There’s a funny skit on Mad TV about the toy factories in China. The skit involves a toy factory in China making a video to show their factory has high quality standards because of all the issues with high lead levels in toys. Bobby Lee plays the goofy lead tester.
In case this needs to be said, for those of you who don’t know Mad TV, this is just a humorous skit and not real. I’m not implying that’s what’s going on. Many countries are at fault for the various recalls including Canada. If I find any funny skits about Canadian toy factories I will include them to.
Bobby Lee also plays a Korean scientist, pretty much the same as the Chinese lead tester.
Posted on May 6th, 2008 by Mike
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ConsumerReports.org, um, reports another unsafe toy recall.
The toy being recalled is the Fun ‘n Safe brand dart board with magnetic darts available at the Family Dollar stores. The reason for the recall is not lead paint related but rather the magnets on the darts can fall off the dart. If children find these detached magnets, they might pick them up and swallow them. This will cause internal problems, especially if more than one is swallowed since they could attract each other internally and do more damage.
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Posted on February 28th, 2008 by Mike
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Whenever you make a purchase at a store, you are most likely given a sales receipt for your purchases. With the holidays here, and the usual gift exchanging from stores afterwards, most people will hold onto the receipts just in case. The sales receipt lists several important information points for the customer such as the date and time they purchased the items, a detailed listing of what they bought and the price. The subtotal is taxed and a grand total is calculated.
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Posted on December 24th, 2007 by Mike
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Toys have been taking a big hit the last half of the year with massive recalls for high lead content in paint and other health risks. Now another health issue has come up which could affect toy sales and it is not something most businesses want to hear. According to Yahoo Lifestyle, it turns out that any toys with a sound feature could potentially damage hearing. The decibel levels in some toys could cause hearing loss with extended use or close proximity to the ear.
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Posted on December 12th, 2007 by Mike
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A friend forwarded me this article from consumerist.com. The number of recalled products hits 16.2 million for 2007 due to lead contamination. That’s a disturbing number of toys to be recalled. According to injuryboard.com, the first excessive lead toy recall was issued on August 1 of this year by Mattel-Fisher Price. It has taken a mere 4 months to accumulate over 16 million products, the latest one being Aquadots because they were coated with a chemical that when swallowed acts like the date rape drug.
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Posted on December 1st, 2007 by Mike
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Ever heard of individuals that were bitten by a Werewolf would become a Werewolf themselves? Well forget turning into a Werewolf, being bitten by these fake teeth could cause lead poisoning. The person wearing the fake teeth in the first place could also get lead poisoning from wearing them.
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Posted on October 31st, 2007 by Mike
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By now, most people have heard of at least one of the many recalls on toys that were made in China. Certain toys made in China have been found to have high levels of lead in the paint used on the toys. This high level of lead in the paint could cause lead poisoning if not handled correctly, especially with children.
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Posted on September 30th, 2007 by Mike
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This is it, the first post for the Dollar Store Toy Box, the place to review toys available at your local dollar store. Dollar stores have an assortment of toys for a dollar, but in some cases they cost more than just one. That does not seem to make much sense since they are dollar stores, but I guess some things can’t be helped. I am even letting the tax footnote slide to since there is tax on the dollar store items.
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Posted on September 30th, 2007 by Mike
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