I was rather excited to be testing this product. Never before has it been possible to fire a harpoon at a whale with a shoulder mounted device. This is ideal for situations where a Whale has submerged itself and emerges on the other side of your ship away from the rigidly mounted harpoon guns.
However, my excitement turned to disgust when I fired the Rocket Propelled Harpoon at what was once a pretty sizeable Minke Whale, but is now a red misty vapor spread out over a kilometer of the Pacific Ocean. Rather than the harpoon head attaching itself irremovably from the whale's lungs, it exploded!
Don't get me wrong. I'm all for the senseless destruction of Whales, but not when I have a quota to fill. Masahiko-san is not going to be happy when he has to announce to the Diet that our research project will deliver fewer results than the scientists at Sumo-Whale-Burger expected.
Anyway, don't buy an Airtronic Portable Rocket Propelled Harpoon unless it's for entertainment purposes only.
Update : I just got a phone call from the Vice President of marketing for Airtronic. He tells me that there's been a slight case of user error here. The Airtronic Portable Rocket Propelled Harpoon is in fact the same as the Airtronic Portable Rocket Propelled Grenade. Same product, different product code. He tells me it's not for firing at Whales. It's for firing at Greenpeace.
Now that I actually take a look at the manual I see that he's right. I apologize to the good people at Airtronic.
Update 2 : I just noticed that in the latest catalog the Airtronic RPT is 20% cheaper than the RPG!! Better get in quick before they realize and bump up the RPT price!
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