The customer review section of Amazon.com probably isn’t the first place you would think to look for witty and insightful commentary on the post-9/11 air travel security nonsense The Atlantic‘s Jeffrey Goldberg has appropriatelyy dubbed “security theater.”
But that’s the kind of feedback the Playmobil Security Check Point set has inspired.
For example:
I was a little disappointed when I first bought this item, because the functionality is limited. My 5 year old son pointed out that the passenger’s shoes cannot be removed. Then, we placed a deadly fingernail file underneath the passenger’s scarf, and neither the detector doorway nor the security wand picked it up. My son said “that’s the worst security ever!”. But it turned out to be okay, because when the passenger got on the Playmobil B757 and tried to hijack it, she was mobbed by a couple of other heroic passengers, who only sustained minor injuries in the scuffle, which were treated at the Playmobil Hospital.
And:
This toy would be a lot more realistic with about 350 people standing in line for an average of an hour.
There’s plenty more customer review hilarity HERE.
(Hat Tip: Varied Varacities)
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