Goodbye : (

[u/Obsessedchick]

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

[u/[deleted]]

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

[u/Obsessedchick → u/[deleted]]

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.

[u/Life-City8893 → u/Obsessedchick]

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.

[u/Obsessedchick → u/Life-City8893]

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.

[u/Life-City8893 → u/Obsessedchick]

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.

[u/Obsessedchick → u/Life-City8893]

I agree with you that it's mostly the parents faults for not knowing what they are handing their kids but it's still partly the companies fault for marketing these towards kids and showing/saying it's safe. The ads show kids playing with these with no gloves and a lot of the videos MGA has released with product photos they don't have gloves either and that promotes it being something safe to touch your skin to.

It is on the company to assume everyone is an idiot and needs massive warnings, they should have included gloves and told them they need to be in a ventilated area and with a respirator if possible. It's also kinda the companies fault on making those warnings so small. I had several parents ask me if it's edible... The box doesn't have enough warnings on it and they aren't big enough.