Overwhelmed By Toy Recalls? Buy Video Games

Los Angeles Times   |  Alex Pham   |   November 30, 2007 09:35 AM


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Kathleen Buczko, a mother of three, is the toy industry's Grinch this year. She plans to cut her spending on toys by 25%.

To the video game industry, she's more like Santa -- because she's boosting her game budget by 600%.

One big reason, the San Pedro resident said, is that she wants to protect her 5-year-old son from another toy crisis. Two of his favorite playthings -- a Mattel Inc. die-cast car and a Thomas the Tank Engine train by RC2 Corp. -- were recalled this year because of lead contamination.

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I remember my favorite books from childhood more so than any toy I ever got. Books are lead-free too.

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