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Posted: Nov 19 2008 at 8:47pm | IP Logged Quote cheesehead mom
I have really been enjoying the search engine at fatbraintoys.com. Here is the link:
FatBrainToys Made in America
Next to country of origin you can query by country or click 'not made in China'. They also have free shipping over $75 and prices seem comparable to Amazon.
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Posted: Nov 20 2008 at 10:39am | IP Logged Quote 5athome
Oompa is also a good site for figuring out where toys are manufactured.

I was surprised this month how many Lego toys my ds received that had pieces (not electrical components but lego pieces) that were made in China. I was told by their customer service a few months ago that only plush & electrical components were MIC.

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Posted: Nov 21 2008 at 11:06am | IP Logged Quote cheesehead mom
Maragret--Form what I have read all Lego bricks are made outside of China but some specialty components--are made in China. This group listed below seems to have done their homework if anyone is curious about how to avoid CHina made products--for either safety concerns or due to their human rights/worker issues.


http://www.chinafreechristmas.info/
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The sets we have found China listed are some of the new Indiana Jones ones and a Thomas the Train Lego set. I guess the safest bet then would be if I just bought the tubs of bricks.

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