figures and vehicle made in China

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old sailor

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I know this may sound silly, but given the recent news of bad products from China and the fact that the figures are fromChina,(I think), should we be concern as to whether the figures and vehicle have lead paint??? I don't want to sound like a wrimp but it light of the recent news about mattle toys, ,I m wondering if BFE figures and vehicles are tainted as well. Tell me MP I have nothing to worry about.
Den
 
old sailor said:
I know this may sound silly, but given the recent news of bad products from China and the fact that the figures are fromChina,(I think), should we be concern as to whether the figures and vehicle have lead paint??? I don't want to sound like a wrimp but it light of the recent news about mattle toys, ,I m wondering if BFE figures and vehicles are tainted as well. Tell me MP I have nothing to worry about.
Den
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Yes a quick response from Mongoose would be greatly appreciated :shock: :shock:
 
If they did, I doubt they would still be available.
I guess that they use standard acrylics, similar to the ones many of us use.
 
Unless you plan on chewing on your figures (and teething off and swallowing the paint), it isn't something you should worry about. It takes a LOT of lead ingested at one time to develop lead poisoning - you'd most likely have to chew through a few hundred BFE figs in one sitting before developing any problems or symptoms. Assuming, that is, that the pain is lead-based. :wink:
 
You'd have to eat a whole lot of minis and tanks to have any problems. And I mean a lot! :lol:

The hobby use to use lead minis, before the governments screwed up up with the lead in the toy thing. Applying laws to the hobbies that were never ment to be applied to.

I miss the days of 20 cent lead minis. The lead law really stiffled gaming.
 
Fight your opponent. . . not your minis.

If you want to destroy your minis, biting and eating them is not my favourite. Stomp them, hammer them, burn them. . . drown them if you want to kill them several times in a row. . .
 
The Old Soldier said:
The hobby use to use lead minis, before the governments screwed up up with the lead in the toy thing. Applying laws to the hobbies that were never ment to be applied to.

I miss the days of 20 cent lead minis. The lead law really stiffled gaming.
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I used to think that way too, but then I started thinking about having kids. Lead has a lot more effects on kids than adults, and I'm just as glad my hobbies (probably) haven't come back to haunt me.

And I've noticed how incredibly stiffled gaming is these days. Why, remember in the good old days when you could buy pre-painted minis for 25 cents, and from so many vendors? And don't even get me started on the difference in quality between today's malformed blobs and the finely crafted artworks of the 80s... :roll:
 
:lol: There were some good ranges in the 80s. Ral Partha comes to mind. Not their real early stuff (70s), but some of their others. Minifig and Hincliffe had decent ranges, but lacked the detail of the modern minis.

As for the lead thing, I still think is was a error. Yes, you may have children, but it UP TO THE ADULT to take care of their child, not the government. If you keep your lead minis in reach of a child, it is your fault not the company that made the miniature that was never intended for children.
 
The Old Soldier said:
As for the lead thing, I still think is was a error. Yes, you may have children, but it UP TO THE ADULT to take care of their child, not the government. If you keep your lead minis in reach of a child, it is your fault not the company that made the miniature that was never intended for children.
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Sure, no problem. If I knew which minis had lead and which didn't. Unfortunately I don't trust the manufacturer to label these things, if the government isn't watching over their shoulder with a big stick. So they may have gone overboard, but better than "underboard". At least in this case, IMHO.
 
Well, on the upside, the chinese are way ahead of us in one regard. They actually executed a food&drug minister who was guilty of corruption.

There's something to be learnt from that, I think :)
 
And the guy who was responsible for the Mattel lead paint fiasco committed suicide. I wonder if he was truly shamed or just scared of what the government would do to him.
 
Xorrandor said:
The Old Soldier said:
As for the lead thing, I still think is was a error. Yes, you may have children, but it UP TO THE ADULT to take care of their child, not the government. If you keep your lead minis in reach of a child, it is your fault not the company that made the miniature that was never intended for children.
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Sure, no problem. If I knew which minis had lead and which didn't. Unfortunately I don't trust the manufacturer to label these things, if the government isn't watching over their shoulder with a big stick. So they may have gone overboard, but better than "underboard". At least in this case, IMHO.
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The government does watch over them, that's why we wind up with recalls. Still, huge lots of the stuff actually make it into our homes... It still comes down to adult responsibility (and not chewing our mini's!)
 
Sgt. Brassones said:
And the guy who was responsible for the Mattel lead paint fiasco committed suicide. I wonder if he was truly shamed or just scared of what the government would do to him.
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Or...

Did the news just report it as a suicide... :roll:

Conspiracy theorists in Asia unite! :lol:

btw, the above was all meant in jest and fun. Please do not think I think this is what really happened. (Just in case "Big Brother" is monitoring this transmission). :P
 
ultimately, the old saying "you get what you pay for" holds true still.
We'll get cheap shit from china, as long as thats all we're willing to pay our companies for.
 
Highly doubt they contain lead. Lead paint is too much of a pain in the arse to clean up if painting by hand. The Chinese are practical. Water soluable would be easier to maintain and they wouldn't have to pay the extra expense for thinner.
 
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