# Toy Store Thunderdome **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 19, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-store-thunderdome/755189 "2016-05-19T21:54:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-store-thunderdome/755189/21 "2016-05-20T16:44:45Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > Looks like you can get pretty heavy duty drones at toy stores now. Drones where the protective guards around the blades can be broken off. This would probably mess up the balance of the drone to the point where it isn’t usable. ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-store-thunderdome/755189/22 "2016-05-21T01:08:27Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > You could try to bludgeon [with this guitar](http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=17731926&cp=2255956.2273442.70859326.67177406.2255967.3255107.2441525&parentPage=family). You might have even better luck trying to brain someone with the included amp. Oh, there ya go! Is that thing all plastic, or some kind of solid body? I had a D&D character use a guitar (actually a lute) to defeat an opponent. Mainly he got the element of surprise on his side – who expects someone to use a musical instrument as a melee weapon? It was so spontaneous even the character didn’t expect it! 😃 After he knocked her unconscious (several smacks later) he used the broken bridgepiece and headstock as handles to decapitate her with the high E string. [It’s where I got the idea for using the thinnest cable I could find for the Home Depot Thunderdome.] –G! ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-store-thunderdome/755189/23 "2016-05-21T02:18:38Z")
> [@Grestarian](#): > > I had a D&D character use a guitar (actually a lute) to defeat an opponent. Please tell me his name was El Kabong or you at least changed it afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-store-thunderdome/755189/24 "2016-05-21T03:02:23Z")
One of those olde tyme chemistry sets with radioactive ingredients. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-store-thunderdome/755189/25 "2016-05-21T14:40:10Z")
Can you take things apart? A steel tube from a [trampoline](http://www.toysrus.com/products/toddler-and-kids-trampolines.jsp) could be effective. > [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > One of those olde tyme chemistry sets with radioactive ingredients. Good idea. While he’s bludgeoning you to death with a bat, you can take comfort in the fact that he has an elevated chance of getting cancer 20 years down the line. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-store-thunderdome/755189/26 "2016-05-21T15:08:29Z")
Drop LEGO pieces on the ground? If they step on them without shoes they are in a world of hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-store-thunderdome/755189/27 "2016-05-21T19:51:41Z")
> [@boffking](#): > > This would probably mess up the balance of the drone to the point where it isn’t usable. How carefully balanced are these things. For instance, how precisely would you have to remove the guards from the four corners if [this](http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=78517576&cp=2255956.2273442.2255971.67715146&parentPage=search) thing to have it maintain balance. And which doper wants to sacrifice their drone… you know, for science! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-store-thunderdome/755189/28 "2016-05-21T21:19:23Z")
A piece of track for a model train set could become a serviceable shank, I suspect. A golf club or baton could be snapped off and be a…longer stabby thing. ---
**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 21, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-store-thunderdome/755189/29 "2016-05-21T21:52:29Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > How carefully balanced are these things. For instance, how precisely would you have to remove the guards from the four corners if [this](http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=78517576&cp=2255956.2273442.2255971.67715146&parentPage=search) thing to have it maintain balance. > > And which doper wants to sacrifice their drone… you know, for science! If you remove all the guards it will still be balanced. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-store-thunderdome/755189/30 "2016-05-22T02:41:44Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Drop LEGO pieces on the ground? > > If they step on them without shoes they are in a world of hurt. Dangit, that’s my idea! I figure if I scatter Lego-Brand Caltrops across the floor as they charge at me, my opponent will beg me to provide a mercy killing. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-store-thunderdome/755189/31 "2016-05-22T03:01:38Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > A piece of track for a model train set could become a serviceable shank, I suspect. A golf club or baton could be snapped off and be a…longer stabby thing. This is the Game Room. I’ll thank you to leave your highly technical language in GQ! ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-store-thunderdome/755189/32 "2016-05-22T15:28:23Z")
Razor Scooter. I certainly have beat up my own shins enough times putting those things away. I think I could do some solid damage wielding it as a weapon kinda like a morning star. (The base pivots around the handle and the sides of the stand-plate are pretty wicked) ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-store-thunderdome/755189/33 "2016-05-22T19:00:25Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Dangit, that’s my idea! I figure if I scatter Lego-Brand Caltrops across the floor as they charge at me, my opponent will beg me to provide a mercy killing. This is making me want to use D4 dice instead of marbles for a trap. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-store-thunderdome/755189/35 "2017-01-09T21:48:37Z")
Spam reported. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-store-thunderdome/755189/36 "2017-01-09T22:25:30Z")
This zombie was revived by spam but I want to play. I worked at Toys R Us for a couple years so I have a good idea of what is in there. I would pick a bicycle. Then take off the chain, that thing is a nasty weapon. You can also easily remove the handlebars off many bikes with a quick release (no tools necessary) and it could be used in the other hand to block attacks and/or bludgeon. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-store-thunderdome/755189/37 "2017-01-12T18:37:09Z")
Am I the only one who misread the title as “Toy Story Thunderdome” and picked Buzz Lightyear? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-store-thunderdome/755189.md?page=1)