I get a lot of mine at local hobby shops, toys r us for some star wars ones but ebay is a good bet for some of the hard to get ones. Pretty good deals as well. But hit up a local hobby shop if you have any around you first and if they don't have them ask. They will know where to find them.
i'm saying that doing armed robbery is much harder if you have no access to guns, of course there are illegal guns, of course there is mugging with knifes or just fists, it's the ease that makes this whole situation oh so crazy. There are other ways to protect your home, and there is no guarantee that having a gun saves…
Start working on a mod / hobby project that looks like it has good management. There are tons of people that are in the industry or 'close' that work on mods / hobby projects. 2 years ago I read a news story about a hobby project for remaking Duke Nukem using UDK. On a whim I used my underwhelming portfolio to send to them…