Another Reason Lego is Better Then Mega Bloks

[LegoLover]

In late 2005, a two-year-old child died after ingesting two magnets from a Mega Bloks toy in a series called Magnetix. The magnets lodged in his small intestine, and the force from the magnets twisted his intestine to bring them together until blood supply dropped and bacteria traveled from the intestine to his bloodstream. This was the first death reported from a Mega Bloks toy. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating the toy.

Taken from Wikipedia.

[tophdawg]

does there really need to be another reason for lego to be better than megablocks. on a side note wikipedia cant always be trusted because any person is allowed to edit it. for example you could delete the entire megablocks article to say megablocks is a bad product made by the same aliens who started world war three. (eventually they would edit it and ban you from changing it would take them a while.) back to my point that is why wikipedia cannot always be trusted

[LegoLover]

http://www.katu.com/stories/81908.html

look at that

[sam89]

It's not really Mega Bloks fault though is it? The packaging says that it's not suitable for children under three, so they shouldn't have let their son get to them.

[LegoLover]

Yeah I kinda thought of that. but it is interesting

[mutley777]

the adult should always be responsible for the toys they buy their children. but on the megabloks subject i have noticed that lego has really been taken of the top spot by megabloks in all the woolworth stores in the uk. they stock so little lego and loads of the other crap. >:(

[5150 Lego]

Isn't it just as possible to swallow a lego magnet from a train coupler,or simular peice,as it would be from this bega block magnet? Lego will always be better in my opinion, but i don't see this making them any better.

[Darkie]

The little boy lived just south of me. It's quite a tragedy. However, I must clarify some facts.

From the news article:

The magnets were encased in plastic building blocks toys that Penny's 10-year-old son had been playing with. Penny says some of the magnets fell out, and Kenny apparently found them in the carpet and swallowed them

Was it the fault of the toy, the parent, the child? Who knows. The magnets fell out, and the child, while not watched by the parents, swallowed it. Blaming it solely on MegaBlocks is slander, when the company isn't necessarily to blame. Yes, their toy failed, but it was given to a child underneath the recommended age limit.

Really, it's a tragedy, and I don't think anyone is completely to blame.

[tophdawg]

http://www.katu.com/stories/81908.html

look at that

i wasnt saying i didnt beleive you i just dont trust wikipedia

[Zane]

I really don't think such a tradjedy should be twisted into a Lego vs Megabloks argument.

TT

[Kikuichimonji]

Ouch...two magnets attracting each other inside someone's stomach...that sounds verrrrry painful *wacko*

[blueandwhite]

As the article mentioned, this was a freak accident. After all, who would have forseen the possibility of two injested magnets pulling a child's intestines together. There are many other toys which make use of small magnets. I would hate it if US child-safety laws made it illegal to sell such toys. Heck, most of the toys I had when I was a child wouldn't pass today's safety laws, yet they were pretty cool (my Optimus Prime had long smokestacks, and my Megatron was a Gun). This was an accident, but that's all it was (in my opinion at the very least).

Later.