The following list of recalls have occurred with products in the Thomas Wooden Railway range.
List of recalls
June 2007
A lead paint recall occurred in June 2007 where products tested in China revealed that the red and yellow paint used contained lead. Lead, a highly poisonous heavy-metal, posed an acute threat to people using the affected merchandise and necessitated a recall. Over 1.7 million items from stores and consumers produced from January 2005 to May 2007 were checked for lead, in what became the biggest recall in Learning Curve's history. Consumers who sent in their affected items received a free gift back with their amended items.
Items recalled
- James
- Skarloey
- Lights and Sounds James
- James with Team Colors
- Old Slow Coach
- Deluxe Fire Station
- Musical Caboose
- Sodor Line Caboose (Red)
- Holiday Caboose
- Sodor Fire Crew
- Sodor Mail Coach from Hard At Work Percy and Mail Car
- Red Coal Car
- Day Out With Thomas 2006 Coal Car
- Smelting Yard
- Yellow and Green Boxcar from Conductor's Figure 8 Set
- Yellow "Sodor Cargo Company"-Cargo
- Stop Sign
- Railroad Crossing Sign
- Ice Cream Factory
- Baggage Car (Red Version) from Oval Set
- Cargo piece from Deluxe Cranky
September 2007
A second lead paint recall happened in September 2007. This time, 200,000 items which used black and gray paint sold between March 2003 to September 2007 were found to contain lead.
Items recalled
- Toad (2006 Re-introduction)
- Green Maple Tree from Conductor's Figure 8 Set
- Signal Base from Conductor's Figure 8 Set
- Black Cargo Car from Brendam Fishing Dock
October 2023
On 19 October 2023, two products sold in the US and Canada between February 2022 and August 2023 were recalled due to magnets that connect the cars coming loose and detaching. These magnets can pose choking and magnet ingestion hazards. 21,000 units were recalled with a further 400 in Canada. Consumers who sent in the affected items to Fisher-Price received a full refund.
Items recalled
Trivia
- The Wooden Railway range's creator, Roy Wilson, was appalled by the 2007 recalls. During his seven years working on the range at Learning Curve, Wilson had set up a paint inspection program where random samples of paint were taken every hour, with no reported issues having turned up in that time.
- Products that contained the letters "WJ" or "AZ" in their code did not have lead paint, and therefore were not included in the recall.