Owning G1 and MP05 Megatron in Victoria

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

It's because there are real life guns that are about the same size and approximate shape as MP Megatron. Sure, it's massively oversized for a Walther P38, but Joe or Jane Average doesn't necessarily know that! To a person who doesn't know any better, it looks like a gun. Especially if someone is threatening you with it and you're too busy being scared scrapless to closely examine the weapon for visual authenticity. ;) There's a lunatic in my neighbourhood who was once arrested for threatening someone with a cigarette lighter shaped like a gun. It was technically too small to be that make of pistol (as recognised by another neighbour whose father is a retired cop), but it was big enough to be held by an adult hand and the woman that he pointed it at believed at the time that it was a real gun.

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True. The size doesn't seem to matter, as some guns can be really small. What's so bad is that you can buy a cheap, much more authentic looking toy gun from the $2 store or newsagent and it'll be just fine.

I don't think it's "just fine." AFAIK those stores are unlawfully selling those items and people who purchase and possess them risk legal charges if they're caught. That looney neighbour with the gun ciggie lighter most likely purchased it locally, but he was ultimately charged and arrested by police when he tried to threaten someone with it. I knew a teenager who was arrested by police for carrying a replica toy gun in public (it was either a water pistol or BB gun, but looked realistic).

It's because of people like this that we have laws either against or governing the possession of replica firearms in the first place. :(

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Originally Posted by WeallscreamforStarscream

Just do what a friend of mine did and order it from someone in Perth. i'm in NSW, did it regular post and no hassle in the end.

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AFAIK that's still unlawful, and Customs do inspect state borders. Having the toy sent to a NSW resident either domestically or internationally carries the same inherent risk. However as a NSW resident, if your toy were intercepted and seized, they'd send you a notification letter giving you a period of time to contact Customs to arrange a time to present your Megatron Permit and have the toy released to you (otherwise the toy would be incinerated).

IMHO it'd be simpler and cheaper to just have the toy sent to NSW directly from Japan, because the cost of postage between NSW and WA is more expensive than between NSW and Japan! :eek: So effectively having the toy sent to NSW straight from Japan would be over 50% cheaper than sending it via WA. :o