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1kg of lead is like 90mL. I just measured my quite svelte TV remote at 22cm x 2cm x 5cm = 220mL. I'm sure you could easily fit 1.5 kilos of lead in there, and with a slightly thicker "A/V receiver" style remote we could easily make that 3-4kg

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Unfortunately the venn diagram between "people who want a heavy remote for physical fitness reasons" and "people who will absolutely lose their minds when they find out it has lead in it no matter how safely you have encapsulated it" is pretty close to a circle.

That's OK, the lead remote is simply an anchor pricing option (heh), we can sell those people a luxury tungsten weighted remote instead!

As an added bonus we can pack in 70% more mass in the same space

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