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What kind of toy was it?

by raldi 11y ago

tehwebguy 11y ago
It was from League of Leagends (Sivir). It's not sharp or aerodynamic, just a "spinner" toy. One of the vendors from the League convention I put on gave it to me as a token of thanks just before the event ended. I dropped it in my bag and forgot it until flying a few weeks later. Bonus: My business partner was given the same one and the same thing happened at BUR. TSA asked if she wanted to mail it home, she said "toss it" and never heard another word! Bonus 2: Cop asks me "who do you main?" (as in, what champion do you mainly play in LoL)
- koolba 11y ago
  > Bonus: My business partner was given the same one and the same thing happened at BUR. TSA asked if she wanted to mail it home, she said "toss it" and never heard another word! Free business idea! UPS/FedEx/USPS packaging site at the end of the TSA line. When they say you can't take your cologne, knife, or toothbrush because it's too dangerous, you can immediately give it one of our helpful agents and they'll instead mail it your home!
  - tehwebguy 11y ago
    TSA already have a deal with USPS in some airports.
    - seanp2k2 11y ago
      Yep, and IIRC getting out of line to mail something (plus you have to track down postage stamps elsewhere again IIRC) means you have to then go through the whole thing again.
  - SystemOut 11y ago
    They have this option in Seattle already
  - nostrademons 11y ago
    They have this at many airports, but the prices are exorbitant. It was something like $10 to mail a swiss army knife home (vs. $15 to just replace it). They have a captive monopoly - there is one place you can mail it from, you can't step out of the terminal, and you have to decide immediately if you want to toss or mail - so they can charge whatever they want.
- raldi 11y ago
  I'm having trouble picturing this. Could you upload a photo to imgur?
  - noxToken 11y ago
    This[1] isn't the toy, but this is splash art of the character with good view of her weapon. It's based off of the chakram. The toy would have looked something like that. [1]: http://static1.eclypsia.com/images/lol/champions/Sivir_Splash_0.jpg http://static1.eclypsia.com/images/lol/champions/Sivir_Splas...
    - tehwebguy 11y ago
      The worst part is I'm garbage with Sivir /s
  - lisper 11y ago
    Something like this I'm guessing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rotatable-LOL-League-of-Legends-Sivir-cosplay-metal-sword-Shuriken-chirld-toys-/321719001682 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rotatable-LOL-League-of-Legends-Sivi...
    - tehwebguy 11y ago
      Yeah exactly that. I can imagine that looking really scary through the x-ray but it's definitely not a weapon. I'm not indignant about being stopped with it - just about being treated like a criminal instead of someone who just made a mistake. It was like my 30th flight of the year and I had (real) status with 2 airlines, and I was in a tiny little PreCheck screening wing with maybe 6 other passengers and 10 TSA at 5:00 AM. It just seems like everything lined up for this to be a simple process that would have been easily determined to be inadvertent and not a danger to anyone, but I still got hosed!
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- jghn 11y ago
  As a child in the early 80s I had my bag searched due to some GI Joe toys, in this case knockoffs of missiles for some SAM launcher or somesuch. It's not just a modern TSA thing.
- deleted 11y ago
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coderdude 11y ago
A standard-issue toy throwing star that every adult has on them when trying to get through security checkpoints.
- crispyambulance 11y ago
  Yep, the whole point for why pre-check exists is to allow frequent travelers who will always pass screening to get through the security clusterfuck faster. pre-check is for people that know how to travel and are willing to observe the rules. A grown man carrying a "throwing-star" toy through pre-check SHOULD BE banned from this privilege and feel the scorn of other pre-check folks who just want to go through smoothly.
  - tehwebguy 11y ago
    I hope you never find yourself on the other side of someone with the badge, even though these people don't even have the power to arrest me it was very scary feeling like they thought I was a criminal and nothing I could say could convince them otherwise. "Did you know what you did was a felony? Did you know it's illegal to possess one of these?" - that's what I had to endure until the police arrived. For the crime of forgetting an item in my bag even existed after running a convention. Of course it's my fault for not checking my bag before I left the house, if I was a weapons collector I'm sure I would've thought twice but I'm not.
    - crispyambulance 11y ago
      Yes, think about what you're putting in your bag. It is sad that TSA is just a bunch a phony-baloney security theater, but that's not going to change anytime soon. In the meantime please be careful about what you put in your bag so that you don't delay others. Airports are stressful enough already.
      - tehwebguy 11y ago
        Thanks for the advice.

