Consumer group releases list of 10 worst toys for the holidays (laughing through tears)

Patch ^ | November 23, 2020 | AP

[DoodleBob]

BOSTON (AP) — Cute plastic animals with tiny accessories that pose a choking hazard, Black Panther-inspired claws with the potential to cause facial or eye injuries, and green slime that could be harmful if swallowed: These are just some of the items on an annual list of potentially dangerous toys released Monday by a consumer advocacy group.

"Although intended for fun and entertainment, many toys contain hidden hazards unnecessarily putting children at risk of injury or death," Boston-based World Against Toys Causing Harm Inc. said in a statement announcing its "10 Worst Toys" of the year.

With parents looking for ways to keep children occupied during the coronavirus pandemic, and with the 2020 Christmas shopping season approaching, toy safety awareness is critical, the group said.

"Shockingly, classic toy dangers, such as small parts, strings, projectiles, toxic substances, rigid materials, and inaccurate warnings and labels, continue to reappear in new generations of toys putting children at risk," the organization said.

There are an estimated 240,000 toy-related injuries to children each year and a child is brought to the emergency room every three minutes for a toy-related injury, according to WATCH.
The Toy Association, which represents toy manufacturers, called the WATCH list needlessly alarmist.

"By law, all toys sold in the United States must meet 100+ rigorous safety tests and standards," the association said in a statement. "However, WATCH does not test the toys in its report to check their safety; their allegations appear to be based on their misrepresentation of the mandatory toy standards — and of the priority the toy industry puts on safe and fun play."

The Toy Association said parents and others should always choose age-appropriate toys, encourage safe play, and make sure they purchase toys from reputable manufacturers and sellers.

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The full "10 Worst Toys of 2020" list and their potential dangers from World Against Toys Causing Harm Inc.:

1. Calico Critters Nursery Friends. Potential choking hazards.

2. Missile Launcher. Potential for eye and facial injuries.

3. Marvel Avengers Vibranium Power FX Claw. Potential for eye and facial injuries.

4. Gloria Owl. Potential for ingestion.
5. WWE Jumbo Superstar Fists. Potential for blunt force and impact injuries.

6. Sci-Fi Slime. Potential for chemical-related injuries.

7. Boomerang Interactive Stunt UFO. Potential for propellor-related injury.

8. Boom City Racers. Potential for eye and facial injuries.
9. My Sweet Love Lots of Love Babies Minis. Potential choking hazard.

10. Star Wars Mandalorian Darksaber. Potential for blunt force and eye injuries.

[PIF]

Loved that was shame they took it off market

[blueunicorn6]

Oh, I remember the look on my Dad’s face when my little cousin spun herself around about five times and launched a lawn dart onto the hood of his new Oldsmobile.

[polymuser]

Ahh, those good old toys...

>p>

[Carriage Hill]

Now, THAT’s funny!

[mylife]

LOL!!!

My cousin
Laurie did the same stuff with cats!! Rowl ralw rowl.. launch!

[V_TWIN]

I’m no acupuncture expert but I don’t think that’s the way you do it

[NEMDF]

OH NO Not the Oldsmobile! What model was it? We had Oldsmobiles as kids (I had one up until 2011!) My grandfather was some kind of Plant Manager or something for Oldsmobile in Lansing, MI.

[TigerLikesRoosterNew]

You will get ATF raid.:)

[blueunicorn6]

I know I shouldn’t laugh at that.

But I did.

[wally_bert]

I scrapped several aluminum doors that you used to see at entrance of retail stores.

The glass was still in place.

I can say those emergency windshield smashes work on that glass too.

Several contractor trash bags full.

[TChad]

The contestants for this year’s Irwin Mainway Award are not impressive.

[Hulka]

I had Darts and the chemistry set.

Lots of fun.

If you were too stupid to get out of the way of a dart, you deserve the damage done.

And if you were too stupid to NOT drink or pour in your eye the chemistry mixtures, you deserved the damage done.

Darwin award winners never lived past the age of 10.

[1Old Pro]

Stick with the BB rifle.

[blueunicorn6]

1968 Oldsmobile Cutlass S with the 400 cubic inch engine and The Interceptor Package.

[Dr. Sivana]

After I got married, my wife found out I had some old Mercurochrome in our medicine chest. I had no idea it was even controversial, much less banned.

As a kid, I had the Remco voice control astronaut base ( https://www.ebay.com/itm/1969-REMCO-VOICE-CONTROL-ASTRONAUT-BASE-IN-ORIGINAL-BOX/324279383777?hash=item4b808eb6e1:g:-iIAAOSw8vtfTVEs Remco and Marx had the COOLEST toys). I was seven, and wanted to see what the rocket would look like from overhead. It went into my eye, of course.

We also had a hand-me-down toy called Creepy Crawlies, where heat was applied to plastic blocks that expanded into plastic monsters.

[Ikeon]

I can’t recall swallowing any of GI Joe’s stuff or a hotwheel. But I do recall throwing and getting hit by more than one and eyes were always a target. .... We made tennis ball cannons and shot them at rach other. And the flaming ones were especially exciting to shoot at people.

[BBQToadRibs]

Man, parents today would freak out over the old school "Jarts" with the steel spear tip.

[Deplorable American1776]

They forgot one... The Dominion Voting Machine, you put in a name (Donald Trump) and it comes out with Joe Biden. That Toy should be recalled ASAP, along with anyone elected by the machine in 2018 and 2020... 😀

[blueunicorn6]

When I was a kid, I only had one toy and it was a dirt clod.

I named it Claude.

[mylife]

You've never been hit with a rogue calico...