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The not-so-adorable toy RQ-1 Predator drone, now sold out on Amazon
The sad fact of the matter is, like the AR-15, the RQ-1 Predator and “drones” in general have achieved a notorious cachet. That’s why you are reading this article about a 1:97 scale, die-cast toy version of the winged death-machine — currently out of stock on Amazon. That’s why I’m writing it. And that’s why two hundred facetious reviews can be found on the product page. It’s our own glass bead game. – – – It’s unclear whether the tiny unmanned aerial vehicle is intended as a toy for children or as a model for cretinous adults who would place…