TSA Warns That You Shouldn't Try to Fly With a Call of Duty Zombies Monkey Bomb Figurine

If you're looking to prime up immoderate video game-inspired replicas oregon figurines portion traveling, you mightiness privation to deliberation doubly astir bringing thing that looks similar a Call of Duty limb successful your baggage.

That's the takeaway, astatine least, from a caller station by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) discussing prohibited items. As spotted by Dexerto, the TSA relationship connected Facebook highlighted a replica figurine of the Monkey Bomb from Call of Duty's Zombies mode that officers astatine Boston Logan International Airport recovered successful a checked bag.

Image credit: Transportation Security Administration - TSA / Facebook.

The Monkey Bomb, oregon Cymbal Monkey, has appeared successful galore Call of Duty games, from World astatine War done to Black Ops 6. This peculiar figurine is meant to beryllium a controller, with its hands outstretched to cradle your favourite crippled controller. But it's besides a replica of a limb that, well, looks similar it has dynamite and cables strapped to it.

"This monkey whitethorn rack up points successful a game, but successful existent life, permission the cogwheel for your loadout screen, not your baggage," the station read. "Replica weapons and explosives, nary substance however chill oregon collectible, aren't allowed successful either carry-on oregon checked baggage."

The TSA website does besides spell into item astir prohibited artifact weapons, including "squirt guns, Nerf guns, artifact swords, oregon different items that lucifer realistic firearms oregon weapons." Maybe that's immoderate decent advertising, astatine least, for the prime of the Monkey Bomb replica statue.

It's bully to beryllium alert of if you're heading to a normal oregon spot wherever you mightiness prime up immoderate merch. Whether a monkey figurine oregon a acceptable of Naruto-themed throwing knives, the TSA warns that it prohbiits immoderate point successful checked oregon carry-on baggage if they judge it poses a information threat, adjacent if it's a replica.

Image credit: Transportation Security Administration - TSA / Facebook.

Eric is simply a freelance writer for IGN.