Shadow of the Tomb Raider Store Display LED mod:
Some of you might have seen this display behind me in some twitch streams and wondered about the story behind it so allow me a moment to go a “little” off topic:
I work in grocery retail and for the release of “Shadow of the Tomb Raider” video game in October 2018 we had a lovely over-sized #TombRaider display setup at the front of our store.
Being a fan of the original game, I really wanted to take this home and I knew after the promotional period the display as per company policy would be destroyed in the cardboard baler.
I also knew the day it was set to be taken off the shop floor and destroyed and I ensured I came into work a little earlier that day to try to save it.
I went up to my department managers and asked if I could take it home but unfortunately they said under no circumstances could I have it and as per policy it was to be destroyed.
Well I really wasn’t happy with this outcome and as I knew I was on very good terms with the store manager who wasn’t going to be in the store for a week or so, I instead got a fellow colleague to help me hide it on the very top shelving in a back corner of the warehouse so as to attempt to try to avoid its disposal.
A week rolled past and no-one else seemed to have noticed what I had done and I got to ask the store manager when he came in and he was happy to grant me permission to take it home:
I however had more plans than to just use it has an ordinary display and I went ahead and bought myself a reel of 5050 SMD 12V Orange LED strip lights:
I also didn’t like the top and piece of the display because on the side it had a huge ugly orange circle advertising my store and the games price and thankfully it could be removed without any damage which also allowed me access to the inside of the display easily from the top:
I then could remove the sun part of the display:
On the reverse of the I applied orange LED strip lights around it to try and simulate a glowing sun effect:
I then threaded the wire through the slits that hold the sun in place and then added a 3.5mm female jack so I could use any generic 12V DC power supply to it:
And the results:
At night, in the dark:
What do you guys think?
Would anyone, like to see another similar project posted up here as well?