Aug 17th, 2008 · Airsoft guns are the hottest new type of toy replica guns. They shoot lightweight plastic BBs and are designed to look as real as possible — so real that police, teachers and parents often can't tell the difference.
Jan 31st, 2008 · Fifty years ago Thursday, a 30-pound satellite called Explorer 1 joined Sputnik in orbit around the Earth, sending the United States into the space race. Replicas of the historic spacecraft are on display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
Dec 29th, 2007 · Egypt is considering a bill that would copyright its antiquities, from the pyramids to scarab beetles, in an attempt to get paid from the sale of replicas. Under the law, anyone seeking to make an exact replica of a copyrighted Pharaonic artifact would have to seek permission and pay a fee.
Aug 14th, 2007 · Fats Domino was presented with reproductions of his gold record collection swept away along with his New Orleans home in the lower 9th Ward by Hurricane Katrina. Historians spent months tracking down original 78's of hits, dipping them in gold and replicating even the labels.
Aug 13th, 2007 · In just 10 years, Hengdian has transformed itself from a poverty-stricken farming village in southern China to the world's largest movie studio. Its 18 film sets include temples, historical streets and a life-size replica of the Forbidden City.
Apr 22nd, 2007 · On Earth Day, we visit the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., where an exhibit features replicas from a "green house" of three full-sized, furnished rooms. Building Museum curator and architect Susan Piedmont-Palladino gives us the tour.
Nov 14th, 2006 · Mary Poppins, the star of the P.L. Travers books and Walt Disney movie, has followed the east wind from London and landed on Broadway, where her stories have been turned into a lavish $20 million musical. The show opens Thursday night -- but if you're expecting a live-action replica of the Julie Andrews film, you're in for a big surprise.
Nov 10th, 2006 · The musical Les Miserables opened on Broadway Thursday night -- just three years after it closed. Les Miz, A Chorus Line and The Fantasticks -- three record-breaking musicals -- are back on the New York stage this fall in carefully crafted replicas of their original productions.