Thomas Recall to expand?

According to the Chicago Tribune, RC2 is now facing a class action suit over the metal “Take Along Thomas” lines seeking to halt their sale.  The company’s response is interesting in the fact that they actually respond, instead of the normal “we don’t comment on pending litgation.” Also missing are the classic words “frivolous” or “baseless.”  RC2 is maintaining that the metal trains are not part of the recall and they are safe. They’re made in different facilities using different processes.

I don’t think anyone is mistaking the metal trains as part of the recall (though this seems to be RC2’s line of thinking).  The past few articles filed by Maurice Possley at the Tribune seem to indicate a new recall is in order.  Between the nurse from Kansas who claims to have found a metal train that tested positive for lead (and later was ignored by the CPSC), to the report that the Illinois State’s Attorney’s office found metal trains with lead after they mistakenly tested the wrong product in verifying the current recall, it sure does look like the recall might expand.

Fortunately for us, we don’t have a lot of the metal trains, mainly because they don’t fit on the wooden tracks, but this whole thing is getting uglier by the day.  As my wife said, “I wouldn’t be surprised if all it gets recalled”

I have to say I agree with her.

[Update: I've posted an update on this here.]