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Neil Friedman, president of U.S. operations for Toys "R" Us, is a veteran of 40 Christmas seasons in the toy industry. As president of the preschool division of Tyco Toys, he created the first Tickle Me Elmo craze in 1996. This year, Friedman said, he doesn't see another Tickle Me Elmo-level craze out there, but he sees something better for the industry - multiple hot toys that sell out when shipments arrive. A season with high-demand toys is good for Wayne-based Toys, because the retailer has shipments arriving throughout December, unlike department and discount store retailers who shrink or shut down their toy aisles after Dec. 25. If a LeapPad kid-friendly tablet device or electronic space doll Fijit is sold out one day, parents will return another day to see if new shipments are in....
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This Christmas Day, the people that Rob Hrezo loves can thank his childhood creativity with Tinkertoys for their gifts. Hrezo was just a preschooler when he figured out a better way to use the sticks from the building set - to knit.
Isaiah Phipps? eyes grew wide as he saw the other kids - and then the preschool classroom jammed with toys he'd never played with before. For Isaiah, 3, Friday's preschool debut was the first social outing of his short life. He has never eaten a meal at a restaurant. He has never been to a department store. And he had never been with a large group of children.
WASHINGTON - Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling 83 types of toys - including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters - because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead. The worldwide recall involves 967,000 plastic preschool toys made by a Chinese vendor and sold in the United States between May and August. Parent company Mattel Inc. says it prevented more than two- thirds of the affected toys from reaching consumers by contacting retailers, like Wal-Mart, Target and Toys 'R' Us late last week.
BEIJING - China said today it would work with the United States to improve product safety amid a massive U.S. recall of plastic preschool toys made by a Chinese vendor, including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters. The remarks came just ahead of toy-maker Fisher-Price's announcement that it was recalling almost 1 million toys, the latest in a string of Chinese product safety scandals.
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