Recalls: Batteries, gas vent dampers, toys, necklaces and music players (Seattle Times)
This week's list of recalls and safety alerts for household products includes gas vent dampers, toys, rechargeable batteries, necklaces, CD players and MP3 players.
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What's happening Sunday: Vintage toys talk; nature program (The Kalamazoo Gazette)
Historical talk in Kalamazoo "Toys and Games from Kalamazoo" is being presented in the Mary Jane Stryker Theater at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum, 230 N. Rose St. Tom Dietz, the museum's curator, is discussing award-winning recreational devices by local inventors...
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Get your toys tested for drugs (WHOI Peoria)
By Jen Christensen Friday, October 10, 2008 at 9:42 p.m. If you are thinking about what toys to get your kids for Christmas and you want to make sure they're safe, there's a website that lists the toys that have already been tested for harmful chemicals.
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Toys 'R' Us Holding Buy 2 Get 1 Free Game Sale (1up.com)
Toys "R" Us stores are having a Buy 2 Get 1 Free sale between Sunday, October 12 and Saturday, October 18, reports Cheap Ass Gamer. The deal is only available in the U.S., and though it will be online CAG notes there may be certain restrictions placed for online orders. Chances are you know how this works: buy any three games, and the lowest-priced game is free. If you buy three games of ...
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This year's hot toys are dino-mite (Daytona Beach News-Journal)
NEW YORK -- A lifelike baby Triceratops that children can ride on, a Wall-E robot that responds to your voice, a dancing game that eliminates wires and mats.
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Help for hundreds needed in Toys campaign (Mineral Daily News-Tribune)
Toys for Joy will kick off their fund raising with a community yard sale.
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Social Release: PetSmart(R) Offers Top Costumes, Toys and Halloween Events (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
A recent PetSmart survey reveals at least 16 million pets will dress up for Halloween in 2008. To make this Halloween your pet's spookiest yet, PetSmart offers top costumes, toys and pet-friendly fun in-store and online.
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Toys creating distance (Provo Daily Herald)
1 1That's one technique UVU assistant professor Jeff Peterson used when he was living in Seattle. It's also a handy way to tune out peddlers and beggars who are seen more commonly in large cities, he said.
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Slump won't play nice with toy sales (Akron Beacon Journal)
NEW YORK: Will financial market turmoil be the Grinch this Christmas? With parents facing high food and gas costs and slumps in the job and housing markets, the question is whether holiday spending will focus on less expensive toys.
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RECALLS (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
About 330,000 units of Nerf N-Strike Recon Blasters, manufactured in China by Hasbro Inc., have been recalled because the plunger can pull the user's skin when the blaster is fired. The company and the Consumer Product Safety Commission have received 46 reports of injuries to children, including bruises, blood blisters and welts. The blasters were sold by Wal-Mart, Target and Toys "R" Us as well ...
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