All Aboard The Chinese Poison Train. (Trees And Things)

3fingerspointback: More Chinese response

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:57:43 EST

The head of the factory that produced the lead-based toys apparently hung himself over the weekend. The reason for the lead paint was be

Lou: As long as you're ok with that

Wed, 8 Aug 2007 16:25:11 EST

As for me, at this point my little guy is only getting wood toys made in Canada and Germany.

Well, I for one won't support Nazi toy factories run on slave labor. Oh wait...wrong era.

tomc: Re: All Aboard The Chinese Poison Train.

Wed, 8 Aug 2007 15:50:22 EST

I recommend the generic BRIO building sets if they're still available (I think they're discontinued, but you can get them on eBay). I'm not that keen on the one-kit-builds-two-specific-toys products, but that's the subject for another discussion!

Thalia: Re: All Aboard The Chinese Poison Train.

Mon, 6 Aug 2007 20:37:07 EST

Except that Thomas the Train & Fisher Price are not cheap brands. If you bought the off-brand wooden train sets from Target, paying about 15% of what you would have paid for a Thomas the Train set, you're fine. If you went for the brand nam

thefadd: Re: Stop. Tariff Time.

Mon, 6 Aug 2007 15:20:50 EST

Starting a trade war isn't the way to go. Beefing up our own product standards would go a long way. The US is probably 2nd only to China in terms of product standards. If we led the way in better product inspections, we could get standards upped through th

thefadd: Re: All Aboard The Chinese Poison Train.

Mon, 6 Aug 2007 15:19:07 EST

maybe after the olympics.

pO157: Re: All Aboard The Chinese Poison Train.

Mon, 6 Aug 2007 14:55:31 EST

I knew General Ripper had it right:

I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.

pO157: From the old business adage:

Mon, 6 Aug 2007 14:50:30 EST

Fast, cheap, and good -- pick any two.

Except in the case of Chinese imports, strike good and replace it with "non-deadly."

tomc: Re: All Aboard The Chinese Poison Train.

Mon, 6 Aug 2007 14:43:57 EST

What can we, as consumers, do about it?

You get what you pay for.

pO157: Stop. Tariff Time.

Mon, 6 Aug 2007 14:41:47 EST

The Senior Senator from the great state of NY, Mr. Schumer (D) is renewing his earlier calls for a 28% tariff on all Chinese imports.

His initial push for the tariff wa