At this point in your lives, what's a little breakage and laceration, anyway? If you have kids, you know all about both, trust me. The important thing is, you have to Get It Right, and I am sorry Consumer Product Safety Commission, but this is clearly NOT a pirate "sword". It's a scimitar, if you knew ANYTHING about your weaponry. I mean, hello! Anybody with a small boy in the house or some weird geeky medieval-Moor knowledge would KNOW this stuff.
However, far be it from me, CPSC, to tell you how to do your jobs. After all, it's not me following up on all these claims of lead-laden cheap crap (you could not PAY ME ENOUGH to do your job, believe me!). But 11 of these cheap plastic wonderful swords scimitars have broken, and when they do, Ouch! That's sharp! Somebody could get HURT! Maybe they should recall these stupid...oh. Right.
Yeah. These little puppies are about 19 inches long, excellent for swordplay in the kitchen, and has a gray plastic (breakable) blade with a gold handle. So lifelike! They were sold in Gymboree stores from August 2007 through September 2007 for the astounding price (for a hunk of plastic) of $12 to $15. The recall involves scimitars sold with a SKU number 140025491-GYS049. The SKU number is printed on the price tag above the bar code. Not that you have either, likely, at this point, having probably been on the tag that you removed when you brought the thing home and began fencing in your livingroom. But you can get your money back at Gymboree, or check their website for more information.
