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Re: Duplo Figure Causes Injury. Help Sought From Parents/LEGO.
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Date: 
Tue, 17 Jul 2001 00:32:09 GMT
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In lugnet.duplo, Matthew Gerber writes:
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It seems really odd to me, that a toy from LEGO, and especially one targeted
at the 2+ age range, would have these two 90° angles come together at their
points, with a snapping action...it's dangerous.

I intend to use a rotary tool, or an Exacto knife, to round off the top of
the legs where they meet the torso, so that my daughter doesn't get pinched
in the same way.

Has anyone else run into this problem, and/or come up with a solution?

I have a rather large collection of Duplo figures and have never found this
to be a problem, but I have yet to obtain Bob so possibly there is something
slightly different about this one.

I will definitely check this out when Bob makes his appearance.
(Didn't have any luck for my son's weekend birthday, spent Thursday evening
and Friday madly dashing about Lego retailers to no avail, they're still
shipping).

Deidre
drb@tasmail.com



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  Re: Duplo Figure Causes Injury. Help Sought From Parents/LEGO.
 
(...) Me again, I've just got hold of the same set (and 3276 which I've yet to open). I am currently sitting in my office without any "normal" Duplo figures so I can't be specific on the differences (which I may be imagining), but Bob does look (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.duplo)

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  Duplo Figure Causes Injury. Help Sought From Parents/LEGO.
 
So, being the rotten LEGO parent I am, I gave my daughter one of her Bob the Builder sets today (I couldn't wait...er, I couldn't make HER wait...ya, that's it...until her birthday next week). It was "Bob, Lofty and the Mice. A wonderful set, to be (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jul-01, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.dear-lego)

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