Russian Roulette for Kids

What could possibly go wrong?

Kid pokes himself in the eye? I dunno. What would you expect to go wrong?

wow i've had this photo saved for almost 10 years..

Your suggesting that there's a 'What could possibly go Right?' option here ?

Would you rather that they play Russian Roulette with a real gun? There is plenty of time for that when they are older.Let kids be kids.

There is nothing more horrifying than seeing an unguided neighborhood kid pick up a toy gun, put it to his or her head, and pull the trigger--and this comes from a genuine gun nut.

I reserve two swift kicks for this toy: one for the designer, and one for the parent who provides it.

I agree with Colt Seaver. This is not a joking matter!A child is easily led to think that all "guns" are harmless, and does it with a real one. The "inventor" of this,............thing, needs to have his head examined, and his a$$ kicked!

Darwinism at its finest. Any parent who gives this to their child to play with doesn't deserve to have their genes passed along.

And I was mildly "horrified" when I saw the i-Tattoo from spinmaster.

This gun reminds me of the SNL skits with Dan Aykroyd about Mainway Toys Bag O'Glass, etc.

This may surprise some, but these parent's genes will likely be passed along just fine. The reason? BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A REAL GUN. It doesn't even look anything like a real gun. So before folks start declaring that kids cannot tell a difference between a real gun and this toy, or that this is "no joking matter", use some common sense rather than some knee jerk reaction.

I don't know, Shecky, maybe you could use some common googling sense to find all the fantastically dismal examples of kids doing just what you think they won't and suffering a lifetime of consequences (or not).

(because of the whole dying thing.)

in some parts of the world guns are not strewn around the streets carelessly. In europe its damn near impossible to "find" one. Also, why would this be anny diffrent than supersoakers? Or cowboy sixshooters with firecrackersound?

Pretty slick Neatorama! When a comment is put up for moderation, and if you are signed in, the commenter can still see the comment, but no one else can. Can you not think of a better way to heavy-handedly censor comments?

I think this toy is horrifying. The idea behind it is the chance that you could commit suicide with a real gun. That is an awful thing to give to a child. Life is precious.

we just use it to decide who's pays the bill :D

I don't know, Shecky, maybe you could use some common googling sense to find all the fantastically dismal examples of kids doing just what you think they won't and suffering a lifetime of consequences (or not).

I have yet to find an instance of a kid killing himself via toy gun. Nor of a kid who got the idea to kill himself from a toy gun.Especially a toy gun that looks nothing like a real firearm. Furthermore, why is this any different if a kid pointed the toy gun at his friend and fired? Which, you must be sure, happens all the time. The problem seems to be the adults who cannot believe children know the difference between play and real life. Finally, if you have a kid who really cannot tell the difference, then by all means, KEEP ALL YOUR FIREARMS LOCKED AWAY! That is the responsible thing to do.

I see now why this could be bad, but it's harmless.

I know because my brother had one when we were kids. Only his looked like a real six shooter but instead of a barrel there was a ring which held an inflated balloon, and on 1 in 6 shots a little pin would prick the balloon and it would pop! I used to to play russian roulette with my friends.

I don't know all of those kids now, but I'm pretty sure none of us has taken the sport up on an adult level. Now that I think about it, I wish I still had it... it would make a good drinking game. I think a japanese friend of ours gave it to him, but I'm not sure.

ooh, here it is:

http://boingboing.net/2009/05/02/russian-roulette-bal.html

I just don't care for the concept. For one thing, it creates a sense of oneupmanship, which is unnecessary in a toy.

Other than that, it's a little disturbing to see kids pretending to blow their brains out, and then laughing about it. It hits a little harder home than cops and robbers and water pistols.

Wow I watched a review on youtube by a man. Its real and I was shoked (and laughing histariclly But my age lets me) who had one He gaught it to review it but still I will give it the fact that its messed up that they "Instruct you to aim at your head" But its not the worst I have seen there is a pez gun that was remade to a realistic it really shoots pez and really fast give the pez to the head its like real roullette