Posted in Uncategorized, tagged babies, children, family, lead in toys, parenting, toys on February 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Is there an end to the madness?
High Lead Levels Are Found in Vinyl Plastic
Baby Products
By LOUISE STORY
Published: February 11, 2008
High levels of lead were found in a handful of well-known baby products made of vinyl plastic by an environmental group based in California that spread the word about lead on vinyl baby [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children, family, toys, made in china, made in europe, european toys, design on February 5, 2008 | No Comments »
I think about 75% of what Santa brought this year was either made in USA or Germany;
Jan 31st 2008
From The Economist print edition
What European toys say about European views
Illustration by Peter Schrank
LEADERS of the European project spend much time searching for icons of a single European identity. They name “Europeans of the Year” and give [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged childhood, Lego, nostalgia, toys on January 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Taken from Lego.com
The LEGO history began in 1932 in Denmark, when Ole Kirk Christansen founded a small factory for wooden toys in the unknown town of Billund in the south of the country. To find a name for his company he organized a competition among his employees. As fate would have it however, he himself [...]
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