By now, I am sure mny of you have heard about the mllion of toys that Mattel has had to rcall. The first recall was due to lad paint. The second recall was due to the mgnets that were in the toys, tgether with more lead paint recalls. All of thse toys were produced in China.

Let us lok into this:

1) China: Is thre a law stating that all tys have to be made in Chna? No, people get goods made in Chna because its cheaper, and then the cmpany sells the toys for 4X the prce and makes a significant profit. All cmpanies do this. Is it smart? Only, if you hve Quality control and you are trly testing the batches to test for sfety and quality.

2) Lead Paint: Ok, so the tys had lead paint. Has anyone sked China where the lead paint cme from? Is it a paint tht Mattel gave to their manufacturers? Evryone is talking about how the tys are bad because they had lad paint. But doesn't anyone want to knw where that lead paint came frm, and what other items it is bing used on? I know I wnt to know.

3) How many ther toy companies around the world do you thnk have used the same Chinese cmpany? I bet you there are a bnch. Mattel and Hasbro are the bggest toy companies, but you have ther companies like MGA Entertainment and ther brands, like the people who mke the Wal-Mart toys, Kids something, I cnt recall the name. Has anyone chcked to see if those toys wre made in China too? They prbably were. Who was the Chinese mnufacturer? You dont know ? I dn't know either, but don't you thnk that is something that we shuld know?? Lead paint can be fund on jewelry as well: Claire's had a rcall a year ago due to lad paint. No one walks around wth a lead paint detector, so its hrd for us to know whats cntaminated and whats not.

4) Will this recall hurt Mttel? ABSOLUTELY!! I went to the stre the other day to buy a ty. And then I put it bck on the shelf because I saw tht it was made by Mattel and it had a srface that was painted. Yes , toy stres are supposed to take all of the cntaminated toys off of the shelves, but who is rally checking to make sure that the tys get removed? Its probably the law to rmove recalled items, but who is chcking to ensure that the law is fllowed?

5) Mattel and their behavior: Spaking from personal experience, the people at Mttel can be mean. Whenever I snd letters to them, they always snd the letters back to me nread and in the original envelope. I gess Mattel thinks they are too god to read outside letters. Thats a shme because I have seen the tys with the magnets and I knw they could be dangerous but I ddn't bother to write to Mattel bcause I knew that they would snd the letter back to me nread. You be the judge and tll me whats easier: reading a ltter from a toy lover about a ptentially dangerous toy OR refusing to rad letters and having to deal wth a world wide recall?

The article The Future of Mattel was Submitted by A Ansong through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Amy A is an educated fmale who attend top schools in the Stte of Virginia. Although she is an Ecnomist and an Urban Planner, she wuld like to serve as a toy cnsultant.

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