Model Railroading > WARNING! Attention parents with Thomas the Tank sets

Saw this on another group.

I confirmed it's legit by checking the CPSC site and searching for toy recalls.

Announced today, RC2 wooden thomas toys, primarly red ones
Consumers Product Saftey Commission press release

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07212.html

warning the effected items need to sent back to rc2

robby Wrote:
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Saw this on another group.

Announced today, RC2 wooden thomas toys, primarly
red ones.


Red engine? James is a mixed-traffic engine. He has a reputation for being naughty. He is very proud of his red paint and shining brass dome, and so likes to stay clean. He hates pulling trucks, and believes that he should only be used to pull coaches. He thinks himself superior to the other engines, and can be shallow, boastful and arrogant.

ArgyleEagle Wrote:
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> robby Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> Saw this on another group.
>
> Announced today, RC2 wooden thomas toys,
> primarly
> red ones.
>
>
> Red engine? James is a mixed-traffic engine.
> He has a reputation for being naughty. He is very
> proud of his red paint and shining brass dome, and
> so likes to stay clean. He hates pulling trucks,
> and believes that he should only be used to pull
> coaches. He thinks himself superior to the other
> engines, and can be shallow, boastful and
> arrogant.


Your kids are too old for you to remember this stuff. This scares me.

I'll bet there's a scramble in Strasburg, PA, home of the USA Thomas. Thomas Days run this weekend and next.

-PRR 5711


From WHTM TV ABC27, Harrisburg, PA:
http://www.abc27.com/news/stories/0607/431366.html

The recall involves wooden vehicles, buildings and other train set components for young children distributed by RC2 Corporation. The front of the packaging has the logo "Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway" on the upper left-hand corner.

A manufacturing code may be located on the bottom of the product or inside the battery cover. Toys marked with codes containing "WJ" or "AZ" are not included in this recall.

Toys included in the recall are:

- Red James Engine & Red James' # 5 Coal Tender
- Red Lights & Sounds James Engine & Red James' #5 Lights & Sounds Coal Tender
- James with Team Colors Engine & James with Team Colors #5 Coal Tender
- Red Skarloey Engine
- Brown & Yellow Old Slow Coach
- Red Hook & Ladder Truck & Red Water Tanker Truck
- Red Musical Caboose
- Red Sodor Line Caboose
- Red Coal Car labeled "2006 Day Out With Thomas" on the Side
- Red Baggage Car
- Red Holiday Caboose
- Red "Sodor Mail" Car
- Red Fire Brigade Truck
- Red Fire Brigade Train
- Deluxe Sodor Fire Station
- Red Coal Car
- Yellow Box Car
- Red Stop Sign
- Yellow Railroad Crossing Sign
- Yellow "Sodor Cargo Company" Cargo Piece
- Smelting Yard
- Ice Cream Factory

The trains and train set components were sold at toy stores and various retailers nationwide from January 2005 through June 2007 for between $10 and $70.

Consumers should take the recalled toys away from young children immediately and contact RC2 Corp. toll-free at (866) 725-4407 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Thursday and between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. CT Friday, or visit the firm’s Web site:
http://rc2corp.com/company/recalls.asp

For more information, visit the Web site of the Consumer Product Safety Commission:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07212.html

After all this time manufacturers still haven't figured out that they shouldn't use paint with lead in it ??

Quoting Buck Owens: "That's just dumb ..."


TCS - and he's right.

TopcoatSmith Wrote:
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> After all this time manufacturers still haven't
> figured out that they shouldn't use paint with
> lead in it ??

Made in China. Considering the news about the toothpaste from
China with diethylene glycol, the wheat gluten for pet food with
melamine, the fish raised in raw sewage and fed dangerous
drugs and chemicals to compensate (!), and the lead contaminated
cosmetics from China, it is a wonder folks keep buying stuff
from China.

Oh, yeah, it is cheaper. Sure....

dr_grid
>
> Quoting Buck Owens: "That's just dumb ..."
>
>
> TCS - and he's right.

dr_grid Wrote:
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> TopcoatSmith Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > After all this time manufacturers still haven't
> > figured out that they shouldn't use paint with
> > lead in it ??
>
> Made in China. Considering the news about the
> toothpaste from
> China with diethylene glycol, the wheat gluten for
> pet food with
> melamine, the fish raised in raw sewage and fed
> dangerous
> drugs and chemicals to compensate (!), and the
> lead contaminated
> cosmetics from China, it is a wonder folks keep
> buying stuff
> from China.
>
> Oh, yeah, it is cheaper. Sure....
>
> dr_grid
> >
> > Quoting Buck Owens: "That's just dumb ..."
> >
> >
> > TCS - and he's right

Hmmmmmm......Athearn, Proto 2000, Walthers, Seems that their products come from China frquently.....I guess no one around here buys any of those products if it's dumb.....and cheaper.

So thats why those paint chips tasted so sweet. At least it is lead and not antifreeze.

dr_grid Wrote:
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>
> Made in China. Considering the news about the
> toothpaste from China with diethylene glycol, the
> wheat gluten for pet food with melamine, the fish
> raised in raw sewage and fed dangerous drugs and
> chemicals to compensate (!), and the lead
> contaminated cosmetics from China, it is a wonder
> folks keep buying stuff from China.
>
> Oh, yeah, it is cheaper. Sure....
>
> dr_grid


Unfortunately, it is cheaper and all of us who shop at ANY big box store (and most little ones) know it.

The logo for RC2, Thomas's importer, looks like an adaptation of the Communist red star.

Red China 2: a sequel or redux?

-PRR 5711

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> > robby Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > Saw this on another group.
> >
> > Announced today, RC2 wooden thomas toys,
> > primarly
> > red ones.
> >
> >

ArgyleEagle Wrote:


> > Red engine? James is a mixed-traffic engine.
>
> > He has a reputation for being naughty. He is
> very
> > proud of his red paint and shining brass dome,
> and
> > so likes to stay clean. He hates pulling
> trucks,
> > and believes that he should only be used to
> pull
> > coaches. He thinks himself superior to the
> other
> > engines, and can be shallow, boastful and
> > arrogant.
>
>


jackpot Wrote:

> Your kids are too old for you to remember this
> stuff. This scares me.



I was kinda thinking the same thing.

Careful there Shane. Sir Topham Hat might pull you of service "so you can have a lesson"

I printed the recall form last week and shipped out the affected stuff we had.

On Tuesday, Small Boy asked for help finding his
"missing" James and Caboose. Hopefully the importer gets this straightened out before he figures out that James sleeps with the fishes.

Waiting for that other shoe, I remain:
B-Dubya

Scary thing is that they were first sold in 2005, and it took about two years for them to get caught!!!