eBay alert!
Well here's something for the family room - Missing Sputnik may be for sale on eBay:

As with so many things Russian, the sale, offered online by Sovietski.com and eBay Inc. for a starting auction price of $25,000, presents a riddle wrapped in a mystery, for no one is able to say how many authentic Sputniks actually exist.

Hmm, $25,000 ought to more than cover some silver spray paint, a Weber grill, some Radio Shack antennas, miscellaneous hardware, some old circuit boards, and my time slapping it together and forging, er documenting its provenance. See ya on eBay!

Actually, here's what I really want - Riot control vehicle for sale on Ebay:

Are the natives revolting round your yard? Fear not, equipped with the Talon Riot Control vehicle, up for sale on Ebay, you can give the local trots a taste of their own medicine.

Yeehaw!