What kind of toy was it?

by raldi 11y ago

What kind of toy was it?

It was from League of Leagends (Sivir). It's not sharp or aerodynamic, just a "spinner" toy. One of the vendors from the League convention I put on gave it to me as a token of thanks just before the event ended. I dropped it in my bag and forgot it until flying a few weeks later. Bonus: My business partner was given the same one and the same thing happened at BUR. TSA asked if she wanted to mail it home, she said "toss it" and never heard another word! Bonus 2: Cop asks me "who do you main?" (as in, what champion do you mainly play in LoL)

koolba 11y ago
> Bonus: My business partner was given the same one and the same thing happened at BUR. TSA asked if she wanted to mail it home, she said "toss it" and never heard another word! Free business idea! UPS/FedEx/USPS packaging site at the end of the TSA line. When they say you can't take your cologne, knife, or toothbrush because it's too dangerous, you can immediately give it one of our helpful agents and they'll instead mail it your home!
- tehwebguy 11y ago
  TSA already have a deal with USPS in some airports.
  - seanp2k2 11y ago
    Yep, and IIRC getting out of line to mail something (plus you have to track down postage stamps elsewhere again IIRC) means you have to then go through the whole thing again.
- SystemOut 11y ago
  They have this option in Seattle already
- nostrademons 11y ago
  They have this at many airports, but the prices are exorbitant. It was something like $10 to mail a swiss army knife home (vs. $15 to just replace it). They have a captive monopoly - there is one place you can mail it from, you can't step out of the terminal, and you have to decide immediately if you want to toss or mail - so they can charge whatever they want.
raldi 11y ago
I'm having trouble picturing this. Could you upload a photo to imgur?
- noxToken 11y ago
  This[1] isn't the toy, but this is splash art of the character with good view of her weapon. It's based off of the chakram. The toy would have looked something like that. [1]: http://static1.eclypsia.com/images/lol/champions/Sivir_Splash_0.jpg http://static1.eclypsia.com/images/lol/champions/Sivir_Splas...
  - tehwebguy 11y ago
    The worst part is I'm garbage with Sivir /s
- lisper 11y ago
  Something like this I'm guessing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rotatable-LOL-League-of-Legends-Sivir-cosplay-metal-sword-Shuriken-chirld-toys-/321719001682 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rotatable-LOL-League-of-Legends-Sivi...
  - tehwebguy 11y ago
    Yeah exactly that. I can imagine that looking really scary through the x-ray but it's definitely not a weapon. I'm not indignant about being stopped with it - just about being treated like a criminal instead of someone who just made a mistake. It was like my 30th flight of the year and I had (real) status with 2 airlines, and I was in a tiny little PreCheck screening wing with maybe 6 other passengers and 10 TSA at 5:00 AM. It just seems like everything lined up for this to be a simple process that would have been easily determined to be inadvertent and not a danger to anyone, but I still got hosed!
- deleted 11y ago
  [deleted]
jghn 11y ago
As a child in the early 80s I had my bag searched due to some GI Joe toys, in this case knockoffs of missiles for some SAM launcher or somesuch. It's not just a modern TSA thing.
deleted 11y ago
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coderdude 11y ago

A standard-issue toy throwing star that every adult has on them when trying to get through security checkpoints.

crispyambulance 11y ago
Yep, the whole point for why pre-check exists is to allow frequent travelers who will always pass screening to get through the security clusterfuck faster. pre-check is for people that know how to travel and are willing to observe the rules. A grown man carrying a "throwing-star" toy through pre-check SHOULD BE banned from this privilege and feel the scorn of other pre-check folks who just want to go through smoothly.
- tehwebguy 11y ago
  I hope you never find yourself on the other side of someone with the badge, even though these people don't even have the power to arrest me it was very scary feeling like they thought I was a criminal and nothing I could say could convince them otherwise. "Did you know what you did was a felony? Did you know it's illegal to possess one of these?" - that's what I had to endure until the police arrived. For the crime of forgetting an item in my bag even existed after running a convention. Of course it's my fault for not checking my bag before I left the house, if I was a weapons collector I'm sure I would've thought twice but I'm not.
  - crispyambulance 11y ago
    Yes, think about what you're putting in your bag. It is sad that TSA is just a bunch a phony-baloney security theater, but that's not going to change anytime soon. In the meantime please be careful about what you put in your bag so that you don't delay others. Airports are stressful enough already.
    - tehwebguy 11y ago
      Thanks for the advice.