and BOBS YOUR UNCLE.... IT worked!!!
Before I package this up and submit it as an update, we do need others with the ORIGINAL issue ("no image" product image was displaying in the large image popup), to test and report their findings..
Working here:
http://www(dot)consciousink(dot)com/...ies-p-112.html
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