S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Commemorative Coin
A while back (like 8 months ago now), I was ecstatic to discover that a prequel to one of my favorite games of all time, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl, was about to release, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky. Several weeks later, I was quite disheartened to discover that there was going to be no North American release of the Collector's Edition of Clear Sky. After reading what the Russian edition was going to contain (full detailed maps, a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. lighter, several iron-on patches of the various factions in Clear Sky, and a bunch of bonus DVD content, like the Making of, etc) and that I had no way of getting such an awesome collection, I signed the petition to GSC and THQ requesting a North American release of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky, collector's edition.
Sadly, they did not accept the petition. Lucky for the few dedicated S.T.A.L.K.E.R. fans, one lone ranger of awesome, Rhialto (view his website Here), decided to take it upon himself to create a very, very awesome piece of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. history.
Seven months later, after many problems and miles of red tape, this beautiful coin emerged from the factory, and eventually to my, and 99 other lucky souls' mailboxes. Beautiful.
Front side of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. coin
Displaying the three main objects in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
And a special surprise, when I turned out the lights
GET THAT S.E.V.A. SUIT ON!
All in all, I still can't get over how awesome Rhialto is. This is an 8-month endeavor that must have had dozens of hours of paperwork to be filled out. Then to organize and them all, pure brilliance.
My PDA goes off to you, Rhialto, you truely are a S.T.A.L.K.E.R.!
note: more pretty photos (of other things) to be uploaded soon....[Editor's Note]: this blog post was originally published in July 2011. The current status of this blog is defunct, but this one post was resurrected to combat link rot.