Help - G1 Megatron nabbed by customs

[Waxpython]

See post #45 - all replica weapons (guns, etc) are what the laws prohibit or restrict in some states... not specific items or toys.
If Customs were targeting a specific item (like MP Megatron when it came out), it would only have been an internal memo/alert to look out for a specific x-ray image, as that toy was in robot mode, and they don't open any package until it has been scanned, swabbed or sniffed first.

yeah sure maybe before 9-11

[Bidoofdude]

This has nothing to do with 9/11...
We have much better gun laws here in Australia, even if that counts replicas.

[Jetfire in the sky]

Customs laws dramatically became a lot stricter post 9/11 here in Oz and Worldwide, it is a sad legacy of what a bunch of crazy lunatics have left behind. Life was a lot more simple before that day

[Bidoofdude]

Yes, I suppose there would quite a bit of influence from that tragic event.

[GoktimusPrime]

Customs laws dramatically became a lot stricter post 9/11 here in Oz and Worldwide, it is a sad legacy of what a bunch of crazy lunatics have left behind. Life was a lot more simple before that day

^100% true. Before 11/9 you could make jokes to Customs officers... now it's an offence! I remember one time I was boarding an Ansett flight (aaah, remember them? ) in the 90s, and the airport customs officer asked me if I had anything illegal on me. I was a smart-alec teenager at the time, so I said, "Yeah ya know, drugs, bombs, weapons... the usual." The Customs officer laughed out loud and said, "Yeah yeah, sure thing," and let me through. If you do that now you'd get arrested! (so don't do eet!)

[theshape]

Got my microman walther p38 to australia with no problems!

[DELTAprime]

Anyone know if the situation in Qld has changed over the past few years?

[5FDP]

We have the Port Arthur massacre to thank for our current gun laws, more so than the events of 9/11.

[griffin]

Anyone know if the situation in Qld has changed over the past few years?

It's a bit vague in QLD, because from what I remember, you can get a permit for owning a replica weapon (based on the Firearms Act), but when I spoke to someone on the phone about gun-formers, they said it didn't matter because they were just toys. That person may not have known for sure though, as I'd be more inclined to think that the permit option would be true... and I really should follow up on that one day, especially with all the ones I own. (to protect myself from prosecution or having them seized)

[VERT]

This Megatron thing drives me insane! We have a shop near me in a large shopping center who sell all kinds of metal replica guns and old school revolves to automatic weapons. They can be cocked the triggers work. The ammunition clips everything! Spoke to them about it and they said they have no trouble importing them into NSW. Anyone can buy them.

But if we want a plastic transformers Megatron toy we get put through hell! What gives!