Help - G1 Megatron nabbed by customs

[Trent]

The thing is a Replica won't kill or wound someone like the tonnes of handguns smuggled in illegally in various ways every year

Doesn't matter. My wife works with someone that used to be a bank teller. The bank was robbed one day, they held a gun to her head, actually put the gun against her head! And demanded the money from the desk. While they were doing this, they were taunting her, calling her fat and saying that they'd be doing the world a favor if they shot her. These people were never caught.

After the police reviewed the footage they said that the gun put to her head was probably a replica. Do you think that matters to her? The trauma that she went through and nightmares and therapy sessions (which she still attends, a good 17 years after the event) should just magically have vanished with the realization that it was probably a replica?? Do you think I should tell her to get over it so you can get a Megatron toy a bit easier?

No. We have these laws for a reason. Yes, that reason is the f$&@%d up minority that ruin it for people like us. But to say that because it won't kill or wound anyone, therefore should be legal, is a rather narrow minded and selfish view.

[Jetfire in the sky]

Hey I'm not saying it's good that people may use replica's to hold someone up, if you knew my background then you would know I am more than well aware of the mental anguish of the threat of death perceived or real from any means.
I'm more pointing out the fact that customs are great at stopping toys and/or replicas which honest people will post through the mail, but not so good when it comes to stopping the real thing that is constantly used in Sydney, Gold Coast and Melbourne to kill people. God relax guys. Megatron was available all around Australia over the counter for years.

[Jetfire in the sky]

But to say that because it won't kill or wound anyone, therefore should be legal, is a rather narrow minded and selfish view.

I can't see where I have typed that.

[Cat]

I remember when a whole pallet of MP Megs got held by Customs.

The dealer was ready to write the whole thing off, but they eventually got released.

I'd simply say that while I would appeal, you may have a hard time claiming ignorance when the toy was not allowed to be sold here originally anyway.

It may be a write-off, and you may be very lucky that confiscation is all that happens.

[Trent]

Hey I'm not saying it's good that people may use replica's to hold someone up, if you knew my background then you would know I am more than well aware of the mental anguish of the threat of death perceived or real from any means.
I'm more pointing out the fact that customs are great at stopping toys and/or replicas which honest people will post through the mail, but not so good when it comes to stopping the real thing that is constantly used in Sydney, Gold Coast and Melbourne to kill people. God relax guys. Megatron was available all around Australia over the counter for years.

That's probably because the toys we buy are packed and shipped in a normal and honest fashion, thus making them easy to detect by customs. Where as people who smuggle firearms into the country go to extreme lengths to hide their efforts and products, coming up with new and clever ways which make it very difficult for customs to detect and keep on top of.

I can't see where I have typed that.

That was the impression I got from your post. Apologies if I misinterpreted it.

[Trent]

I remember when a whole pallet of MP Megs got held by Customs.

The dealer was ready to write the whole thing off, but they eventually got released.

I'd simply say that while I would appeal, you may have a hard time claiming ignorance when the toy was not allowed to be sold here originally anyway.

It may be a write-off, and you may be very lucky that confiscation is all that happens.

OP is talking about a G1 Meg's. not a MP.

[liegeprime]

"Wait...I still function! "

There's always a saying for every situation hehehehe

[griffin]

Hey I'm not saying it's good that people may use replica's to hold someone up, if you knew my background then you would know I am more than well aware of the mental anguish of the threat of death perceived or real from any means.
I'm more pointing out the fact that customs are great at stopping toys and/or replicas which honest people will post through the mail, but not so good when it comes to stopping the real thing that is constantly used in Sydney, Gold Coast and Melbourne to kill people. God relax guys. Megatron was available all around Australia over the counter for years.

I knew that you weren't suggesting it to be good, which is why my post was general to everyone. (you were having a dig at the real guns entering the country)

Now, to be fair to Customs, they probably stop a lot of real guns too, and if it seems like a lot are still making it into the country, it would be because more real guns are being imported than toy guns. Plus, it would be inaccurate to assume that they are stopping more replicas, just because we hear more of them on this toys board. There are probably other websites that document seizures of real guns, that outweigh the number of reports of toy gun seizures. The "statistical filter" here affects the end results.
(a bit like using a phone-poll to gather data on demographics... which ends up preventing access to demographics that are too poor to have phones or homes)

[griffin]

OP is talking about a G1 Meg's. not a MP.

It still counts. Both are classed as replica weapons, and are equally illegal. He was just showing an example of the recent gun-former, to let Oilspill know what he's in for with his gun-former.

In other words, he needs to contact Customs to see if they still have possession of the toy, and see how long he has before they destroy it.

[Jetfire in the sky]

I knew that you weren't suggesting it to be good, which is why my post was general to everyone. (you were having a dig at the real guns entering the country)

Now, to be fair to Customs, they probably stop a lot of real guns too, and if it seems like a lot are still making it into the country, it would be because more real guns are being imported than toy guns. Plus, it would be inaccurate to assume that they are stopping more replicas, just because we hear more of them on this toys board. There are probably other websites that document seizures of real guns, that outweigh the number of reports of toy gun seizures. The "statistical filter" here affects the end results.
(a bit like using a phone-poll to gather data on demographics... which ends up preventing access to demographics that are too poor to have phones or homes)

Agreed