As far as I'm concerned, there should be ONE gun law: you can't have one.
Anything else is stupid.
To be honest I'm starting to really not care about the orange tip. I just want the sodding toy.

 

It dosen't shoot anything, so what's the problem?

 

You drive 30 in a 35 don't you

 

Notice to criminals all around the world, you can safely point your real gun at the police as long as you put an orange tip on it! Orange tips make life safe!!!!!

 

The post office cana manage to deliver parcels with anthrax in them, but not toy robots who turn into guns?

 

The problems not with the Post Office, but with Customs.

 

lol, America, goes ape over a robot that turns into a oversized gun yet you can still pick up assault rifles from the shops  

 

its not the law, its a certain interpretation of one aspect


As for respecting the law, I could shoot people of a certain ethnic background in the city of York with a bow and arrow quite legally today, that ones not even ambiguous or open to various interpretations  

 

Not really a comparison. On one hand, you're talking about the importing of an illegal toy into the country, and on the other, you're talking about the legal sale of firearms.

 

It's not often that you hear an American say "nanny-state" and "Canadian" in such close proximity and NOT imply that one is the other.

 

This whole matter just seems like a big joke. Again I dont understand why the TFC reissue megs has no problem but this oversized version thats going to be in robot mode is? Makes no sense. Well I will get an unmodded megs one way or another, even if Tfsource can't come thru.

 

I say if Hasbro may consider releasing this in the states and save people some money it could be good. Hopefully they only modify the barrel with and orange tip. Whose to say someone won't find a way to replace the barrel later, like 20 anv Primes smokestacks?

 

I never mentioned lawsuit or a crime. But if parents lose faith in Hasbro and their committment to child safety, then they'll take their money elsewhere.

 

My only worry about HASBRO releasing this is what ELSE will they do to it? If i have to have an orange cap I WANT EVERYTHING ELSE EXACTLY THE SAME. I don't want any wonky colors like on Classics Megatron. I wouldn't purchase one if it was altered anymore then just a cap.


As for JRS....did anyone read what he wrote? "I believe it is more important to sell a product that is unmodified in a sealed box then opened modified items." He didnt have to cancel all his orders, he chose to out of his own personal belief that he thinks it is wrong to sell the toy opened and modified.

 

That may be fine for you, but my laws give me the right to own as many guns as I want. I only have to file the paperwork and wait to be approved. What the U.S. does not want is for people who can not obtain a weapon to use a fake one to break laws. (as far fetched as it is, people have even used candy to rob small stores with elderly employees and such) I have to say I want an unmodded mp-5, but I would be forced to do the same thing if I was hasbro. They are subject to the same laws that all Americans are, and go to prison if convicted.

 

I live in the UK and have lived all over the US and saying "What the U.S. does not want is for people who can not obtain a weapon to use a fake one to break laws" is nieve. The UK is currently having its yearly spaz about fake/replica handguns but personally I couldnt give a crap, someone with a fake handgun isnt going to shoot me, personally I think they should do something about the real guns in circulation. Fake guns = not a problem, real guns kill you, if some gimp decides to use a fake/replica to go and rob someone, well they cant shoot the person they robbing and hopefully the police will plug them and its one less moron in the gene pool.

Now in the UK gun crime is tiny, its non existant in comparison to the US and I could obtain an illegal firearm here pdq, I (and anyone) could get one in the US much faster, if someone wants a gun they will get one, I assure you that "paperwork" will never prevent this. There really is no such thing as a person who cannot obtain a weapon, especially in the US

 

Worth noting that you do have to kill them though. Injuring someone with a bow is illegal.

Oh, and it has to be within the city walls, not just the city.

Phazer

 

This entire thread has veered into territory that is entirely inappropriate for a children's toy forum.