The RC2 Corporation, a division of Japan-based firm

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Overview

RC2 markets brands such as The First Years and Lamaze. Its Learning Curve Brands subsidiary is dedicated to infant and preschool merchandise. The company went public in 1997. In 2005, they signed a deal with Marathon Media to produce a line of '' Totally Spies!'' dolls. By 2006, 91.8 percent of RC2's products were made in

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. In 2007, the company made headlines after it was forced to recall 1.5 million

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wooden toy trains after they were found to contain excessive amounts of lead. The toys involved in the recall had been manufactured in China. RC2 was acquired by

in 2011.

References

External links

Official website
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