# Electronics Store Thunderdome

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronics-store-thunderdome/755549>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 24, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronics-store-thunderdome/755549 "2016-05-24T15:26:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronics-store-thunderdome/755549/1 "2016-05-24T15:26:25Z")

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Continuing the tradition.  
Has to be an electronics focused store like Best Buy, Microcenter, or Radioshack. Walmart and the like do not count.  
Same rules as the other threads.  
You can choose one item. I will be generous and count a toolkit as a single item.

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**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronics-store-thunderdome/755549/2 "2016-05-24T16:19:23Z")

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First thought would be a flat screen TV mounting kit. Those bars are pretty sturdy and could be used nicely as a bludgeon.

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**Author:** ![quimper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7c8e57/32.png) [@quimper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quimper)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronics-store-thunderdome/755549/3 "2016-05-24T19:03:48Z")

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> [@boffking](#):
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> Radioshack

Depends. Modern or vintage Radio Shack?

The Radio Shack of my youth used to have those big gasoline powered RC copters on display. They’d be tough to control and you’d only have one shot but you could probably decapitate an adult. I’m fairly certain they sold tasers as well as electric cattle fences as well. Either of those would tip the balance.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronics-store-thunderdome/755549/4 "2016-05-24T19:06:33Z")

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> [@quimper](#):
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> Depends. Modern or vintage Radio Shack?

Aren’t modern Radio Shacks empty buildings? Or occupied by another business?

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**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronics-store-thunderdome/755549/5 "2016-05-24T20:26:16Z")

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Best Buy sells appliances so I’ll take a blender that I can break and use the broken glass and/or the blades themselves as shivs.