New from BorgCo for the Christmas season, the must-have toy that everyone's talking about.
The exterior of the toy is a cube, available in NATO olive drab, Field Grey, or a variety of camouflage patterns.
If you open the lid of a Field Grey box, there is a short delay, after which a voice shouts "ACHTUNG !" very loudly and a platform supporting a scale model of a Krupp 8.8cm FlAK 36 pops up. The weapon traverses and elevates, and then discharges a tiny, lightweight projectile at high velocity, emitting an ear-splitting BANG as it does so.
Other versions contain a British QF 3.7 inch AA gun (voice yells "STAND TO !"), a Russian 85 mm M1938 (untranslatable), an American 90mm M3 ("TEN-HUT !"), and a French Canon de 75 contre avion modèle 1940 Schneider (Voice shouts "Merde ! Fuir ! Allez, mes amis ! Fuir ! Vite, vite !". The gun does not fire; instead, a little white flag pops up and waves nervously).
Other versions under development. Collect the complete set.
Guaranteed to delight the kiddies and cause frail elderly relatives to suffer a cardiac arrest.-- 8th of 7, Dec 21 2013 http://en.wikipedia...ki/Volapuk_encoding [not_morrison_rm, Dec 21 2013] Is there not a ballista version?-- MaxwellBuchanan, Dec 21 2013 Sadly no, those are restricted under the ballista missile control agreements...
//Russian 85 mm M1938 (untranslatable)
Good grief, is it so hard to pick up the dictionary?
"M1938" in Russian translates to "M1938" in English.-- not_morrison_rm, Dec 21 2013 It's untranslatable because the HB sadly doesn't support Cyrilic, and using the Roman alphabet would lack authenticity.-- 8th of 7, Dec 21 2013 volapuk?-- not_morrison_rm, Dec 21 2013 Yes please. Have you got one of those ones with the prawns on them?-- MaxwellBuchanan, Dec 21 2013 Difficult to get prawns on an alphabet.
Possibly with a can of alphabet spaghetti, but I can't vouch for the flavour...-- not_morrison_rm, Dec 21 2013 I want some of the French ones, just for comic effect.-- UnaBubba, Jan 01 2014 random, halfbakery