fisher price telephone

Anthillmob

i had one of these

http://www.fisher-price.com/us/products/product.asp?id=5663

when i was a kid and i expect loads of other mse'ers did too. so i got one for chops as one of her crimbo presents.

its crap!

its made of the cheapest plastic ever, it looks like it comes from poundland rather than £5.00 in woolies (i know still cheap to buy but...). and you cant use the receiver on it because the curly wire attaching it to the phone is about 4 centimeters long and thats it.

maybe thats a safety feature incase kiddies wrap the cord round their necks but then explain why the pull along string was about 3/4 of a meter in length?

is it worth complaining to fisher price? i dont want money back or owt like that but i do feel they should be informed that what was once a classic toy and is still being touted as a classic toy is now just a piece of poundland looking cheap plastic tat.

iwanttosave_2

Awww I used to have that when I was a baby, I used to love it. Does the eyes still move when you pull it along?

mrcow

IMO Fisher Price have a great customer services dept. Give them a call by all means, even if just to make yourself feel a little better (but be nice to them! as they got me out of a real hole earlier this year).

Anthillmob

iwanttosave wrote:

Awww I used to have that when I was a baby, I used to love it. Does the eyes still move when you pull it along?

they do.

when chops lifts the receiver the telephone goes with her and whacks her on the head. think ill email them.

shellsuit

Same with loads of things now.

One Christmas a few years ago, I bought all old games I had as a kid for my kids.

Buckaroo, Connect 4, Guess Who, Ker Plunk etc etc

They fall apart within hours now, nasty cheap crappy plastic stuff.

Shame cos I loved them and I know my kids would have loved them if they didn't break apart within a day! Grrrrrrrr

looby75

I was going to buy one of these for my friends dd, i had one when I was little and so do both of my kids (dd passed hers down to ds) and they used to be much better quality than they are now.

When I saw how short the cable on the phone was I put it back on the shelf, it's totally useless. I know it's all to do with health and safety etc, but when was the last time you heard about a child strangling themselves on a toy phone??

I would email them anthill, it sounds as though your dd has found another potential safety issue... risk of concussion!! lol

Becles

I was disappointed with the plastic Little Snoopy that my son had. He wasn't as good as my wooden one.

We had an ELC telephone, and that had a really short cord too.

Anthillmob

does anyone/can anyone g9ive me their uk email address for cust. services? i cant find it on that link i left. thanks.

babylon85

http://www.fisher-price.com/uk/help/customerservice.asp - Will this help?

DD had one of these last year for her birthday - and I can agree that the cord is way too short - she has before now smacked herself with the phone - because it's short.

pulliptears

Thing is, when we were kids there wasnt all this health and safety nonsense, nowadays a toy has to be completely bomb proof or expect to be sued.

I remember being given one of those enormous donkeys from Spain in about 1981 and it was held together with 6" nails I didnt die from it. I think they take things a little too far, afterall, a child who is young enough to be playing with that phone really should be under supervision anyway!

deanos

I had one when i was a kid but it was made of wood IIRC ?