Little Tikes recall

Little Tikes recalls children's Toy Workshop sets and trucks due to choking hazard. In cooperation with CPSC Little Tikes has recalled 1.6 million of these products that contain a small plastic toy nail that measures 3 1/4 inches long by 1 1/4 inches in diameter that poses the choking hazard. The plastic nail comes in two (2) colors Red or Blue.

The firm received One (1) report of an 11 month old boy who choked when the toy nail became forcefully lodged in his throat. The child was hospitalized but made a full recovery. The toy was sold in stores from 1994 through June 2009 and was manufactured in China and United States. Consumers should remove the Toy Nails immediately and contact Little Tikes for instructions on free replacement toy nails.

Okay, couple things struck me in this recall.
***note - glad to hear the child made a full recovery and no other incidents have been reported.

1. Plastic Toy Nails - we also have plastic screws, legos, numbers, letters and every other toy that has small pieces for our kids. I do not blame Little Tikes for making these plastic play nails because they are fun for the kids to play with and also provide fine motor skill learning.
***Bottom Line - Supervision and Observation. Know if your child is one that likes to place things in their mouth and remove objects from the play area that may (even if you think there is No way they would put this in their mouth, they will) cause a choking problem. All my kids were different and some we did not have to worry about but our little daughter is different. Everything goes in her mouth.

2. Free Replacement Nails - this may not be too comforting to parents with newborns that are just exploring their environments like this 11 month old. Also, what size and shape will these be would have been some key information to pass on when sending out a Press Release.

3. Made in China and the good ole USA. So many people are on this kick of only buy USA made products and that products made over seas are not of quality. Completely false claims because almost every product you have in your house, at work or that transports you to and from places has parts that are made from other countries. Quality is dependant on the company that secures the manufacturer or the Importer that is purchasing the products to resale.

***We at SkitterToys work closely with our manufacturing to ensure the highest quality of product for our kids and yours. This is the main reason that we switched Manufacturers recently because the quality did not meet our standards. Similar ride on toys claim to be the original not an initiation or even say that the Skitter is an imitation of the Plasma Car (this is posted on Plasma Car site) which is completely FALSE. The Plasma Car and Skitter came from the exact same manufacturer until the quality issue. And now we are proud and stand behind our claim that our ride on toy has the Highest Quality of Production. Also to note, the majority of our replacement part orders are for customers that do not have a SkitterToy!