Mood:
blueNow Playing: "Hamtaro" - Dearest Son found his old DVDs when I cleaned his bookcase
More domestic life, less doll. Since school starts up next week, that'll change. I'm kind of sad, kind of happy. We didn't get to slide in to his old school, he'll be going to a new one. Drat. But they have his bus all arranged - and it's not a Special Needs one - and their aptitude test scores are some of the highest in the county. I'm selfishly happy about not having to sit in a roasting/freezing car five hours a week, and not having to battle morning traffic, but I'll miss the interaction I had with his teachers and classmates. I'll have to see what volunteering I can find there.
In other news, I'm sure you've heard about Mattel's latest recall - >
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa070814_wz_toyrecall.327c31ed.html
Shorthand, it's for magnets in Batman and One Piece action figures, Puppy Day Care figures, nearly every Polly Pocket playset made in the last two or three years, and some of the ‘Barbie and Tanner' doll-and-dog sets, and for lead paint on one lone Cars figure, namely Sarge. Ironically, Sarge is one of the few we don't have. Dearest Son just wasn't interested in him much, and generic 'Hot Wheels' jeeps he already had stood in just fine if you asked him about it. Article is fully linked to better details, especially if you have any of these toys and need info about what to do.
I never liked the ‘Barbie and Tanner' set. It just seemed weird, and this is coming from a woman who had no squicks about the ‘Growing-Up Skipper' doll she had as a kid. Then or now. Again, succinctly, the plastic dog ‘eats' food Barbie gives him, then ‘craps' out the same nuggets from the other end. Barbie picks up the leavings with a magnetic scooper, presumably to put back in the "dog food" box, or Tanner's bowl. (shudder) The scooper was modified later in production, but Mattel wants to make sure kids don't eat more than one of these magnets - nobody wants a repeat of the Magnetix fiasco. Not something Mattel was responsible for, but better safe than sorry. Especially when you're already having trouble getting kids to want toys over electronics these days.
In related toy news, the co-owner and top exec of Lee Der, the Chinese factory recently banned from exporting toys due to their involvement in earlier lead paint recalls was reported dead from a suicide today. Something to think about when perusing the aisles at Mal-Wart. ‘Just toys' indeed.
