RE: Army fig Transporters

I am beginning to lean away from the gun cases as well.
I have hear 3 different people tell me of how thier car/van was 
broken into and the cases stolen by someone thinking they had
guns in them.
I am thinking of marking the cases with white paint that reads
"Does not contain firearms" or "No Guns Enclosed". Not that it 
would help, but...

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Brian Bell
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-----Original Message-----
From: Indy [mailto:kochte@stsci.edu]
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 11:03
To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: Army fig Transporters

DOCAgren@aol.com wrote:
> 
>     I use to use Pistol Cases, until coming home from a con, 90-92
era, I
got
> stopped for possible drunk driving at oh 2am Mon AM (or what do U call
it
> when U been up 48+ hours surviving on soda and junk food basicly). 
And
had
> them in the back seat, was quite intersting when the State Trooper
caught
> sight of them in back seat.  He asked me if I had any weapons, I said
no.
> repeated ? over again, I still said No.  Got asked to leave the
vehicle
and
> was put in his, while he called for backup.  Got a nap before the next
cops
> arrived.  then we all openedthe cases together, me opening covered by
2
> Shotguns.
> 
>     Now I don't use weapons cases at all.

'Tis stories like this that make me think, "gee, why don't we have
stickers for FT/DSII/SGII/GZG, anyway?" Aside from helping bring gun
cases a little away from looking like gun cases (a little, not a
lot), it would be helpful in identifying what is in which case. I've
got on the order of 8 of the 4-pistol gun cases and another 6
single-pistol gun cases and keep forgetting which one is holding
which ships/tanks/infantry figs. I do this with my rubbermade boxes
that contain my climbing, caving, and camping gear (stickers for
each activity) and it works pretty well.  :-)

I guess I try spray-painting the cases, but that would mean I'd have
to employ my ever-so-artistic talent in trying to make a stencil or
pattern or something to spray on. :-/