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Parker Vacumatic, a Common card
The Parker Vacumatic fountain pen was launched in 1932, and would come to out-sell the Parker Duofold, the then top seller.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 38
- DEF
- 8
- Power
- 46
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,300
Power 46 (ATK + DEF).
Parker Vacumatic quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Parker Vacumatic card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The Vacumatic featured a brand new filling ______ which took 5 years to develop at a cost of $125,000.
Answer
mechanism. The Vacumatic featured a brand new filling mechanism which took 5 years to develop at a cost of $125,000. From the Parker Vacumatic article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Parker Vacumatic fountain pen was launched in ____, and would come to out-sell the Parker Duofold, the then top seller.
Answer
1930s. The Parker Vacumatic fountain pen was launched in 1932, and would come to out-sell the Parker Duofold, the then top seller. From the Parker Vacumatic article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Parker Vacumatic. Parker Vacumatic 38 · Llyn Gwynant 35 · Honda Jazz 31 · AVL9 cell migration associated 13 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The pen was originally marketed under the name of Golden Arrow, a reference to the new arrow clip but was again changed to Vacuum Filler in reference to its ink reservoir filling action.
- The Vacumatic featured a brand new filling mechanism which took 5 years to develop at a cost of $125,000.
- Parker boasted the model to be the first self-filler without a sac, while this was not entirely true, the filling mechanism was still a great innovation.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Parker Vacumatic article was read about 4,300 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 38 and blocks with 8: each hit it takes is cut by 3 %.
How to get Parker Vacumatic
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Parker Vacumatic (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Scott Hoffman from Rancho Bernardo, CA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
