THERE IS A RECALL FOR WOODEN THOMAS TOYS!!!
Announced today, RC2 wooden thomas toys, primarly red ones
Consumers Product Saftey Commission press release
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07212.html
the effected items need to sent back to rc2
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Red, eh… I’m glad Thomas is the blue one.
I saw that on the news they said James the red engine, the caboose, and a stop sign. I dont know if there were anymore but thats what the news listed. Looks like its time to get Bachmanns Thomas line for the kids!
i guess China is the last country in the world to realize that lead in paint is a bad thing
Geee, I played wit led waits 4 yeers + it aynt iffectid me nun. [D)]
Nelson,
Uh, not wantin’ ta bee a smart alex. I thunk da propurr turm iz “nffectid”…
Tom
Thanx. I sumtymes git mie werds rong.
This thread is not intended to fuel a global-economical political debate, but a safety recall notice, for both the US and Canada.
It is intended to inform parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, brothers, sisters, friends… about a hazzard recall that effects nearly every one out there, who has or knows of a child with one of the recalled toys, and how to get safe replacements.
To prevent locking, I would request that you remove / refrane from posting all political/economic comments in this thread.
I remember soaking in the leaded gasoline fumes helping to pump gas into the Charger back in the early 70’s
Im still here. LOL.
There is a set of wooden trains at one of the LHS in my area. I dont know if they are the products under the recall.
Further examination reveals recall lists for alot of products in a walmart store that no one ever reads.
It should be.
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Hard to believe we got from 2 to over 5 BILLION people without government help. Sure glad I grew up in the times when parents taught their kids NOT to eat paint, too.
China will fall. They don’t even have child resistant bottle caps or warning labels on everything.
Yeah, but look at your posts!
Yeah, half my toddler’s roster will need to go back.
This is what we get for having our children’s toys made in a part of the world where they add poison to pet food to make it appear nutritious when it’s not.
Thankfully neither of my boys used their Thomases as teething toys, but some kids do.
The RC2 site is down. I wonder if the server got overwhelmed or if they turned it off.
Bummer! I thought the red ones tasted the best.[dinner]
This is a link to NBC News that has a list of the suspect products
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19213392/
Probably a bit more robust link that to the importer.
Think of all the public places that have a Thomas set in their kiddie play area. We have one at the model RR building at Boothbay RR; it’s great to keep the little ones occupied while the olders look at the layout - even if it’s benchwork and bare plywood with one operating track.
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07212.jpg. Heres a link to show what the trains look like.
Hum, why do I get the feeling that we’ll be seeing a surge of these items up for auction on eBay soon?
I’m not sure I’m going to get too wrought up about this - it’s not like we didn’t all grow up in houses that were thickly coated with lead paint. They’re pretty small, and I’m betting my toddler would have to gnaw the paint off a daddy-sized stack of them to do any long-term damage to himself.
There’s a litigation trail on lead paint, so this strikes me as a potentially sensitive point, which probably explains the recall: better to just replace the stuff than have to deal with the bad publicity or a lawsuit (which costs a lot of money, whatever the outcome).
Thanks River Eagle,
My son has a couple of these items and I will be returning them right away.
Makes me glad my kids were never ones to put toys in there mouths.