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RC2 Corp. Recalls Additional Thomas & Friends(tm) Toys Due to Lead Poisoning Hazard
September 27, 2007
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the
firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following
consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products
immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Various Thomas and Friends Wooden Railway Toys
Units: About 200,000 (1.5 million other Thomas & Friends railway toys
were recalled on June 13, 2007)
Importer/Distributor: RC2 Corp., of Oak Brook, Ill.
Hazard: Surface paints on the toys can contain excessive levels of lead,
violating the federal lead paint standard.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Description: The recall involves five toys from the Thomas and Friends
Wooden Railway product line: the all-black cargo car, toad vehicle,
olive green sodor cargo box and all-green maple tree top and signal base
accessories. The front of the packaging has the logo "Thomas & Friends
Wooden Railway" in the upper left-hand corner. A tracking code may be
located on the bottom of some of the products. Toys marked with codes
containing "WJ" and "AZ" are not included in the recall.
Recalled Product Name & Tracking Codes
All-Black Cargo Car - Included only in the Brendam Fishing Dock Set. The
car is labeled "CARGO CAR" and has either no tracking code or one of the
following codes on its undersides: 26833i 28233i 23243i00 24643i00
25343i00 27443i00 32043i00 34743i00 01553i00 04553i00 13353i00 14753i00
15453i00 18353i00
Cargo cars sold in other sets are not included.
Toad vehicle with brake lever - The vehicle is labeled "TOAD" and has
the tracking code 16560W000 on its underside.
Olive Green Sodor Cargo Box - The side of the cargo box says "SODOR",
the box was included only in the Deluxe Cranky the Crane Set.
All-Green Maple Tree Top and Green Signal Base Accessories - Included
only in Conductor's Figure 8 Sets.
Sold at: Toy stores and various retailers nationwide from March 2003
through September 2007 for between $10 and $40.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should take the recalled toys away from young children
immediately and contact RC2 Corp. for a replacement toy.
To see this recall including pictures of the recalled products, please
go to
CPSC's web site.
Consumer Contact:
Contact RC2 Corp. toll-free at (866) 725-4407 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
CT Monday through Thursday and between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. CT Friday, or
visit the firm's
Web site.
For more information on the hazard of lead, please visit our Healthy Environments Section.
For identification, a picture of the recalled items are available:




