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| Five year old Thomas & Friends tops recalled for lead paint | ||
| August 9, 2007 at 4:54 pm | ||
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Toymaker Schylling Associates has announced that they are recalling approximately 24,000 Thomas & Friends spinning tops manufactured between June 2001 and July 2002 because the Chinese-made (shocking!) toys had wooden handles covered with lead paint. But here’s the interesting rub — it seems Schylling may have known about the lead paint for five years but failed to issue a recall:
Leonard wins the worst spin by a COO award! Somehow I don’t think his “golly, gee willakers, I don’t know!” excuse is going to fly with parents (or their attorneys). As an extra precaution, Schylling is also recalling similar Curious George and Circus Top tops that were sold around the same time. If you think you have one of these toys, contact the company at 800-767-8697 or info@schylling.com. Tags: china, lead, thomas, tops, Toy RecallsBookmark to:
   
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| Thomas & Friends trains recalled due to lead paint | ||
| June 19, 2007 at 8:41 am | ||
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The latest toy to apparently fall prey to China’s shoddy manufacturing safety controls are the ever-popular Thomas & Friends wooden trains. RC2 Corp. of Oak Brook, Illinois, is recalling almost 1.5 million of the trains that they have made directly for them at a Chinese plant. The trains may contain lead-based paint, which of course is extremely toxic if ingested. And as any parent with a basket full of these things knows, the paint is not exactly chip resistant especially in the hands of a toddler with a strong pitching arm. The Thomas & Friends recall is one of the first in our recent memory that wasn’t gum ball machine junk, so perhaps this situation will finally get the attention it deserves when parents are having to return or discard hundreds of dollars worth of toys. Visit the RC2 website for the alarmingly long list of train toys being recalled. It should be noted that if any of your kids any of your kids’ Thomas trains on the list have the codes “WJ” or “AZ”, you can breathe a little easier as they are not included in the recall. Tags: china, lead, rc2, thomas, Toy Recalls, trainsBookmark to:
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Lead paint… blah, blah… China… blah, blah… toy recall… I think we all know the 