In this toy story, retailers looking for U.S. products..(Yay Timbuk Toys )

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In this toy story, retailers looking for U.S. products
Huge recall has locals rethinking Chinese products
In this toy story, retailers looking for U.S. products
Huge recall has locals rethinking Chinese products

Recalled toys.
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By Joanne Kelley, Rocky Mountain News
August 3, 2007
Denver stores say the recent spate of toy recalls, most recently by Mattel Inc.'s Fisher-Price division, has made them think twice about selling Chinese-made products.

While specialty shops tend not to carry the mass-produced Sesame Street characters recalled for high lead levels, they acknowledge that most toys carry "Made in China" labels.

"We've been going through our shelves and looking for stuff that's made in the USA, and we're finding it's a very small percentage," said Linda Meyer, manager of Timbuk Toys on South Colorado Boulevard.

Fisher-Price announced a worldwide recall of 83 types of toys - including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters - because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead.

The recall involves almost 1 million plastic preschool toys made by a Chinese vendor and sold in the United States between May and August. The company is advising parents to keep the toys away from children and to contact Mattel's recall hotline at 800-916-4498.
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[e-mail] or 303-954-5068. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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1. Link to American made toys

http://www.madeinusa.org/nav.cgi?data/toys&