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| Mattel recalls 800,000 more toys of doom | ||
| September 5, 2007 at 7:53 am | ||
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Those of you who short sold Mattel stock are probably celebrating this morning — toy maker Mattel has announced yet another recall of toys due to the threat of lead paint making it the third such recall by the company in just a few weeks. This recall involves 675,000 Barbie accessories (not the dolls) sold between October 2006 to August 2007. The others include 90,000 units of Fisher-Price GeoTrax trains and 8,900 Big Big World Bongo Band toys. Full details are on the Mattel website. Guess whose kids are getting hand made wooden toys for Christmas this year? Tags: china, fisher price, lead, mattel, Toy RecallsBookmark to:
   
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| More Mattel recalls for lead paint | ||
| August 14, 2007 at 9:48 am | ||
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In what’s sure to be a massive blow to their bottom line, Mattel has expanded their previous Fisher-Price recall to include more than 9 million Mattel toys because they may contain high levels of lead paint or small, strong magnets that can cause severe intestinal problems if swallowed. Some of the toys involved are die-cast cars from the Pixar movie Cars, Polly Pocket, Barbie, and Batman play sets, and many others. Mattel is on massive spin control this morning, taking out a full page ad in the New York Times that stated, in part, that Mattel “was one of the most trusted names with parents and was working extremely hard to address your concerns and continue creating safe, entertaining toys for you and your children.” A bit hard to believe in light of this recent news… Visit the Mattel website for more information and a complete list of the toys involved. Tags: barbie, batman, cars, china, fisher price, lead, magnets, mattel, polly pocket, Toy RecallsBookmark to:
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| Fisher-Price lead paint hazard leads to massive recall | ||
| August 1, 2007 at 7:34 pm | ||
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In their largest recall since 1998, Fisher-Price and parent company Mattel are issuing a recall of 83 different styles of toys — totaling up to almost one million units — due to excessive quantities of lead in the paint used on the toys.
This is yet another high profile case involving shoddy safety practices in Chinese toy factories which gained major exposure in June when RC2 recalled their line of Thomas & Friends toys. This latest Fisher-Price recall is even more alarming as their toys — which include incredibly popular items like Sesame Street and Dora characters — are even more ubiquitous than Thomas trains. Mattel has put up a recall information page to help determine if any toys in your household may be affected by the recall. In other news, Congress passed the Open Government Act, a circle jerk exercise focused on their own incestuous affairs. How about focusing on something a little more important there in Washington, like keeping our kids safe from dangerous imports, hmmm? Tags: china, fisher price, lead, mattel, Toy RecallsBookmark to:
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