Thomas The Train Recall Alert

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall today of various Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway toys.

The commission, in cooperation with the toy distributor, RC2 Corp. of Oak Brook, Ill., said about 1.5 million of the recalled toys were made. Consumers should stop using them immediately because surface paints on the recalled products contain lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects, according to the commission Web site.

No injuries have been reported.

The recall involves wooden vehicles, buildings and other train set components. Toys marked with codes containing "WJ" or "AZ" are not included in this recall.

The recalled products are:
Red James Engine & Red James' # 5 Coal Tender
Red Lights & Sounds James Engine & Red James' #5 Lights & Sounds Coal Tender
James with Team Colors Engine & James with Team Colors #5 Coal Tender
Red Skarloey Engine
Brown & Yellow Old Slow Coach
Red Hook & Ladder Truck & Red Water Tanker Truck
Red Musical Caboose
Red Sodor Line Caboose
Red Coal Car labeled "2006 Day Out With Thomas" on the Side
Red Baggage Car
Red Holiday Caboose
Red "Sodor Mail" Car
Red Fire Brigade Truck
Red Fire Brigade Train
Deluxe Sodor Fire Station
Red Coal Car
Yellow Box Car
Red Stop Sign
Yellow Railroad Crossing Sign
Yellow "Sodor Cargo Company" Cargo Piece
Smelting Yard
Ice Cream Factory

The recalled toys were made in China, and sold at toy stores and various retailers nationwide from January 2005 through June 2007 for between $10 and $70. Consumers should call RC2 Corp. for a replacement toy, according to the commission Web site.

For more information, call the company's recall hotline at (866) 725-4407 or visit its Web site at recalls.rc2.com

The new Disney musical Mary Poppins, which plays Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre, will likely be launched on a national tour in 2008.

The new Disney musical Mary Poppins, which plays Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre, will likely be launched on a national tour in 2008.
Playbill.com has learned that Disney Theatrical Productions is looking at all options for a fall 2008 tour. Los Angeles and Chicago have been discussed as being among those options, according to sources, but no official announcement has been made. A start date for the tour has yet to be announced.

Mary Poppins — a co-production between Disney and Cameron Mackintosh — earned 11 nominations for the 57th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, the most nods for any show of the season.

The musical began previews at the New Amsterdam Theatre Oct. 14, 2006. Ashley Brown, recently seen on Broadway as Belle in Beauty and the Beast, stars as Mary Poppins, the role immortalized on screen by Academy Award winner Julie Andrews. Gavin Lee, who starred as Bert in the London production, re-creates his role opposite Brown.

Richard Eyre directs Mary Poppins, which is based on P.L. Travers' original stories and the 1964 Disney film. The musical features choreography and co-direction by Matthew Bourne and boasts original songs from the film — with music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman — as well as new songs and additional music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe. Julian Fellowes wrote the book.

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