Problems Recovering iPhoto files after a Crash

Hi All! I could really use assistance! I have an iMac running OS 10.6.8  with  iPhoto '09 (v.8.1.2)  The boot drive crashed and Genius Bar told me it was not recoverable and would need to be replaced.  I couldn't even boot from install disk. I didn't belive them and took it home,  tried booting from disc over and over until it finally worked.  Repaired and reformatted with Disc Utility and restored from Time Machine.  Things were a little funky, icons messed up etc.  so I restored system sortware. Everything seems to be working well now EXCEPT for the last batch of photos I uploaded to iPhoto while the HD was in the process of dying.
Here's the wierd part, and the reason I am starting a new discussion. I haven't seen this particular problem on other threads.  I can still see ALL photos (good and bad) as thumbnails,  in both Events and Photos,  I can create albums with the bad pix,  but if I double click to see them full frame, or try to edit them  I get the gray "!". I can't export the bad pix either. Even if I try exporting as current file type, I get the error message "Unasble to create..." 
There is no logic I can figure out,  why some are gone and some are working,  all in the same set.  Only thing I can think of is that the ones I modified in some way disappeared. 
I searched for the file names of the missing photos,  they are nowhere to be found.  I opened the iPhoto Library,  looked in both original and modified folders,  and those pix are not in either,  yet I can still see them in thumbnail versions.  At this point I assume I have lost them for good,  but I would love to at  least save the thumbnail size versions and use them.  BTW, the info on the bad photos still shows the name and file size corectly. 
Any hints at all,  how I can recover, or at least work with the thumbnails? 
Thanks!
Escott

No, I never recoverd them. They are lost, other than the low rez thumbnails.  Now when I donwload from my camera I leave them on the camera and only erase  much later when I need the space.  By that time Time Machine has backed them up.

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