Parents need to learn more about magnets in toys and the special and unique safety considerations that should be taken. The risk of a child swallowing magnets is actually very different from the risk of choking on a small part.
Product demonstration and review of MAGNETIX by ROSE ART traditional 70-piece magnetic building set, from a consumer who was unaware of the Magnetix product recall. Posted to expotv.com on June 23, 2006.
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Watch this *exclusive* home video from a family as they discover that the "Magnetix Xtreme Combo" magnetic building set they bought AFTER the March 31, 2006 MEGA Brands recall was defective...2 magnets fell out of the corners onto their carpet and these powerful magnets ripped holes through bags. This is just a test! (No magnets were swallowed and no children needed surgery.)
Smart boy creates figure from geomags. Notice the parts scattered on the carpet. Luckily for his family this is NOT the brand which has become known for magnets that come out and have been swallowed by children with tragic consequences.
Long video in which bored kid's action figures combat a shape-shifting figure constructed from magnetic links and balls. See through to the end to find out if the magnetic figure will be vanquished!
What did this pretty girl do to her face? Why did she do this? Looks like the kind of flashing magnets (2 pieces connect one on each side of your clothing, etc.) you can buy at sporting events or from street vendors. These magnets are not safe and also not subject to any toy safety regulations. Do not let your kids put them in their mouth where they could end up swallowing them!
Boy connects several Magnetix Xtreme magnetic panels and puts them over his eyes like in Star Wars. These flat panels are the very type that have had many tiny NIB magnets fall out of the corners and get swallowed by kids.
Friday, November 10, 2006
the power of magnets
A bad idea - magnet in ear.
Hanging with a magnet
Guy hangs a neodymium rare-earth magnet on the ceiling and it holds his weight.
Neodymium magnet holding around 350 sheets of paper
The power of a large neodymium magnet.
Floating magnet
He makes a maget float in the air.
Magnet
Really dumb guy swallows magnet then attracts magnets to it from the outside of his body.
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Please read these cautions about "multiple magnet ingestion", magnetic toys and jewelry, tiny magnets, defective children's toys, the Magnetix building set recall (3.8 million toys recalled in US, Canada, Europe and now tragically, Australia), Mega Bloks Inc. and Rose Art Industries, Inc., and Dracco Magnets sold in Europe.
Read about the huge second recall in April, 2007 of 4 million additional sets of Magnetix magnetic building toys at our information library http://www.magnetscankill.spaces.live.com
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