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Micro and Pocket Grappling Hooks

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You will never, ever need your own personal, pocket-sized grappling hook. Ever. Until that one crowning moment when disaster strikes; someone will yell, “If only we had a grappling hook!” You’ll coolly draw your Micro Grappling Hook from your pocket, unscrew its base to reveal its three tiny spikes, thread them into their angled holes, recap it, and without saying a word, swing the hook toward its target, saving the day. I know all this because I lived it — at my son’s fifth ...

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