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Owain writes:
Richard wrote:
You might consider an IR type - useful for other things too.
Yep, been looking at the one from Maplin. But £40-odd quid . . . might
take a bit of convincing of SWMBO!

It would make an excellent Educational Toy for a child. You might even
let them play with it occasionally.

Might want to avoid the type with laser aiming, in that case.
That's a toy for the adults...

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Andrew Gabriel