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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.

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January 2005-May 2007 recalled items

Items recalled

September 2007

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March 2003-September 2007 recalled items

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

October 2023

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February 2022-August 2023 recalled items

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.

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