Eclipse Aurora Autococker

2002 Eclipse Aurora autococker.  This is 1 of 10 aurora plated autocockers; 1 of 5 with a hinge frame. 

It is not anodizing, it is a method of plating called spectrum physical vapor disposition that requires between 20k and 40k volts to pass through the piece.  It ends up looking like an oil slick and Eclipse had to stop making them because the high voltage led to high failure rates which made the cost to producing them prohibitive. 

Like the golden minimag, I didn’t actually play with this one because I wanted to keep it pristine (and I had enough other markers; too many actually).  Top of the line Eclipse fittings on this bad boy also. 

You can play a long time at a lot of places and never see a marker like this.  Unfortunately I think I was afraid of this marker!  So I sold it.  This was a mesmerizing marker though.  I ended up buying another one after selling this.

Since these were made, more companies have played around with this process, and I’ve seen lots of them lately (relatively speaking) – including an aurora ripper, some aurora Adrenaline markers, etc.