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Cory Doctorow at 2:55 pm Thu, Oct 18, 2007

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For just over $1,000, GlamGuns will sell you this super-custom Hello Kitty AK-47 assault rifle. Comes with hand-crocheted shoulder-stock muffler. Link (via Neatorama)

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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  • David B.

    It’s perfect. There just aren’t enough drive-by murders by women. It’s so heartwarming to see that gangs are being proactive!

  • akathewomanwhosharesmyhead

    Wow !!!!
    Dear Santa
    Ive been a VERY good girl this year…….

  • Reynold Doforno

    Is a very nice rifle… but the name is terrible: AK-47 and it can kill.

  • The Life Of Bryan

    Puddy tat piddle on the pillow again? What better way to say Goodbye Kitty?

  • wildweasel

    This reminds me of the Sanrio Beretta 93R that somebody made as a graphics hack for Half-Life.

  • arbitraryaardvark

    Accessorize with this pink taser from amazon, $350.

  • stevew

    Some might prefer an old fashioned, Barbie Doll motif. I believe this one works:
    http://www.hellinahandbasket.net/BARBIE1%20%282%29.jpg

  • seanhansen

    There’s no way that’s real,they got too many technical data wrong, like calling a stock sock a muffler.

    -SH.

  • Crash

    Curses that it’s only a parody… I thought the problem of my girlfriend’s birthday present had been solved!

    This would have gone perfectly with my pink-heart and unicorn sticker festooned Glock 19.

  • Belac

    It’s an HK-47!

  • Antinous

    Hello Kalashnikov?

  • noen

    “There is no such thing as ‘Sucking-Chest-Wound Bear.’”

    oh, I’m heartbroken. I would buy a Sucking-Chest-Wound Bear.

  • Maggie Leber

    Not exactly a new idea:

    http://coalcreekarmory.blogspot.com/2005/11/kalashnikitty-t-shirts-now-available.html

  • idoru45

    I can totally go one better – how’s about Tactical Nuclear Strike Kitty?

    (Link goes to a Flickr page)

  • IshMEL

    Standard issue for Thai Police?

  • jburris

    if its functional thats cheap for an AK anymore. recently the prices have gone up dramatically again. a pre ban AK in terrible shape with a factory folding stock and a pair of high capacity clips can sell for $1500 these days when about 10 years ago you could grab one for $150 all day long.

  • Tom A

    I’m disappointed they limit quantities to 200 per order.

  • Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator

    SeanHansen (31), ignore for the moment the bits on the page that label it parody. You’re right that Glamguns.com get the technical data wrong: for handguard, read grip. Also, I’m not sure that isn’t an AK-74.

    But errors aren’t enough to prove it’s a fake. Real objects frequently receive flawed writeups. What’s more to the point is the objection JBurris and RugerRedHawk make: the price is way too low for an unmodified fully automatic AK-47, much less a custom job like that one.

    Calton (23): No. It’s good for them.

  • anthropomorphictoast

    …CHIBI KILLSTICK!!!

    Sorry, couldn’t help but think of MegaTokyo here. >.>

  • MoogleLally

    Ha! When you go to check out it redirects you to a book on amazon: A Theory of Parody.

  • Slutty McWhore – Scottish Handjob Artiste

    Too bad this gun’s fake. I would have loved to have used it to put a bullet in the ass of my fat-assed Republican clients

  • Parq

    Darn it, all the good comments are already taken!

  • mattyd

    Very sweet. My gf and I collect “Hello Kitty” so this would be perfect for our collection (actually she pointed this out to me from another site and said she wanted it). YES, we would have a REAL AK-47 in our house along with our Glock and Mossberg. Remember our Constitution.

    Cheers.

  • Gloria

    Murder is *adorable*!

  • LeadPipe

    It’s a shame its a fake.

  • Calton

    So, you ARE going to mark it as a parody to save people the trouble of having to figure it out, right?

  • Beastmouth

    Where is the AK from, tho?

    I’ve broken down a few, and there’s no way, no matter how gussied up, a Chinese AK is worth a $K. If it’s Russian, or Eastern Europe I supposed it might be worth it…

  • Baby Jeebus

    Too bad it’s a parody. I was looking around for a hot pink “Britney Spears” Humvee Assault Vehicle with a roof-mounted “Strawberry Shortcake” M249 SAW “Berry Picker”.

  • noen

    Fake? oh, you mean they don’t have permission from Sanrio? Heh, the AK is all the permission they need! lol

  • Strato

    fake as in, the Martha Stewart Claymore Mines and Mother Teresa LAW Rocket launcher are kind of a dead give away…since not even the N.R.A. can get you those on the open market…much less in a wide variety of pastel colors.

    wonder if anyone still does “Z-coating” on firearms… friend once did some custom Zcoats on a pair of matching Colt Python pistols..
    one baby blue the other hot pink…”his” and “hers” aniversary gift.

  • trai_dep

    You know, if al-Queda used these rifles, I’ll bet Bush *never* would have gotten Congressional authorization to invade Iraq….

  • RugerRedhawk

    First sign it’s fake was the S&W 460 they were selling all decked out for $658. A stock one sells for around $900.

    http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=83006658

  • Dewi Morgan

    The text at the bottom of the page was more of a giveaway. You know, the bit that says:

    NOTE: This site is a parody for humor purposes only. No actual weapons may be bought on this site. [...] There is no such thing as “Sucking-Chest-Wound Bear.” [...] GlamGuns.com has no connection with and is not affiliated with [...] Paris Hilton, Mother Theresa, Lady Diana, or, in fact, much of anyone really, especially Dick Cheney who, at no time, was CEO of our corporation or even on the Board of Directors. No, really. Would we lie to you?

  • Andy

    This reminds me of Antonio Riello’s work from a few years back, some images here:
    http://www.hoardmag.com/riello/Riello_1.htm
    or our own story in Issue 8 of
    http://www.thisisamagazine.com
    He also did hand-grenades, armour, assault rifles missles, etc. They were all real/working firearms, as well as great fashion accessories. Win, win.