Via Craigslist

Adventures in Craigslist is a whenever-we-find-something-interesting series in which we dive headfirst into the vast complexities of the Washington region’s Craigslist. Today: A creepy action figure.

One of the precepts of being an ace toy collector is that one never removes action figures from their original packaging. Sure, it means your gallery of superheroes will be preserved under hard plastic forever, but it also saps the fun out of the whole experience. I mean, what’s the point of having action figures if you’re not going to mash up story lines and have, say, the Hulk jump up and down on Boba Fett?

But those two are big, glitzy characters. What about the generic action figures? Unnamed soldiers, sailors, brigands and thugs aren’t quite as holy, right?

Wrong. At least in the case of this item that popped up on the D.C.-area Craigslist last week. For $40, you can be the new owner of an “Armed Terrorist” action figure. Yeah, you read that right: a terrorist.

The 12-inch figurine, advertised as being to one-sixth scale—apparently, the average terrorist is six feet tall—is dressed in a black ski mask, black pants, a bulletproof vest and a long black overcoat. Spooky.

Actually, it kind of was at the time of the toy’s original release. Produced in 1999 by 21st Century Toys as part of the “Villains Collection,” the action figure was pulled from shelves in the wake of the massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. by two students who wore trench coats to hide their weapons.

The plastic gunman is well-armed itself, featuring a short-barreled shotgun and an AK-47, one of the firearms most favored by terrorist groups around the world and, in the words of Ordell Robbie, the weapon of choice “when you absolutely, positively have to kill every last motherfucker in the room.”

So, $40 for a toy terrorist. Good deal or not?