Thu 10 Apr 2008
Millions of Cheap Toys Recently Recalled
Posted by Meta-Dad under alert! , fyi , health , life , the good, the bad, and the otherwise , toys , what's going on??
News Flash - toys that are made cheaply may fall apart and pose choking hazard, or may contain lead (get this) because they are made - cheaply. That’s right folks. If you are buying toys at a discount store or dollar store (maybe a cute little impulse buy for the kid, niece, cousin, etc.) you may want to pause for a moment and think why the toy is so cheap.
Perhaps you should ask yourself, “how are they able to make a remote control formula one racing car and sell it for a dollar and still turn a profit?” And the answer is - because the manufacture it the cheapest way possible and perhaps by turning a blind eye to how much lead is in the paint and how well the small pieces are secured.
The four recent recalls listed below represent millions of units of these cheap $1 dollar toys. If I were to venture a guess about why products like this continue to show up on the shelves of stores around the country, it’s because people still buy them. So the lesson of the day for us, the Consumer is, don’t buy these cheap little toys for the young ones.
Follow the links below and check your kid’s toy bin for any questionable toys.
Related Links;
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Toy Racing Cars Recalled by OKK Trading Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard
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Magnetic Dart Boards Recalled By Henry Gordy Int’l…
April 10th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
If my son turns out to be anything like how I was as a kid, he will LOVE these kinds of toys; especially those small toy cars. So I definitely won’t be cutting any cheap corners when purchasing them for him in the future.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:29 am
So true, so true.
April 11th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Puzzles are the best toy. One thing I have learned over the last few months is that no puzzle is too complicated for Eli. The nice thing, most of the puzzles have large pieces made of quality wood (splinterless) that have great designs. Eli can spend hours doing the puzzles and the nice thing is that even though the picture is the same, the pattern of doing the puzzle changes each time so there is no sense of boredom!