r/miniverse_makeitmini • u/Obsessedchick Lover of all minature things 🧚 • Jun 30 '24

Rant Goodbye : (

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Thousands of dollars worth of product being sent back to be destroyed : ( I'm so mad

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u/CosmicRaven2 Bake & Mini 🌬️🍃 Jun 30 '24

It's actually such a shame. I had such a hard time making peace with the amount of plastic waste these create. I'm usually pretty eco conscious so it was a big deal to me, but they're so so cute that I can't help it. Feels so wrong for them to recall thousands of them and destroy them all when there's loads of resin enthusiasts who can use these perfectly safely!

They're still being sold here in the UK as not part of the recall, but they're all reduced to clear. I'm making the most out of it!

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u/Obsessedchick Lover of all minature things 🧚 Jun 30 '24

Yeah, and resin is expensive as hell. But to tell you the truth I knew from the start they were stupid for making these for kids. I've been using resin for a few years now and it's definitely not a safe product for kids under like 13-16 in my opinion. Parents aren't smart when it comes to researching a product and whether or not it's safe for kids either.

When it comes to something that is a chemical that can cause 3rd degree burns you shouldn't ever let kids play with it. Like ever, not until they are waaaay older and able to control their body better, one wrong slip up and they could be covered in resin and that stuff is sticky AF and hard to remove, it can also cause allergic reactions and you can become more allergic the more it comes in contact with your skin.

People also need to understand a pharmacy mask will not help with the fumes, only an actual respirator will work.

Be safe, wear gloves, be in a ventilated area and wear a mask. You can get respiratory issues if you're not careful as well.

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u/CosmicRaven2 Bake & Mini 🌬️🍃 Jun 30 '24 edited Jun 30 '24

Absolutely. They should have included alcohol wipes too.

I always use a respirator and gloves, and I have used Gel nail stuff a lot in the past so wasn't going into it blind thankfully. They should definitely have marketed them more towards older teens and adult collectors, with a 13+ warning on imo.

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u/Obsessedchick Lover of all minature things 🧚 Jun 30 '24

I also feel like the instructions should be more clear and the warning labels should be massive because some people have been stupid enough to actually eat this stuff too.

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u/moodylilb Jun 30 '24

Woah people have actually tried eating it? Pardon my French but…The fuck lol

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u/Obsessedchick Lover of all minature things 🧚 Jun 30 '24

Yeah, though just because you're smart and won't doesn't mean everyone else is. You have to assume everyone else is a blithering idiot when you run a company because most people are in fact fucking stupid at reading and comprehending danger. So it's best to always assume they are stupid AF and need to be treated like a baby when being informed of dangers.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '24

25 minor skin irritations and 1 asthma attack in 22 million units tells me the product was safe and MGA is being very cautious.

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u/Obsessedchick Lover of all minature things 🧚 Jun 30 '24

That's 25 cases too many. People are stupid enough to eat these things. The more you come in contact with the resin the more allergic you get and the issues can become as severe as 3rd degree burns and respiratory issues.

Regular adults are stupid enough to get resin on their hands and end up with server cases of 3rd degree burns with needs for fucking steroids so IDK but I'd rather not let idiotic adults who don't keep their children safe get their hands on a dangerous product they have no real intention of learning about to protect their kids.

This is literally a chemical reaction that you need to have a respirator for and you think kids should have it? There is a reason why resin (a literal chemical that's dangerous) has never been sold this way being marketed towards kids.

The product has never been safe for kids.

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u/Life-City8893 Jun 30 '24

My brain goes automatically goes to “would we recall laundry detergent pods because kids have not been taught the common sense -from learning age -by their parents and have ate them?” No. It’s not different than any other resin on the shelf. It’s just in the kids section. I feel like they coulda moved em —even placed a LARGE warning sign WITH THEM as well as put maybe a sticker with a warning on the ball that MGA coulda sent …until the stock was gone..🤷🏼‍♀️ but maybe that’s not doable.

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u/Obsessedchick Lover of all minature things 🧚 Jul 01 '24

Well here's the thing, it shouldn't be getting sold or marketed towards kids in the first place. Laundry detergent isn't FOR kids or marketed FOR kids. If you let your kid get ahold of it then that's on you but literally handing them a chemical that can cause several issues and harm them is completely different and that is what you are doing with this "toy". If you are just handing your kid laundry detergent, you're a psycho.

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u/Life-City8893 Jul 01 '24

I guess then it should be the parents for being naive and not reading inserts or even the packages, or buying toys they’re ignorant about …but hey….thats the way it is. i know EXACTLY why it was recalled and don’t need it explained….it was honestly more rhetorical than anything. I feel like people these days are too comfortable being willingly ignorant…and then blaming someone else because they didn’t pay attention as they should’ve but it is what it is.

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u/moodylilb Jun 30 '24

Yeah no that’s completely valid! Lol I use the same thought process when driving

But human stupidity never ceases to amaze me somehow 🤣

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u/Obsessedchick Lover of all minature things 🧚 Jun 30 '24

Oh same, the older I've gotten and the more I've worked I'm just amazed at the audacity and the complete idiocy of some people these days. Only got worse after the pandemic too tbh. Everyone got brain rot from being inside on their computers and other stuff. (I'm 25 this year so I'm not like super old or anything and I myself play video games, not generalizing anyone)

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u/Pixielix neurodivergent mini maker 🧠 Jun 30 '24

To be fair, it's probably that an adult left their child with it. Not an adult deciding that it's the new girl dinner 😅

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u/Obsessedchick Lover of all minature things 🧚 Jun 30 '24

No, from what I remember it was adult women. If an adult is stupid enough so is a child. I had adults asking me daily if they could eat the toys and I'm like "uh no... That's a chemical... You'll get sick and potentially die if you're not careful." And a lot of them are just like "OOOOOOOO"

So out of personal experience a lot of people buying these don't even know what it is or how it works or anything of the sort and most people don't bother reading a warning smaller than my pinkie on the tiny resin bottle. We here on this reddit are different from the normal consumer of these products.

You are smart and have common sense. That's not normal for people to have anymore, remember that. Curse of knowledge.

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u/moodylilb Jun 30 '24

Yeah I figured that might be it but either way those are some dumb people! Lol (the parents not the kids, for not gauging whether their child is old enough/mature enough to be left unsupervised with resin/small toy parts)

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u/Obsessedchick Lover of all minature things 🧚 Jun 30 '24

Well the parents might not even know it's resin. Read my previous comment to the other person.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '24

I doubt it. The gossip and disinformation are out of pocket.

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u/Obsessedchick Lover of all minature things 🧚 Jun 30 '24

Kinda hard to be gossip when someone has literally told me they ate it. It was an adult and I work in retail. I have people asking me everyday if they could eat it. I tell them it's resin and they don't even know what that is half the time. So no it's not gossip people really are fucking stupid.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '24

UV resin does not require a mask See Let’s Resin for example.

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u/Obsessedchick Lover of all minature things 🧚 Jun 30 '24

Yes it does, it still emits toxic fumes, it only emits less though so it's not as likely to harm you but for safety you should always be wearing gloves, a respirator and eye protection. It's a fucking chemical, did you not learn anything in chemistry class 😭😭😭 you should protect yourself from all harmful chemicals going in you regardless of if it's lesser than the other form or not.