What doesn't contain unsafe levels of lead.

Just another example of incredibly pointless consumer lawsuits/recalls.

Although, I don't think they've been sued yet.

Yay! Kirby!

@katboi:
Pencils. Pencils don't contain unsafe levels of lead.

@katboi: Uh...most things.

damm Chinese made game merchandise!!

They have to recall a product that's not meant to be eaten because if you eat it you'll get hurt?

Don't most things not meant to be eaten...hurt you if you eat them? Like... everything?

Well there goes my dinner plans.

OH MY GAWD *runs to the bathroom and starts throwing up the pins*

I have this friend... Let's call him Bob. Let's say he did chew on one of those? Hypothetically speaking, what's the worst that could happen?

Wheres jack thompson when you need him? this is something people can get behind. Nintendo takes all your money with their wiis and first party titles that drive everyone into a frenzy and then kill you with their pins.

I have the Mario Kart pin - so they sold/gave them away here in Germany as well and they're not US exclusive. Can't remember how I got it at the moment.

@karasu is my homeboy: Seriously. Do we need to recall a product because someone may potentially do something stupid with it that could harm him? That's like recalling lawn mowers because someone could potentially chop his own head off if he turned it into a helicopter.

It's called survival of the fittest. If people kill themselves doing stupid shit, we remove their stupidity from the gene pool. How is this a bad thing again?

That said, lead = bad. If they recalled it on that point alone, it would make sense.

@exolstice: Tell "Bob" to eat an eraser.

@karasu is my homeboy: They have to recall it because little kids, the people who have the most to lose from lead poisoning, might lick or suck on the pins. People don't normally eat paint chips but lead paint is outlawed because children might. Any product that contains lead and doesn't carry a warning should probably be recalled. It's not something to fuck around with and can leach into your skin if you handle it too much.

Ohh - and Greenpeace seems to have been right all along about Nintendo being environmentally evil, now with lead pins and all, huh?

@El-Suave: More like the Chinese company they contracted is environmentally evil. Going by the other recent incidents Nintendo probably didn't even know what was going on. These contracted companies tend to bid low give a proper reference sample and then proceed to cut corners with the final product.

You can always tell who has kids and who doesn't. Listen, kids taste everything they can get their hands on. And if it's small, sometimes they swallow stuff.

And contrary to what you may believe, Nintendo products are generally aimed towards kids.

@Islandkiwi: Hey, I dunno about you, but I wouldn't give a pin (you know, with a sharp, pointy end) to a kid who wasn't smart enough to understand not to put it in his mouth. Just sayin'.

@Islandkiwi:
Well if they swallow the pin they're pretty much fucked anyway right?so what does it matter?

That Fox looks really HAPPY.

See, the benefits of Nintendo not knowing where Europe is start to pay off :)

Okay, to all of you who claim that pins are never put into mouths:

Who here doesn't know what metal tastes like?

Thaaaat's right.

And yet I'd still want these toxic goodies for my collection... go figure.

'Congratulations, you've unlocked Licked Lead achievement!'

Oh noes, they could harm you if you eat them! Whats next, knives with a big label: "Warning: SHARP!"?

@Channing: I was just about to say he looks a little gay, he's in a musical or prancing through a meadow. Ah... Stereotypes.

Epic grammar....-_-

shit, and i was going to have a few of these with my lunch today

in spite of the idiocy of recalling not only something not meant to be eaten, but something with a sharp point.. there has to be something to this. nintendo wouldn't go through the cost of a recall if the threat was reasonably low.

Hmm.. These ARE pins. I wouldn't even put my children near "safety pins." And besides, since when are people supposed to swallow pins in the first place?

I doesn't matter that they are pins, it doesn't matter that they aren't meant to be ingested. What matters is that they create an unreasonable risk of lead poisoning. The paint could flake off and be ingested, the pinback could be removed and the object swallowed, the pin could be licked or sucked without actually swallowing it, any bit of the pin could break off and be eaten. They aren't being recalled because they are pins, they are being recalled because they contain unsafe levels of lead. Honestly, it doesn't matter what it is, if it contains too much lead (for its intended application) it will be recalled.

Im gonna call nintendo and tell them that I swallowed one. Wonder how they're gonna react \o/

I'm wearing the Samus one RIGHT NOW

D:

You know what else could harm you if you swallowed the pins? The pins.

Ya hear me, kids? Play with nailguns all you like, but whatever you do, don't eat the nails.

I have a Peach one. Maybe I will send her in for a lead-free version.

I have the mario kart one kicking around...got it from a Nintendo sales rep years ago, heh. It's kinda depressing, cause it was so tasty and pointy looking~ ; ;

@exolstice: Irreversible neurological damage as well as renal disease, cardiovascular effects, and reproductive toxicity

Man, maybe it wasn't funny to give the pins to my sister's baby to play it.
... totally kidding. Hopefully nobody swallowed one.

Will the replacement pins come in new flavours?

@NeoStarr: <-- winner.

I see where they're coming from by recalling them - sure it's not that kids are likely to lick/finger this one pin enough to do them any damage, but if for example all children's toys were made with lead paint, it could add up (lead poisoning is cumulative, iirc). That's why there are safety rules about not using lead paint, which is why Nintendo are recalling them.

(I presume it's actually against regulations to use lead paint in products which children might use, so they probably don't have much choice. There was at least one very expensive recall of major toys last year for the same reason - Chinese companies cutting corners and breaking the safety limits.)

I'm guessing the pointy sharp metalness is going to do a fair sight more damage than the above average lead content.

Oh. That's the joke.

Come the fuck on Nintendo, get with the Green peace shit. Idiots.

What the fuck are they doing over there? The next nintendo console will run on ethanol fuel.

Um.... what if I already passed the pins?

Yes, it hurt!