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Post by VECTREXER on Mar 17, 2022 23:44:47 GMT -5
Vectrex game Armor Attack - Aluminium & brass shell in Ukrainian colours Armor Attack in custom aluminium and brass shell in Ukrainian colours - Sold for charity This auction is for charity. All money I get from this auction will be donated to Swedish Red Cross. Ebay does not support Swedish charities, so I will handle the donation manually myself. The winner will get a printed certificate of donation. Hearing news about the horrors of war when Russia wages war against Ukraine makes one feel powerless to do anything about it. So I decided to act and do SOMETHING, anything to support Ukraine in this crisis. This auction was the best idea I could come up with. It is just the original game Armor Attack (by GCE 1982) that I have housed in a custom machined metal shell that I have made myself. The top half of the shell is made from solid aluminium that has been surface treated blue by a method called anodizing. The logo of the game has then been engraved into the shell through the coloured blue oxide layer so the engraving stands out in shiny aluminium "silver" against the otherwise blue surface. The bottom shell was made from solid brass. Blue aluminium top and yellow brass bottom shell makes the colours of the flag of Ukraine. This shell is HEAVY. More than three times as heavy as a plastic shell. The brass bottom shell has been hollowed out even more than usual to make it lighter so it won't put unnecessary strain on the cartridge port in the vectrex. www.rodakorset.se/www.ebay.com/itm/Vectrex-game-Armor-Attack---Aluminium-&-brass-shell-in-Ukrainian-colours-/154904394347#Charity #Auction #Svenska #Röda #Korset #Swedish #Red #Cross #Ukrainian #Colours #Vectrex #game #cartridge #cart #shell #MeekWizardMachining #tonymachinedthis #standwithukraine #Blue #aluminium #Yellow #brass #Armor #Attack
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Post by VectorX on Mar 18, 2022 9:01:59 GMT -5
This is great beyond words!
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Post by ledzep on Mar 27, 2022 2:51:17 GMT -5
Very cool.
I wonder how hard it would be to re-code Armor..Attack replacing the Jeep with a soldier carrying a Javelin launcher (or just keep the Jeep) and making sure the tanks look closer to T-72s, maybe include a few BMP-3s, too, for variety. And then have the helicopter changed to the Ka-52 and/or the Mi-28N. I know I would buy a copy of that!
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