Forum - View topicNEWS: Pendants with Shonen Jump Images Recalled by Importer
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The_Libertarian_Otaku
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Why the hell is lead getting in the toys? Is this some Communist plot to ruin the U.S.?
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Sakura-Alchemist
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Maybe China is just a lead rich country.
and chances are the younger people who bought these items won't be on this site reading this article and won't know that there necklaces could contains lead. >A>;; Is this/was this on regular news channels? |
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dormcat
Encyclopedia Editor
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Yet another very typical fear-mongering Sinophobic response (IIRC this is not your first time). With the exception of GunPla, which of your anime collectibles (PVC figures, metal necklaces and pins, etc.) is not made in China? |
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hissatsu01
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Given that it's unbridled capitalism that has resulted in much of manufacturing being moved over to China, I think not. If the free market says we want cheap crap, quality be damned, what's a little lead, melamine, or who knows what else? Consumers will simply choose to buy non-toxic products if they don't want them. I mean they couldn't be so stupid as to think prices could go down, down, down without cutting a few corners, could they? |
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ReiClone88
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Wow, I haven't bought any of those, but I have a collection of anime and video game themed pendants hung ornamentally on my Wardrobe...
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bleachigo66
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I guess I should be glad I never decided to suck on my death note pendant! lol
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The_Libertarian_Otaku
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It's not a matter of Sinophobia, it's a matter of Communism. Any country can be Communist, as history has proven. (Cuba, Soviet-era Russia, Laos, Vietnam, and North Korea, anyone?) |
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penguintruth
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A fear of Communism is even less understandable, with it being largely irrelevant for nearly two decades. |
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Tempest
 I Run this place.ANN Publisher  Posts: 10460 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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I fail to see the relevance. -t |
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Ryvius213
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This got me wondering: Are there actually a lot of products out there that contain lead? If they're bound to get caught, then wouldn't they suffer more losses than gains by making lead products and then recalling them? |
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GATSU
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On an important note, other toys which were recalled which you don't want kids to have.
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TC-man
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If I am right the lead is added to make those toys look shiny.
Also, it's not that the Chinese want to add lead in toys, they just follow orders, and yes, from American companies (think MATTEL etc.). Here's a video about this matter: http://www.webcastr.com/videos/news/mattel-apologizes-to-china.html |
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_Earthwyrm_
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This must be a serious problem for kids and otaku who prefer to wear their pendants on their insides.
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ReifuTD
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Lead in stuff again! You know the last time this happened the Chinese government killed the people running factories. (I saw a report on it on fox news) It's just said when you have people killed over kids toys like this.
Think about it, theres more people in China who are going to be killed over this F*ck up then people even hurt by lead lined toys. |
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jtstellar
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not sure why you comment on a subject you seem to know very little about both intellectually and on a personal level. nothing is perfect, there will always be scams and defective products under any society. and because the government has taken on the role of trying to warn people of product safety always after-the-fact, they actually crowd out the private sector in this particular area who can do a much better job of warning customers because of the profit motive. i have engineering degree from a top university with government grant which i wouldn't have taken if i knew how government interference raises tuition, and i also do a lot of stock trading, i've read extensively on politics and economics i understand well the merits of the free market. let's just not get into depth on something you know very little about, unless you're sincerely interested in which case you should have actually spent time to learn instead of spewing nonsense before doing so. but why do you think newly researched cancer drugs are extremely expensive but they become cheaper overtime? why do you think lasik eye surgery cost has been reduced in half since it was first invented? it's the same motive seeking behavior as the few examples of defective products from china that is behind the innovation of drugs, less the companies that would make a profit from warning people about bad products if the government haven't crowded them out of business with their own sub-par brand of service. you seem to have this discontinued, dreamy image of reality while in fact, the world has very specific ways in how it operates. unfortunately unrealistic whines won't make things better magically ie. you wanting incompetent people in government to tax me to do jobs beyond their capability. |
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