By The Way...

Friday, November 18, 2005
1:50:00 PM EST
Hearing Waiting for the Siren's Call -- New Order
Speaking of the upcoming holiday season, as I was a few entries back, it's time for the annual list of 10 Worst Toys, from Toysafety.org. In addition to the expected things like toy weapons (including a water balloon slingshot that's just a lawsuit waiting to happen), there are also cute dolls and fluffy ponies! Danger is everywhere! The cynical side of me sometimes wonders if a toy weapon that ends up on this list ever actually experiences a jump in sales: For a certain "you can't tell me what to do" segment of the population, it would almost be a perverse badge of honor.

I think we'll solve the problem by not getting Athena anything for Christmas. Yes, yes. I think that solution will go down just fine.


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• #6 Comment from mavarin
  11/18/05 8:40 PM | Permalink

  Heh.  Two of the warnings come down to the same concern Ralphie's mother had: you'll shoot your eye out! - Karen
• #5 Comment from sktrwmn20
  11/18/05 7:32 PM | Permalink

  I just want to say thank you because I will think about the toys that I buy for my children. I just cant believe that Wal-mart and Target are selling these toys. I thought that these toys were going to be some off the wall brand toys and that we would only be able to buy them from like 99cent stores. Why do people even buy those toys at all from those stores?? How can they even sell them at all for even a dollar?
• #4 Comment from monponsett
  11/18/05 3:31 PM | Permalink

  I bought Gabrielle the Let's Swallow This Coin board game.
  
  
• #3 Comment from coelha
  11/18/05 2:42 PM | Permalink

  I'm appalled that Fisher Price has a toy on the list!!!  And those ponies, and those dolls!!!  Those hands----Eeek...  Gift cards are a good idea; there aren't very many "kids" on my list who actually want TOYS--sadly, they are all getting older!  :)
• #2 Comment from mymaracas
  11/18/05 2:07 PM | Permalink

  Honestly, how hard could it be for manufacturers to comply with the choke tube test? I mean, everybody in world who has kids owns one of those doohickies to check things. It always amazes me that so many toys still have small parts like that. Oh... and if nobody else wants those anti-grav boots, I'll take 'em.
  ;-)

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