Date: August 24th, 2006

Lara Croft left London without their beloved twin-pistols to begin the way to the computer game fair "Games Convention 2006" in Leipzig, Germany.

For safety reasons the 20-year old Model Karima Adebibe was not allowed to take their toy pistols on board her flight from the British capital to Leipzig, a speaker of the Eidos told on Wednesday.

So that at the public days (23 - 25.08.2006) the visitors of "Games Convention 2006" experience Lara Croft in old well-known Outfit, Eidos is now looking around in Leipzig for suitable toy pistols.

Instead of showing Lara Croft with weapons, she showed up on the specialized visitor day, it presented a Xbox360 with 45.000 Swarovski crystal in over 20 colours, with each crystal painstakingly applied by hand, and is worth € 9.000,- / $11,000,-!

The console, crystallised by Berlin-based Bling My Thing, was commissioned by Eidos Germany as part of the much-anticipated launch of Tomb Raider: Legend.

Makes sense I guess, there would inevitably be a security alert otherwise!

I don't see why they couldn't at least let her take them in the checked luggage.... but everything for safety, i guess!