Mattel, Fisher Price, and Lead Paint

Posted on 08 17, 2007 under Press by Noodad |

lpic2If you haven't heard about the toy recall by Fisher Price and Mattel in last couple of weeks, then I suggest you go here .

Bob Eckert, the CEO of Mattel, Inc. has sent out an email to parents and concerned anti-lead enthusiasts. The letter (shown after the jump) basically says this:

We're sorry. We're just as pissed off that it went down this way. We love your kids (not in a creepy way) and we hope this line about "Your children are our children" will make you still buy a crapload of toys from us this Christmas.

What it fails to say is: We realize that snatching away the toys that your kids cannot live without is a pain in the rear but trust us, you don't want lead in their system. So we are prepared to just give you replacement toys before you send them back to us.

My wife and I have decided to slowly "lose" these toys in a month long phase out. I remember when I had to give back my Lead paint laced Voltron when I was a kid and that sucked royally. Besides the plastic replacement didn't shoot out the cats as nicely. 

What do you think? 

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    I suppose a month long process is good for your family (I am not sure of the kids ages) but with a teething 8 month old....I would not recommend you take the chance of having them chomp on this crap one minute longer. I think we are going to impose the \"No China\" toy rule in this house. There are some really nice wooden German toys out there. They use all natural wood dyes to color them. Nothing to say they may not be recalled, but the EU seems pretty up on things like plastic leaching issues, GMI\'s and generally \"seem\" to give a S*i% about the products they turn out!

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