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If you're shopping for kids, it's probably better to look for G3s and G4s, anyway. It's very difficult to find G1s, and G1s tend to have a whole slew of problems that can make them dangerous for kids (mold, lead, one study even said they might have traces of arsenic in them!). By today's safety standards, G1s are best kept thoroughly cleaned and on a shelf.
The researchers tested three categories of toys, including vintage non-vinyl, vintage vinyl, and more recently made vinyl toys. Examples of some of the toys tested included Fisher Price Little People sets, My Little Pony dolls, Barbies, rubber ducks, Little Tykes play kitchens and American Girl dolls. The study notes that 34% of the 77 non-vinyl toys tested would violate the current U.S. and Denmark limits on lead while 30% would violate cadmium limits. Oddly the color of each toy played a significant role in the toxicity of said toy. According to the study, the highest concentrations of both cadmium and lead were found in yellow toy parts. Green, orange, and brown non-vinyl parts were similarly likely to contain high lead or cadmium concentrations. Toys colored with red and peach hues often contained lead or cadmium, and peach plastic was especially likely to contain excessive cadmium. Toy parts colored with white, magenta, turquoise, black, and gray had very little to undetectable amounts of cadmium and lead. The researchers note that while specific pigments appear to be a major source of harmful metals in toys, parents should perhaps avoid giving any older toys to their kids, as there’s not enough research on their safety.
That's scary!The trend of passing down American Girl dolls without getting the plastic parts replaced is worrying me now too...
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginSo I went back to the flea market today and picked up the three G3's that I saw from this original post. I wasn't surprised they were still there, business had been slow. But I found a G1! A Firefly in great condition! And the orange G3 still has the packaging plastic around her tail and sewn into her mane. She was also wearing a pony costume with all the shoes and leg warmers and crown...pretty good for $3, right? The purple one was $2, the FIrefly and rainbow haired G3 were $1 each. But something happened to the rainbow hair when I washed it - the pink hair snapped off at the base, as clean as a razor blade. It just fell out in chunks. No other color, the white hair and green hair was fine, but the sugarberry colored streaks disintegrated. Anyway, I had lots of fun dragging my poor kids all over town to bargain hunt today.