OMG! Toy recall!

I have heard about so many recalls over the past few years, but I got used to the fact that they never concerned us. I always over-research EVERY purchase we make and would only buy products with proven track records, etc. However, last week we were shopping for a birthday present for a friend of Caleb's at Target and we ended up in the "Cars" movie toy section. Well, Scott went crazy when he finally saw the "Sarge" Jeep toy available. We had been looking for this toy on and off ever since the movie came out almost TWO years ago! A full grown man jumping up and down in the middle of Target is not something you see every day, so how was I going to say no? So we paid the $3 for the small toy and took it home. It was out of the package and in Caleb's hands before we left the parking lot and everyone was happy.

Flash forward to this week and I innocently get an email from Fisher Price (I signed up for their newsletter when Caleb was a baby). I almost just deleted the email as I do with most of them but decided to read it. Lo and behold, it was a bulletin discussing the recall that their parent company, Mattell, had announced. So I said, "what the heck" and started looking at the items that were recalled. Sure enough, there was a picture of poor little Sarge. After some investigation when I got home, it turns out that our Sarge toy was made in China and was from the batch suspected to have lead paint in it, therefore, I need to send it back to them and will receive a voucher in place of the toy. And, oh yeah, make sure you allow 10 to 12 WEEKS for delivery of the voucher after receipt of the toy. I thought Scott was going to take it harder than he did, but he was pretty much OK with it. We just have to go find one that was made in Taiwan instead. Luckily Caleb is far past the stage where he has to put everything into his mouth. I would have been really worried if I even suspected he got it near his mouth, but I doubt he did.

Luckily, that is the only toy that we have that was even close to being recalled. The rest of them were all for "Polly Pocket" dolls or toys that are too old for Caleb yet. Definitely makes you think...