Appropriate Age For Megos?

[RG]

I wouldn't be surprised to find a great many of us around here brain damaged. Including myself.

I prefer the term special

[garagesale]

None of that stuff matters... melamine, lead paint... the Hong Kong Chinese 30+ years ago couldn't do anything worse than the mainlanders today...

Anyhow, by the time they're college age their brains'll be 1/2-gone from cellphone use. And their thumbs will be shot from texting/video-gaming.

JamesD

[saildog]

we are told by the fear mongers today that our kids will become brain damaged or die from toys that we ourselves played with. are any of you brain damaged or dead from the toys you played with?

Well, I'm not dead.......

[Dave Mc]

I wouldn't be surprised to find a great many of us around here brain damaged. Including myself.

[Brue]

we are told by the fear mongers today that our kids will become brain damaged or die from toys that we ourselves played with. are any of you brain damaged or dead from the toys you played with?

there are 3 million choking hazards in your house - if one comes with a toy you can remove it easier than all of the items in the house.

i'm not saying it is good for kids to play with lead or small objects. just that we can't live in fear. if you don't feel comfortable giving your kid a toy - then it is not age appropriate.

[Dave Mc]

My son was playing with real Megos from about age 2. I was careful with figures that had small accessories at that point though. Spidy and Hulk were good though. He loved them at that age. He was a BIG Mego kid until about age 7, then he shifted to Star Wars and now Legos.

Kids seem to advance past action figures earlier than we did, so you don't want to hold off TOO long.

[Hulk]

I started with my nephew at 4 years old and still going strong at 8.

[jessica]

I would be afraid of lead exposure.

[HardyGirl]

I think 6, first grade is a good age. Being a teacher, I'm all about age appropriate. I'm not lumping all kids together, but in most cases, kids under 6 chew on things, swing the figures by the limbs, lose the clothes and accessories, and of course, lose the figures. Some toy companies do make preschool versions of superhero toys, and then later, they can graduate to Megos.

[RG]

really 2 year old should be fine with a mego spidey ... come on we all played with worse stuff as kids and never grew any extra arms or died

most of the stuff that caused issues were the paints ... and mego spidey only has a little tiny bit for his eyes ... plus most kids are more in danger from the paint on the walls in their rooms or other odds and ends than the paint on their toys from china ...

for the most part the changes made to plastics from then to now weren't as much safty issues as much as a cost cutting ... shoot look at the plastic pipes we get water from ... there are so many small dangers that we have survived all these years ... unless people plan on keeping their kids in glass bubbles ... I say let them have some fun

Wee, I say get that kid a nice Mego Spidey

[Brue]

my kids were playing with megos as soon as they could hold them.

[starsky]

i guess it depends on the child. my 4 year old cousin gave me my first megos when i was 5 and poor cap lost his clothes, shield, boots and spent a lot of time in the fish pond "swimming."

[Merlyn1976]

My daughter is 3 (she doesn't chew on anything) and she has Spiderman, Batman, Ironman, Hulk, Joker, Tarzan, Captain America and Superman...almost completely original...(repro Cap shield and IM and Batman parts)...and she takes great care of them...

[vulcan2074]

I'd Hold off as Well
Sammy

[toys2cool]

I personally wouldn't give any kids REAL Mego's when they're still at an age where they might chew the head.

I don't trust the chemicals used to make Mego heads .. even if they're not graying.

I agree,maybe when they're like 6+