The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #47646   Message #712039
Posted By: Little Hawk
16-May-02 - 11:21 PM
Thread Name: BS: Ridiculous Warnings and Announcements
Subject: RE: BS: Ridiculous Warnings and Announcements
Yes, and model airplane kits come inside a plastic bag, to protect the parts. Revell/Monogram Models has started printing warnings on the bags, to the effect that they could endanger a child (or an idiot). They have no doubt done this because some lawyers advised them that some kid (or idiot) somewhere could defy the million to one odds against and actually smother itself with the bag, resulting in its parents hiring some other lawyers and suing Revell for a billion dollars!!!

Result: the black printing on the bags sometimes comes off on the decal sheet (which is outside the bag, where it won't get damaged by the plastic parts) and ruins it! This effectively sort of ruins the whole kit, which may have cost you $15 or $25.

Not one kid has been saved. I guarantee it.

- LH