Thomas Tank Engine Recall

Lise · Jun 15 07 06:20

A note to all the parents out there, there's been a recall on some products by Thomas the Tank Engine due to lead poisoning. If you haven't already, take the toys away from your kid and check the labels. For more info:

The toy maker [A title="RC2 Corporation" href="http://www.nytimes.com/mem/MWredirect.html?MW=http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp&symb=RCRC"][FONT color=#004276]RC2 Corporation[/FONT][/A] pulled a number of its Thomas & Friends trains and accessory parts off the shelves yesterday after learning that the red and yellow paint used to decorate more than 1.5 million of the toys contained lead. Lead, if ingested by children, can cause long-term neurological problems that affect learning and behavior.

"Parents should not delay in getting these toys away from their kids," Scott Wolfson, spokesman for the [A title="More articles about Consumer Product Safety Commission" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/c/consumer_product_safety_commission/index.html?inline=nyt-org"][FONT color=#004276]Consumer Product Safety Commission[/FONT][/A], said yesterday.

An alert posted at a Web site devoted to the toy line, [A href="http://www.totallythomas.com/" target=_][FONT color=#004276]www.totallythomas.com[/FONT][/A], included a list of more than two dozen items affected by the recall. The company noted that toys that bear a code containing a "WJ" or "AZ" on the bottom of the toy or the inside of the battery door are not included in the recall.

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stretchedout · Jun 15 07 06:28

Wow, imagine paying up to $70 per item for you toddler. Crazy times! After all, no matter what you get little people they usually have more fun with the big box, playing house!

Lil Me · Jun 15 07 09:16

Wow. If Thomas is toxic, I wonder what happens to the poor kid who chews on Diesel 10? Spontaneous combustion?

Sportsdude · Jun 15 07 09:29

that was my favourite show growing up. To me Ringo wasn't a Beatle but a tiny conductor dude.

Lil Me · Jun 15 07 09:36

LOL. I had forgotten about Ringo. Later, it was creepy to see George Carlin on a kids' show. I kept waiting for him to say something inappropriate. I'm a huge fan of Tom Jackson (Billy Twofeathers) and watched North of 60 for years.

Sportsdude · Jun 15 07 09:42

yeah that weird. I watched it for 5 years and then Carlin shows up and I just thought he was just a funny dude. He was on Seasame Street too a couple times. Never knew he was an adult stand up guy.

P.C. · Jun 15 07 09:45

He was excellent in his day. And as much as I hate to say it, when he got straight, he just wasn't as funny anymore.

Sportsdude · Jun 15 07 09:50

straight?

P.C. · Jun 15 07 09:53

as in drug-free

Sportsdude · Jun 15 07 09:59

ahhhhh

that's usually what happens with performers. Take them off the drugs and they're not creative.

stretchedout · Jun 16 07 09:24

Nonsense. The illusion to the performer is that while they are on drugs (alcohol being the worst) they think they are more creative and play better. Reality, the best songs were written while the creaters were sober. And the best performances are while the performers are sober. Next question!

Schadenfreude · Jun 16 07 09:56

stretchedout wrote:
Nonsense. The illusion to the performer is that while they are on drugs (alcohol being the worst) they think they are more creative and play better. Reality, the best songs were written while the creaters were sober. And the best performances are while the performers are sober. Next question![/DIV]
My, you are an expert in everything.

P.C. · Jun 16 07 10:15

Nonsense. The illusion to the performer is that while they are on drugs (alcohol being the worst) they think they are more creative and play better. Reality, the best songs were written while the creaters were sober. And the best performances are while the performers are sober. Next question!

And that may be true......generally speaking. But I wasn't speaking in general terms, I was specifically referring to George Carlin......and I maintain that George Carlin's career took the fast track to the dumpers when he 'got clean'.

Your comment that the best songs were written while the creators were sober contradicts your praise of the Beatles talent in another thread. There was a heap-o-songs of theirs, that were written under the influence of all kinds of various drugs.

Lise · Jun 16 07 10:39

Ringo was a voice on Thomas the Tank Engine? Gee... you learn something knew everyday. Personally, I can't stand the show. The trains, the minature people.... creepy.

stretchedout · Jun 16 07 10:57

P.C. wrote:
Nonsense. The illusion to the performer is that while they are on drugs (alcohol being the worst) they think they are more creative and play better. Reality, the best songs were written while the creaters were sober. And the best performances are while the performers are sober. Next question!

And that may be true......generally speaking. But I wasn't speaking in general terms, I was specifically referring to George Carlin......and I maintain that George Carlin's career took the fast track to the dumpers when he 'got clean'.

Your comment that the best songs were written while the creators were sober contradicts your praise of the Beatles talent in another thread. There was a heap-o-songs of theirs, that were written under the influence of all kinds of various drugs.

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The concepts for a few of the songs may have come while high on LSD, for The Beatles work from '66 - '67 but the development of the songs was in the studio under the direction of the sober Sir George Martin. He didn't tolerate intoxication in his domain.