To want to throw this Christmas gift away

[AIBUToday]

Fil and his wife have given my 2 year old (just turned 2) a Christmas train set. Its for a 3 year old and checking online it's some mega cheap tatty one with a Chinese name on the side. Its very very cheap and tatty looking. I'm worried about toxins in cheap toys from China.
They aren't short on money.
AIBU to give to a charity shop? It's so cheap looking I think they might be insulated with it though.

How do you know where it came from?

FFS 🙄

Practically everything I bought for my 2yo is for 3+, she’s supervised with stuff so it’s fine. Just check if it’s got the CE mark.

You’re asking if you’d be unreasonable to give something you consider ‘toxic’, ‘carcinogenic’, ‘unlikely to meet safety standards’ and ‘potentially dangerous’ to a charity shop for other children to have?

My God.

You can use it if it has a CE mark. Bin it otherwise, the charity shop won't take it as it's not legal.

Sling it!

So it’s not good enough for your child, but suitable for someone else’s?

I would be fine with something from China sold by marks and Spencer, John Lewis, or argos for example

What about Primark?

Let's see a photo of said counterfeit toxic train pls

So the photo then?

Is your 2 yo a PFB, OP?

Assuming so (from the tenor of your posts), by the time you are on Child 4, you will not notice what they are ingesting. Honestly. It's amazing that subsequent children manage to survive at all, all things considered.

Well if it’s cheap and tatty the only real option is to go no contact.

Well if it’s cheap and tatty the only real option is to go no contact.

And as it’s your partner’s parents, you’re going to have to LTB.

Toxins in toys are an extremely real risk and thousands are found every month being imported and sold in this country against the law. "This phthalate may harm the health of children, causing possible damage to the reproductive system." I see this daily at work and it's a very real risk

If you don't believe me look at these weekly reports that I have to check for work and it may just shock you. If it doesn't you're hiding your head in the sand and your child's health is at risk.

https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/consumerssafety/safetyy_products/rapex/alerts/?event=main.search&lng=en#searchResults

Is it like this?
www.amazon.co.uk/BATTERY-OPERATED-PLASTIC-TRAIN-SET/dp/B00602BE98?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

I don't think there's anything wrong with a plastic train set or plastic anything, for children. They're usually quite durable things. If he is too young for it, put it aside until he's older.

Please photograph the train set and the box it came in and put it on here for us to see: it's quite possible it is absolutely fine.

Whatever, the grandparents bought the gift in good faith so try to be a bit gracious.

Lots of stuff we buy is made in China and nowadays there are guidelines at the factories which is why things are not as cheap from there as they used to be. I agree some bad stuff will still get through but you don't have evidence that this is one of them.

The important thing is, will he like it. I expect he will.

Pretty much everything in our house that’s branded as American or British etc. says Made In China in small letters @AIBUToday

They may have bought it off Amazon or from a garden centre or from an independent toy shop.

Anyway, you’ve answered your own question - you DO NOT WANT TO KEEP IT - so do as you will with it.

Photo or it didn't happen

@shiveringcoyote ....exactly you've hit the nail on the head!

I'm just curious but how are you going to explain lack of train to grandparents?

And as it’s your partner’s parents, you’re going to have to LTB.

Priceless!!!

I've never read such a ridiculous post. You've already decided what you want to do OP, and none of us are going to change your mind. You need to lighten up, stop being so ungrateful - and if you are really worried about toxins then don't donate the toy to someone else!!!

Right so it's so full of dangerous toxins it's not suitable for your child but you're wanting to donate it to a charity shop. Charming

Honestly, you sound like a paranoid snob with too much time on your hands. If you’re that worried about the safety thing, chuck it, don’t just hand it down for another child further down the pecking order to play with.

If the real issue is that you think it looks chavvy, which your post leaves me to conclude is probably the case, suck it up and be grateful people have bothered.

If there is no CE Mark, the charity shop will not be allowed to sell it and have the added expense of disposing of it.

If it's that dodgy WHY are you considering giving it to CHARITY!??

Chuck it away.

Well I guess your friends will judge you because it’s not organic Brio wooden train set but colourful and metal ....

Hide it away, OP quickly!

Does your child like it? Clearly you don’t, but what about the actual recipient of the present?

Does it have a CE mark?