The technology involved is mostly off-the-shelf, but it took several years to design a foolproof (and theftproof) system that supermarket chains would accept.

In all of Istar, in all of Ansalon, there was no edifice more theftproof.

Along those lines, too, the radio is a "theftproof" Alpine model that won't work if it is removed and the thief doesn't know how to reprogram its special code.

He said he was considering having a display wall built that would be fireproof, theftproof and bulletproof, and would hold other humidors that he has collected over the years.