The first catapults were built around 200 B.C. to hurl flaming 6-pound javelins at the enemy. Now the same basic mechanism is used to launch tiny plastic pigs through the air at friends and family with the Pig Catapult. Illogical it may seem, but fun it definitely is. After ‘pulting a few pigs across the room, it’s hard to go back to javelins. Each 5-3/4" long plastic shooting device comes with ample pig ammo for a full-fledged pig-flinging party. “Incoming oinks.”