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The end of an era!

Maximilien2-Jan-13 7:40

Maximilien

2-Jan-13 7:40

No more buckyballs!![^]

It has been announced before but now it is real!!!

So now, it will be really doubly impossible to find buckyballs inside Kinder Eggs in the Land of the Free[^] !! D'Oh! | :doh:

Nihil obstat

Re: The end of an era!

César de Souza2-Jan-13 8:01

César de Souza

2-Jan-13 8:01

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Re: The end of an era!

Maximilien2-Jan-13 8:11

Maximilien

2-Jan-13 8:11

Those items (the small balls) will probably not ship to the US.

Don't know about the rest of the magnetic toys.

Nihil obstat

Re: The end of an era!

César de Souza2-Jan-13 8:23

César de Souza

2-Jan-13 8:23

Seriously? This is bad news then.

I've ordered tons of things from DX and always received them all (including the magnet balls), but I can only speak for Brazil. Sometimes I am under the impression Brazil is one of the biggest DX customers considering how many of the people I know frequently order from them even the most banal things.

Are there regulations for the importing of rare-earth magnets in the US?

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Re: The end of an era!

Maximilien2-Jan-13 9:05

Maximilien

2-Jan-13 9:05

Me think you still get a free pass in Brazil (and we probably still do in Canada); maybe not from Zen's buckyballs (they are closed) but from Chinese knock-off company.

I don't know the full extent of the buckyballs situation, but I would imagine that the restriction is limited to toys; normal usage magnets should be limited.

Nihil obstat

Re: The end of an era!

wizardzz2-Jan-13 8:09

wizardzz

2-Jan-13 8:09

I blame Biden. Probably looked too similar to shotgun shot.

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Mike Hankey2-Jan-13 8:20

Mike Hankey

2-Jan-13 8:20

wizardzz wrote:
I blame Biden. Probably ~~looked too similar to shotgun shot.~~ thought they were his.

FTFY

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Re: The end of an era!

lewax002-Jan-13 9:23

lewax00

2-Jan-13 9:23

Did you mean Cheney? Or did Biden also have an incident with a shotgun (might have missed it, all old white men look the same...)?

Re: The end of an era!

wizardzz2-Jan-13 9:55

wizardzz

2-Jan-13 9:55

Neither, Biden was made the gun control czar by the big O. Though he does own a shotgun, I'm not sure if he has shot a friend in the face with it, so yes, he does indeed have more gun control than Cheney.

Re: The end of an era!

lewax002-Jan-13 16:36

lewax00

2-Jan-13 16:36

wizardzz wrote:
Neither, Biden was made the gun control czar by the big O.

Wow, didn't realize anime[^] had gotten that powerful in the US! Poke tongue | ;-P

But yeah I completely spaced on that one, I hear shotgun and VP and my brain goes right to Cheney shooting people in the face...

Re: The end of an era!

lewax002-Jan-13 9:23

lewax00

2-Jan-13 9:23

Luckily, I already have some Big Grin | :-D

Re: The end of an era!

Clifford Nelson2-Jan-13 10:07

Clifford Nelson

2-Jan-13 10:07

Buckyballs will always exist[^], sorry about the company though.

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2-Jan-13 13:08

_beauw_

2-Jan-13 13:08

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Re: The end of an era!

AspDotNetDev2-Jan-13 14:23

AspDotNetDev

2-Jan-13 14:23

_beauw_ wrote:
The notion that anyone would want something that's injured dozens of children just because it seems like an interesting toy seems perverse to me

Indeed, a desire for a swimming pool is pretty perverse.

Thou mewling ill-breeding pignut!

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2-Jan-13 14:50

_beauw_

2-Jan-13 14:50

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Re: The end of an era!

_Damian S_2-Jan-13 15:58

_Damian S_

2-Jan-13 15:58

That, and pools require fences etc here (self closing gates etc), so there's an element of being slightly safer than not having a fence...

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Re: The end of an era!

Michael Martin2-Jan-13 23:36

Michael Martin

2-Jan-13 23:36

_Damian S_ wrote:
That, and pools require fences etc here (self closing gates etc), so there's an element of being slightly safer than not having a fence...

Didn't help those parents here in Sydney that had both kids nearly drown. Even with fences parents need to supervise the kids.

I'm all for banning pools as we need to pander to the lowest common denominator.

Michael Martin
Australia

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Re: The end of an era!

_Damian S_9-Jan-13 11:57

_Damian S_

9-Jan-13 11:57

Michael Martin wrote:
Even with fences parents need to supervise the kids.

Absolutely. I just love all the calls for fences around dams... ffs.

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Re: The end of an era!

jschell3-Jan-13 9:03

jschell

3-Jan-13 9:03

_Damian S_ wrote:
That, and pools require fences etc here (self closing gates etc), so there's an
element of being slightly safer than not having a fence...

And so exactly where do you think people keep their buckyballs?

On the sidewalk? Maybe the street? Maybe they walk all the way to the local school and keep them right outside the school room door?

Re: The end of an era!

_Damian S_9-Jan-13 12:10

_Damian S_

9-Jan-13 12:10

jschell wrote:

And so exactly where do you think people keep their buckyballs?

On the sidewalk? Maybe the street? Maybe they walk all the way to
the local school and keep them right outside the school room door?

Way to go 14 steps past the edge of ridiculosity... Buckyballs are a children's toy... By definition children would have access to them... sheesh.

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Re: The end of an era!

Alan Burkhart2-Jan-13 18:15

Alan Burkhart

2-Jan-13 18:15

They were marketed to people 13 and older. A 13 year-old should know better than to swallow one. If a small child swallowed one that should be on the parents not the company.

XAlan Burkhart

Re: The end of an era!

jschell3-Jan-13 9:09

jschell

3-Jan-13 9:09

_beauw_ wrote:
The notion that anyone would want something that's injured dozens of children
just because it seems like an interesting toy seems perverse to me.

I suspect that you would find that you couldn't buy a almost anything if you took the view that you wouldn't buy it if it wasn't essential or it hadn't injured children.

For example broccoli certainly isn't necessary for life but children have been injured after eating it.

Re: The end of an era!

_Damian S_2-Jan-13 13:09

_Damian S_

2-Jan-13 13:09

Well, it would seem that they have already become a banned product in Australia (as at November 15, 2012)... Wow.

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