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>Also, I'm having to struggle very much not to pursue, Jack
>Aubrey-style, a half-formed witticism involving there being a surprise
>toy inside, so thanks very much for that. :)
>

I'm reminded of a trick that Harry Houdini was supposed to have learned, where he could swallow small objects and cough them up later. He used it for keys and lockpicks, but I can see a cylinder-shaped holdout blaster being used that way.

Peter Eng
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"That's some toy surprise."
"Cost me 65,000 cr to get it hotrodded that far."