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NEWS ABOUT: Fisher-Price

Fisher-Price stories: 5 news summaries

 Requiem for the View-Master 


Mar 14, 09 6:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fisher-Price isn’t stopping production on its 3-D viewer, the View-Master, but it will no longer produce the huge catalog of picture-wheels that have delighted and enlightened generations of Americans, laments the Economist. The company will publish just a small number of children’s reels for the device that... More »

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toys • consumer products • World War II • Fisher-Price • 3-D • View-Master • viewer

Amazon Fights 'Wrap Rage' With Less Packaging

Less bubbly stuff, fewer twisties better for impatient consumers, planet

Nov 3, 08 2:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Amazon.com has heard the exasperated sighs of customers digging through yards of bubble wrap and undoing twist tie upon twist tie to find that one tiny memory card. The online retailer today introduced “Frustration-Free Packaging,” by which it aims to make its shipping friendlier to both recipient... More »

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Microsoft • Fisher-Price • Amazon.com • bubble wrap • wrap rage

She Coos, Giggles, and Promotes Islam

Fuming parents say Mommy doll utters 'Islam is the light'

Oct 25, 08 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mattel’s Little Mommy Cuddle ‘n Coo doll comes complete with a rattle, pacifier, bottle, and Islamic propaganda—or so say some angry parents. Customers are barraging the toymaker with complaints that the doll says “Islam is the light," the Daily Telegraph reports. Noting “the... More »

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Islam • toys • Mattel • Fisher-Price

Chinese Toy Exec Commits Suicide After Recall

China banned exports from the company

Aug 13, 07 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The head of a Chinese company that made a million of the lead-tainted toys recalled by Mattel last month hanged himself in his warehouse this weekend. Zhang Shuhong's  suicide followed the announcement Thursday that China banned exports from his company because of the defects. Colleagues reported that Zhang had been... More »

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China • suicide • toys • exports • recall • Mattel • Fisher-Price • Chinese toys • tainted • Zhang Shuhong

Mattel Recalls
1.5M Toys
Made in China

Lead-tainted paint the culprit in Sesame Street, Nick items

Aug 2, 07 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mattel is recalling some 1.5 million Chinese-made toys found to have "excessive levels" of lead in their paint. The Elmo's Guitar, Ernie Splashin' Fun Trike and 81 other  types of toys, mostly Nickelodean and Sesame Street products, were marketed under Mattel's Fisher-Price brand and cost between $5 and... More »

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China • consumer • toys • recall • product safety • Mattel • Fisher-Price

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