So, you want a radar gun?

[Keepleft]

From The Weekend Herald (Newc edit), Sat, 11 March 06.

A radar gun that enables kids to act like speed cops for less than $40 is Australia's new toy of the year.

The hand-held plastic gun, which will be released in Australia in June, allows children to clock the speed of their toy cars or see how fast they can run.

The Hot Wheels Radar Gun beat hundreds of other toys and gadgets to take out the top prize at the annual Australian, Toy, Hobby, and Nursery Fair in Sydney yesterday.

"It is a real working radar gun so kids can measure the speed of their toy cars as the're racing around the track" Mattel spokesman Kent Cuthbert said.

"They can also measure anyhting around them like a bicycle or a car driving by". Mr Cutherbert acknowledged that some parents might be concerned about their children playing with a toy gun, but said the Hot Wheels Radar Gun was for measuring distance and speed. "It is just for measuring speed", he said.

"It really lets kids interact with their toys and the environment around them.

Story shows a pic.

So, I wonder then if this rivetting item has Australian Communications Authority license:-)

Probably light/laser based, dunno.

[Laminge]

Interest gadget!

I must get one of these so I can measure how fast I get the fork from plate to my mouth!

[Melz]

Originally Posted by Laminge

Interest gadget!

I must get one of these so I can measure how fast I get the fork from plate to my mouth!

I'm not sure if it can register speeds of that magnitude....

[Keepleft]

Originally Posted by Laminge

Interest gadget!

I must get one of these so I can measure how fast I get the fork from plate to my mouth!

Well, I'd not put it past some "progress association" or "residential action group" types from using the 'toy' as a basis for speed-control action when nagging Councils.

Oh little faith have I.

[Falcon Coupe]

Originally Posted by Laminge

Interest gadget!

I must get one of these so I can measure how fast I get the fork from plate to my mouth!

It may need to be re-calibrated for those types of speeds big fella. :

[Sourbastard]

Originally Posted by Laminge

Interest gadget!

I must get one of these so I can measure how fast I get the fork from plate to my mouth!

Im wondering how fast a peanut butter smeared fox terrier can be shot out of a cardboard tube using nothing except methane and a zippo lighter.

[Thunder]

Originally Posted by sourbastard

Im wondering how fast a peanut butter smeared fox terrier can be shot out of a cardboard tube using nothing except methane and a zippo lighter.

Ladies and Gentlemen......the newest member of the show Myth-Busters!^

[Sourbastard]

Originally Posted by Thunder

Ladies and Gentlemen......the newest member of the show Myth-Busters!^

theres no myths happening here, just cold hard peanut butter smeared reality

[Falcon Coupe]

Originally Posted by sourbastard

theres no myths happening here, just cold hard peanut butter smeared reality

Most peaunut butter and dog stories i heard of involve a German shepard ?

[flappist]

Originally Posted by sourbastard

Im wondering how fast a peanut butter smeared fox terrier can be shot out of a cardboard tube using nothing except methane and a zippo lighter.

You are from Adelaide, aren't you.......

[jabba]

Gary, I didn't realize you were civilized enough to use a fork.

[Thunder]

Originally Posted by jabba

Gary, I didn't realize you were civilized enough to use a fork.

When he said "fork" he meant straw, and when he said "plate" he meant schooner glass.

[Full Noise]

Can it measure how quickly I can dodge responsibility around the house?

Cheers, Danny

[347_XR8]

Can it also measure the speed at which people avoid me? J/k
Seems like a good toy for the little ones, hope it doesn't resemble one to much. Might freak a few drivers out

[Keepleft]

Luke-- its grey bodied with a black forward facing front rim, looks like a LIDAR.

[Psycho Chicken]

Why is one of the scenes in Super Troopers coming to mind?

[Peuty]

Originally Posted by Psycho Chicken

Why is one of the scenes in Super Troopers coming to mind?

Bwahahahahahaah!

[myxr6]

Will it measure how fast you can jump to conclusions , or fly off the handle ?

[coyote]

Originally Posted by myxr6

Will it measure how fast you can jump to conclusions , or fly off the handle ?

You stole my line LOL

:

[Dodge]

i always wanted to see if my seamen did 160 kph out of my cannon.

[Thunder]

No,no,no....it will measure how long you take to bash the crap out of your engine after you spanner has sheared off the bolt!

[Danny]

Originally Posted by Dodge

i always wanted to see if my seamen did 160 kph out of my cannon.

So you have a ship with a cannon that you shoot the seamen out of?

[myxr6]

Or the speed at which the spanner connects with the garage wall after you skin your knuckles after it shears it off.

[nobbystang]

Here's a link to their site for anyone interested

http://hotwheels.com/coolstuff/radargun.aspx

[chief]

Hey if you buy $30 of hot wheels "stuff" you get the radar gun free. So its cheaper than buying it outright plus you get hot wheel goodness.

[flappist]

It's a kids toy.....
It wil have an accuracy of pus or minus 20% and a range of 10 feet.....

[TURBO_GHIA]

all i have to say is

"do you know how fast you were going " "65"...

i wonder if it comes with a free copy of super troopers

[clontarf_x]

Originally Posted by EDMONTY

all i have to say is

"do you know how fast you were going " "65"...

i wonder if it comes with a free copy of super troopers

"DO you know how fast you were going "uhh, 65?""
"63"
"uuhhhh, officer isnt the speed limit 65"
"Yeah, it is."

[Hunter]

"In other news Victorian Police have announced the deployment of 200 additional handheld radar units."

Probably more accurate than some of their fixed speed cameras

[Casper]

I think I'd get the urge to sit near a police station and take radar readings of all the cop cars going past and remind them that there is a speed limit for them too :