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Discovering Sonya Lee’s got a Defect – Little People Recall

August 6th, 2010. By AbiK

Fisher-Price is sending out an APB for their Little People Play ‘n Go Campsite. It’s a product recall affecting about 96,000 campsite toys in the US, 14,000 in Canada. The 7-piece Play ‘n Go Campsites—product number R6935—were sold between October 2009 and August 2010, retailing for about $15.

So what—or who—is at issue? Seems the culprit is that little Sonya Lee. But just who is Sonya Lee and why all the fuss?

Here’s what we discovered (they’re big on “discovering” at Little People–see video above; Aaron Neville sings…) on the Fisher Price Little People “Meet the Little People Friends” d-base:

Name: Sonya Lee

Favorite Activity: Taking Care of Animals; Note: Sonya Lee claims to be able to understand what animals “say”. When camping at the Little People Play ‘n Go Campsite, she also enjoys playing guitar by the campfire and roasting unusually large marshmallows.

Favorite Animal: Her kitty, but she “really loves all animals”. Kitty is with Sonya Lee at the Campsite

Favorite Color: Pink

Favorite Season: Spring

Favorite Food: Carrots

Cohorts: “All the animals”—and has a friend who goes by the name “Squeakles”

Sonya Lee’s been charged with breaking at the waist—into two parts—which can become choking hazards. Thankfully, while there have been eight reports of Sonya Lee breaking, there have been no reports of injury, according to Fisher-Price. No other figures in the Campsite set have been identified as posing a hazard.

For those who may have trouble identifying Sonya Lee, she wears an ID label on the bottom of her feet that says, “Sonya Lee”. She was also last seen—at the campsite—wearing a green sweater with a purple camera around her neck.

If you see Sonya Lee—with a Little People Play ‘n Go Campsite—in your family room, play room, child’s bedroom, bathtub, backyard…really, anywhere, you’re advised to stop using it immediately and to contact Fisher-Price for a free replacement.

Fisher-Price can be contacted at: 800-432-5437.

Tags: Fisher Price, Little People, Recall, Sonya Lee
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Week Adjourned: 10.16.09

October 17th, 2009. By LucyC

Top Class Actions…Some biggies this week!

If it sounds too good to be true…Cash4Gold got hit with a class action lawsuit this week. The allegations include fraud and making misleading statements…

For example, Cash4Gold and its parent company Green Bullion Financial Services, claim to have an ironclad 12-day return policy, however the suit alleges that they often melt the gold they get before the period has elapsed. And Cash4Gold is also quite fond of blaming the US postal service for losing jewelry, the suit claims, when in fact the company has received the jewelry and may already have melted it down. The lawsuit contains a laundry list of allegations around false and misleading claims, makes interesting reading… Maybe their slogan should read “Cash4Gold for Us….”

What do you get when you partner with a company called “Danger”? Some T-Mobile Sidekick folks have unfortunately found out. T-Mobile and Microsoft were also slapped with a class action this week, alleging that they lost “most all the contacts, appointments, photos and other data stored by as many as one million users of the popular T-Mobile Sidekick line of mobile phones.” Ouch.

Apparently, the T-Mobile Sidekick data service went down in early October, after which Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: AT&T Wireless, Cash4Gold, Fisher Price, Mattel, Microsoft, T-mobile
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