You say you want to be able to buy Barbie dolls for your son without worrying that he’s going to get lead poisoning but at what cost? Toy manufacturers hoping to call parents on their collective bluff—and really actually kind of baiting them to do so—today announced that they will be complying with safety standards but it’ll come out of overly worrisome guardians’ pockets. Mega Brands, which saw one child die and 27 others suffer internal injuries* on its watch this year, manipulatively bemoaned the fact that they’ve now been forced to contract “almost 200…people that go around to factories and test…from a frequency standpoint, the cost is going to go up,"and BMO Capital Markets analyst Gerrick Johnson estimated that price points will rise from $14.99 to $19.99.
Betrothed and father-to-be John Carney said, "There's no way in hell [he's] willing to fork over an extra 5-spot." Are you?
U.S. parents want safer toys, but will cost them [Reuters]
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Posted by Mike Hunt , Oct 09, 2007 5:00PM
Those things would be fun, if, um, everyone moved in slo-mo. They'd hafta crank up the speed on those things roughly 5x to make them true cubicle weapons.
Posted by Bess Levin , Oct 09, 2007 5:02PM
Michael-- Add a plastic knife to the end and it becomes a bayonet.
Posted by , Oct 09, 2007 5:02PM
hahah, roll the mouse over that graphic
Posted by RIP Carney , Oct 09, 2007 5:10PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
Posted by , Oct 09, 2007 5:14PM
carney is procreating?!
Posted by Zbignew , Oct 09, 2007 6:00PM
That pea shooter is nothing compared to this!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/86b8/
Posted by , Oct 09, 2007 6:02PM
my money's on levin. carney = wuss.
Posted by , Oct 09, 2007 6:33PM
nnahh, Carney is hard-core!
Carney, if what Bess says is true, congrats on your new developments!!! If nothing else, your children will boost your already superior management talents. keep it up, so to speak.
Posted by , Oct 09, 2007 6:36PM
pretty sure she was kidding...but regarding the duel, i'm all in on bess.
Posted by JEB , Oct 09, 2007 8:00PM
Betrothed with a bun in the oven? That explains all of the rumors going around about Carney looking for a real job, one that actually pays. Kids (and wives) are expensive.
Hey Carney, don't forget the prenup!
Posted by L'Emmerdeur , Oct 10, 2007 11:41AM
OK, people, settle down. Let's all don those thinking caps. Any girl willing to say "I do" to Carney would have to be so drenched in spirits as to be effectively embalmed, which would imply a non-functioning uterus.
(Sorry, the Carney as spouse and father is too rich a bait)