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Seconding this. I built a prop lightsaber hilt from bits of plumbing. I put it in a ziplock in my suitcase and set it in between layers of clothes, with a note for security explaining that it was NOT a bomb, just a prop, and told them when I went to check my luggage. I was told that it would NOT have been allowed carry-on, and they appreciated the heads up as bomb squad may have been later called unnecessarily.