Lead Paint Scare Good Business for Wooden Toy Makers

Nate M. writes:

Some good friends of mine run a wooden toy store in Austin, TX. They've had a fabulous year thanks to the Chinese toy debacle. Seems that parents were keen to get ahold of non-painted, non-toxic, non-chinese toys this year. Handmade wooden toys fit the bill.

Rootin' Ridge will also do personalized orders if you want, say, a train carved into the letters of your kid's name. And they sell online. The train above is $32.

Company Page [RootinRidge.com]

Previously: Do Kids Still Play with Wooden Toys? [BBG]

[#1 posted by stratosfyr , January 18, 2008 10:39 PM]

One of the best toys I ever got was eight six-foot, half-inch wide wooden dowels. Those, a few lawn chairs, some old blankets, and dry weather = awesome backyard forts.

Although it occurs to me now that if I were a boy they might have been used as weapons. Hmm.