Mattel Recall

[RedOktobre]

I agree with Aernaroth. There shouldn't be lead (or any other poisonous substance) in toys - period.

Let's face reality. All of us, from young children to adults, have a natural tendency to put "foreign objects" in our mouths. We all seem to like nibbling on things to relieve stress, occupy our thoughts, keep our senses busy, etc.

For example, how many of you people out there have the unhealthy, but common habit of biting or nibbling their ball-point pens?

On the other hand, Robimus, also made a strong point. Most adult TF collectors probably do not bite or nibble on their TF figures! I strongly suspect that most TF collectors prefer to keep their figures in mint condition!

That's my 2 cents worth...

[jourdo]

Don't eat the toys and you are fine.

Actually I'm amazed at the amount of recalls happening right now. Luckily nothing that has been recalled is in my house... so far.

[Aernaroth]

Nothing that you can recall, at least.

[Beechy]

It's cuz Hasbro is clearly better then Mattel.










Hasbro, if you're reading this, gimmie a job.

[Robimus]

So a few more recalls came up today, saw it on CBC news. Also some reports that chinese factories used by Hasbro that are using child labor(Jr. High students were specified) to keep costs down. This is all really sad, these companies should look at moving operations out of China if they can't trust the companies there.

Also Mattel's president has a message on www.mattel.com apologizing and promising improved efforts to make toys safe in the future.