Tinmizer's Fabulous Compactor used to be a possible reward from the Scrap Metal quest in Ak'Anon. It appears to have gone missing from the reward list. It is the required turn-in for the Tinmizer's Fabulous Compactor quest.
I was thinking it was a rare reward, but I can at least confirm that 9 tries (Scrap Metal Quest) have failed to award me the Tinmizer's Fabulous Compactor.
I've turned in at least 4 stacks of scrap metal with no compactor rewarded, would be nifty to have it confirmed that it's still possible
I've done over 2000 scrap metal handed in, no compactor, not a one. Safe to say it is not a reward option and needs to be fixed. Achievement is impossible until they do so.
There are a few patch messages from 1999 that I am unable to find. Tinmizer's fabulous compactor was removed about the same time the Ring of the dead and the Glimmer ring . There was a mention in one patch message about fixing the font for the spell Harmshield or a misspelling because it looked like Hamshield. I can't find the patch where Winged Courier was removed or the change to Global duel messages no longer being broadcasted from other zones. Some of the duel message names were funny, some were very inappropriate. There are only 2 sources I know of for the older patch messages. The compactor was removed as a reward and existing glimmer rings were converted to a cloth cap or shoulders.
