UK: 88-Year-Old Toy Company Shut Down to Defeat Terrorism

Non-racial people were going to build irreligious bombs from these trains.

We had to shut it all down, for the good of mankind.

The Telegraph:

A model steam train firm has ceased production after 88 years because of anti-terror “red tape” banning a material used in its fuel tablets.

Mamod, a British firm founded in 1936, has closed down production in its factory in Smethwick, West Midlands, because of declining sales, spiralling costs and a ban on hexamine fuel tablets used to power the engines of its models.

Adrian Lockrey, who owns Mamod, said he begged Government counter-terrorism officials not to impose the blanket ban on hexamine, but it came into force in February.

Mr Lockrey, 52, told The Daily Mail: “It is red tape. Basically, we were doing £50,000 a month, every month, and then come February our sales dropped 50 per cent basically overnight. We ended up getting through to counter-terrorism in London, and the woman just said: ‘Well, you can’t sell it.’

“I said it was like me selling a torch without batteries. It was a really big kick. Apparently it’s been used to make bombs.

“We’ve been running on those hexamine tablets since 1975, before that it was methylated spirits – but then in the 70s someone burnt themselves on that so we went to this fuel tablet.”

Mr Lockrey, of Tamworth, Staffordshire, said Mamod had spent £20,000 attempting to develop a liquid fuel alternative but, once that had been finalised, the rent on the firm’s factory premises was increased beyond affordability.

He told the Mail: “It is very disappointing. It’s heartbreaking. We were England’s oldest and largest steam toy manufacturer.”

The models’ engines are powered by steam-driven pistons, which are set into motion when water is heated by a small fire in a burner tray placed under the boiler.

In October last year, hexamine was banned after officials concluded it could be used to make explosives. The rules meant it could still be bought but only under certain circumstances, with customers having to buy a licence and disclose personal details.

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The value of Mamod models has subsequently surged, with classic models fetching 10 times their original values at auction.

It might be sad now, but you’ll thank us when you don’t get blown up by immigrants.

If I ran the British government, I’d arrest anyone who ever bought one of these, just to be on the safe side