The Fluke 27 kit has arrived. I have three words for the condition it's in: New. Old. Stock. Display film is still on, it was shipped with the battery removed, the manuals all are there, in pristine unopened condition, and the kit is basically complete, save for the TL75 lead set that was supposed to go with it. But, the 40KV and 6KV probes are there, the Type 85 RF probe is there, with its BNC push-on adapter and the croc clips from the TL75 set were left in the Type 85 bag. The case is in as-new condition. The shipping carton even was the original Fluke one!
It's been out of the box a bunch of times, but that's because of its history: It's full of USMC calibration stickers and has not been opened since its last (perhaps first, it's so new it's got a IEC Cat. rating!) calibration, done 2009, and supposedly good until 2012. Nevertheless, it's still within spec for Ohms, the only thing I've checked so far.
I'll try to get a bunch of pics up soon, but to sum impressions up: I got way more than I asked for, and it's impeccable to boot.
At this point in time, I'm very happy that I didn't fall for the temptation to get a Merkava chock-bloc from the desert, but instead grab this one. (But Cerebus posting that his one does smell of Tank was a bit more tempting in the provenience and provenance department.)