Posted On: August 23, 2007, 9:52 am CDT

Posted By: Happy Day

OK, tell you what... If I knew about these things maybe I would even volunteer to help with the testing, not for pay, not for anything other than to help my fellow Americans & their children, but I am not a scientist nor do I have any medical training (I do know how to clean & dress a small wound or make an ice pack for injuries), so it would seem that I am not the most qualified to answer your questions or to do the testing (whatever that may entail.

Oh, clm mgr, if the Company had checks in place & used them to not allow defective merchandise from being purchased to begin with & testing of all products before they are marketed to the general public, there would be much fewer problems that involve litigation. Looks like Mattel might need someone new in Loss Control... just a thought...

I have no idea how much Lead is bad, butas a child I had an Antique Iron Bed with Lead paint. We all played on it, jumped on it, had slumber parties with a bunch of kids, hid under it when we played hide-n-seek & it was nothing that made any of us sick & no one died from it... but of course now that the Attorneys have become more involved in so many areas (like chickens pecking at the dirt trying to find some little scrap to chew on) who knows what is acceptable anymore since they keep changing the story on us.

I think if a manufacturer or distributor of products to the public put out something that has been deemed unsafe, then they should suffer the costs to make it right & satisfy any testing needed as a result of possibly endangering people's health or life.

Sorry if you do not agree… I figure if you sell something in a market that has safety regulations & your product is inferior with regard to its safety, pull it & learn how to check & verify the safety standards have been met before you sell it! There is a reason the safety measures are put in place & its not to get additional funds to Attorneys who represent folks that bought a product that was later recalled due to something regarding the safety of the consumer.

Mattel has been in business long enough to know the checks & balances & get it right – someone messed up – that's why they need to step up & take action now.