Thu 1 Mar 2007
There is a nail fasteners that comes off the toy, posing a hazard.
Parents started reporting this issue 2002, Fisher-Price did nothing.
Then, because they didn’t issue a recall, in December 2002, a 14-month old child aspirated one of the nail fasteners into his lung. The child was taken to the hospital and underwent an emergency surgical procedure to have the metal nail fastener removed.
Federal Law mandates immediate reporting to the CPSC after getting legit reports, Fisher-Price botched that one too. So they are being fined almost a million bucks, and yes they finally have issued a recall where they will send you a repair kit for the toy, but they sure don’t make it easy. We DO actually have this toy (disclaimer: gifted), so I called their recall line at (866) 259-7873, and got a slew of menues, and the notice that they really didn’t want to talk to me in person, but that i’d be happier if i went online to complain. I wanted to interact with a human, the human that answered was impatient with the fact that i didn’t know the product number for the toy i was talking about, “we make several models of that toy, i can’t help you if you don’t have the product number”.
Great, thanks a lot.
THIS is exactly why you should never buy the garbage that is being dumped on the market by toy industry giants. And here is an example of a barn that you can make with your kids instead of supporting companies like Fisher-Price and their parent Mattel.
also, if you aren’t afraid of a little pro-islam sentiment, and perhaps a little conspiracy theory, check out this rundown of a very popular meme about Mattel’s Cyber Patrol software and it’s deep political tentacles.




