Synopses & Reviews
If youre a budding spy, what better way to conceal your clandestine activities than to miniaturize your secret agent arsenal? MiniWeapons of Mass Destruction 2 provides fully illustrated step-by-step instructions for building 30 different spy weapons and surveillance tools, including:
* Paper Dart Watch * Pen Blowgun
* Rubber Band Derringer * Mint Tin Catapult
* Pushpin Dart * Cotton Swab .38 Special
* Toothpaste Periscope * Paper Throwing Star
* Bionic Ear * And more!
Once youve assembled your weaponry, the author provides a number of ideas on how to hide your stashinside a deck of cards, a false-bottom soda bottle, or a cereal box briefcaseand targets for practicing your spycraft, including a flip-down firing range, a fake security camera, and sharks with laser beams.
Review
"One must assert dominion over their desktop. Between the instructions provided in John Austin's book and access to your company's office supplies cabinet, you need tolerate no threat to the security of your cubicle." William Gurstelle, author, Absinthe & Flamethrowers and Backyard Ballistics
Synopsis
If you're a budding spy, what better way to conceal your clandestine activities than to miniaturize your secret agent arsenal?
MiniWeapons of Mass Destruction 2 provides fully illustrated step-by-step instructions for building 30 different spy weapons and surveillance tools, including:
* Paper Dart Watch * Pen Blowgun
* Rubber Band Derringer * Mint Tin Catapult
* Pushpin Dart * Cotton Swab .38 Special
* Toothpaste Periscope * Paper Throwing Star
* Bionic Ear * And more
Once you've assembled your weaponry, the author provides a number of ideas on how to hide your stash--inside a deck of cards, a false-bottom soda bottle, or a cereal box briefcase--and targets for practicing your spycraft, including a flip-down firing range, a fake security camera, and sharks with laser beams.
Synopsis
Culling common household items to create an uncommon arsenal of miniature gadgets and sidearms, this guidebook provides do-it-yourself spy enthusiasts with 35 different surveillance tools and weapons. From a mini-catapult in a breath-mint tin to milk-jug cap blow-dart wristwatches, this handbook details how to achieve clandestine ends practically and inexpensively. In addition to creating weapons such as periscopes, bionic ears, and grappling hooks, spies-to-be will find ideas on how to hide their stasha deck of cards, a false-bottom soda bottle, or a cereal box-brief caseand tips for target practice. Clear diagrams and instructions make construction simple, while easy-to-follow safety tips help ensure DIY builders avoid injuries. Projects include a paper throwing star, a bowler hat launcher, and a Q-pick blow gun.
Synopsis
As a budding spy, what better way to conceal your clandestine activities than to miniaturize your secret agent arsenal? Hide a mini catapult in a breath mint tin. Turn a Tic Tac case into vest-pocket candy shooter. Or transform a milk jug cap onto a fake wristwatch that launches tiny paper darts. Toy designer and author John Austin provides detailed, step-by-step instructions with diagrams to show James Bondiacs how to build 35 different spy weapons and surveillance tools.
All of the projects in MiniWeapons of Mass Destruction 2 are built from common household itemsbinder clips, playing cards, rubber bands, markers, clothespins, paper clips, and discarded packagingclearly detailed on materials lists. In addition to movie-inspired sidearms and other "weapons," you’ll find plans to construct periscopes, bionic ears, grappling hooks, and decipher pens.
Once you have assembled your arsenal, the author provides a number of ideas on how to hide your stashinside a deck of cards, a false-bottom soda bottle, or a cereal box briefcaseand targets for practicing your spycraft, including a flip-down firing range, a fake security camera, and sharks with laser beams. And if you think yourself more of an evil-genius in training, this book also has projects to keep you busy while you finish planning your volcano laira Q-pick blow gun, a paper throwing star, a bowler hat launcher, and more. Fluffy Persian cat not included.
About the Author
John Austin is a professional toy designer and author of MiniWeapons of Mass Destruction: Build Implements of Spitball Warfare and So Now Youre a Zombie.