I have a question - Mattel changed its accusations from blaming China, to design flaws. So Mattel included Lead in their designs?
And they designed an overall unsafe product?
Nice... Mattel- go to...
I remember reading about this when Mattel voluntarily recalled these toys back in August.
It was the toys with magnets like polly pocket that were not designed well enough to hold the magnets in place. Something about newer high powered magnets that no one knew would ever be a problem until some kid swallowed two of the same type from a Magnetix construction set and died. I definately see that as a design problem, and not a manufacturing issue. If they had made those here in the US, they’d still be recalling them.
I think Mattel is still pretty PO’d that it’s vendors circumvented standards and allowed lead paint on some of the Fisher Price toys. Now, there’s a situation where if the toys were made here in the US, there’s no way any lead paint would ever get them.
So when I read of Mattel’s “apology” to China, I see that as having to do with the recalled toys with the magnets more so than toys with high leadlevels in the paint.
I remember reading about this when Mattel voluntarily recalled these toys back in August.
It was the toys with magnets like polly pocket that were not designed well enough to hold the magnets in place. Something about newer high powered magnets that no one knew would ever be a problem until some kid swallowed two of the same type from a Magnetix construction set and died. I definately see that as a design problem, and not a manufacturing issue. If they had made those here in the US, they’d still be recalling them.
I think Mattel is still pretty PO’d that it’s vendors circumvented standards and allowed lead paint on some of the Fisher Price toys. Now, there’s a situation where if the toys were made here in the US, there’s no way any lead paint would ever get them.
So when I read of Mattel’s “apology” to China, I see that as having to do with the recalled toys with the magnets more so than toys with high lead levels in the paint.