syrup Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Ref TV Advert for Lord Of The Rings Chess Set Has lead suddenly become safe for children i was under the impression that lead was posionous or am i mistaken ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 I don't see that the figures are aimed at children; adults collect these things as well. Also, if they're painted, I would expect that there's a sealer coat that is pretty robust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest121 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 dont eat fuppin' lead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrup Posted September 6, 2006 Author Share Posted September 6, 2006 lets hope they are sensible adults whose children are no longer teething Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babychickens Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Lead? Poop. I quite fancied a bit of a chew on Legolas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunzi Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 If it's made of lead it will be fairly expensive I would think, isn't there a real shortage now? If that is the case it’s probably targeted at adults anyway. You still have to wash your hands after handling raw lead though so be careful. Out of interest how much was it? Not seen the advert, might be tempted . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babychickens Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 If it's made of lead it will be fairly expensive I would think, isn't there a real shortage now? If that is the case it’s probably targeted at adults anyway. You still have to wash your hands after handling raw lead though so be careful. Out of interest how much was it? Not seen the advert, might be tempted . If I recall (I saw the advert yesterday) Aragorn was a snip at £2.99. That has nothing to do with vasectomies. I believe the rest may be somewhat more expensive at £6.99. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 lets hope they are sensible adults whose children are no longer teething Fair enough, but come on, parents have to take some responsibility for their offspring. There's too much emhasis on trying to protect people from their own behaviours today. When I was a kid I played with hundreds of lead soldiers from age 8 onwards. I also used lead based solder from the age of 11, and even cast my own lead alloy soldiers at age 14. I'm not sure that these figures would be pure lead; from my own experience lead is too soft a metal by itself to hold the detail of a figure. I used an alloy of lead designed for figure casting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluePolo Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Can you imagine the shape of a piece if you drop it? Lead isn't exactly hard is it...I'd imagine if it was ever used, it wouldn't be long before you couldn't tell who the pieces were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiderPete Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 I have seen these advertised on TV and if you buy all 32 mags to complete the chess set it will cost in the region of £223 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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