Another childhood memory is destroyed

[ellid]

The Easy-Bake Oven was just recalled.

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[tx-cronopio.livejournal.com]

Awww, that's sad. But I never got one...one of the many disappointments of my childhood ;)

[fitzw.livejournal.com]

That's not the original -- it's a new model that has significant differences (including the problem that caused the recall). It doesn't even use an incandescent light the way that the original did.

[fitzw.livejournal.com]

The company has issued a statement that they will be attempting to redesign the oven and get a new, safer version out on the store shelves as soon as possible.

[hak42.livejournal.com]

The Easy-Bake Oven was one of the few "girl" toys that I adored when I was younger.

[nefri.livejournal.com]

i had a wooden oven that dad made me and it pretend=cooked just fine

[tena524.livejournal.com]

I have fond memories of a whole set of kitchen furniture that Dad made for my sister and me (stove, fridge and a sink/cabinet, all painted bright red). Unfortunately, it went out with all the other stuff I wish we could have kept when Mom sold the house 30 years ago...
My granddaughter has not one but *two* PlaySkool sets (one at her house and one at mine) which she seems perfectly happy with, but I still wish I could have given her my old set. (sigh)

As for the Easy Bake, that was but one more Xmas gift big sister got that I wasn't allowed anywheres near. So of course, now I play with the real thing.

[nefri.livejournal.com]

if I remember that life is just play, the stress melts away.