What my wife is getting me for christmas
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It is a gift that I have wanted for a while, but never got. You see it isnt sold in the united states since its illegal. The only way to get it is to have it severly modified, or to try and sneak it past customs. What is this dangerous and clearly leathal gift? A transformer. Thats right. You saw the movie. Remember Megatron? He was the guy in the first movie all frozen in ice, and transformed into a weird alien jet? That guy? Well in the original cartoon he was a gun. A VERY realistic looking gun. in fact its based off the exact gun that was used in the man from U.N.C.L.E, but since I was only born in 1977 I have never seen an episode. Anyway, they started what is called a "Masterpiece" line of transformers. These are for adult collectors and they look (in their robot modes especially) exactly like they did 25 years ago on the old cartoon. I have the first 2 released in the United States. Optimus Prime, and Starscream. But in Japan, they also realeased a Megatron. Some impoters cracked them open and glued orange on the barrel to make them a little more legal, or some just got tham past customs by luck. Well I found a dealer in the states and managed to get one unmodified shipped form inside the country. So $120 he arrived, and sure enough, he is pristine. Not bad for a toy that actually costs $60 in Japan.
