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  whatanidiot at 08:03 AM JST - 12th November

  well, 4 kids getting their fingers caught... is it the stroller's fault, the child's fault, or the parent's fault ?

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  kirakira25 at 08:31 AM JST - 12th November

  Or....here`s a wild idea.....how about making sure your childrens fingers are nowhere near the stroller when you fold it??!

  I know I am now going to get pounced on by the "you can`t watch your kids every second" gang, and actually I agree. In fact, I have a McLaren stroller, and yes, once my daughter did catch a finger in it. She screamed, I was really upset, and now I double check before I fold/unfold it that they are nowhere near it.

  But my point is, these accidents happen - I believe it happened 15 times in the US of which 11 resulted in amputations (saw the news report yesterday on yahoo) - tragic and traumatic for sure, but now we know all about it lets exercise a little common sense.

  I would also like to know if McLaren are going to be issuing Japan consumers with the same hinge covers that they are issuing users in the US for free to prevent this happening?

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  Disillusioned at 08:36 AM JST - 12th November

  I have had a MacLaren stroller for five years with two kids without a hint of fingers getting trapped. I think it's more a case of careless parents rather than a fault with the strollers.

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  ronaldk at 09:59 AM JST - 12th November

  Indeed the idea of boycotting foreign products at infinitesimally small risk to the benefit of domestic manufacturers is the real purpose, no? Think US beef ban, in spite of no known cases of infection from US beef in Japan. Imagine if US Dept of Commerce said after the Toyota accelerator accidents, don't buy Toyotas.

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  timorborder at 10:23 AM JST - 12th November

  Somewhat of an over reaction here by the minister. With no cases of injuries having been published in Japan, I fail to see any legal grounds for this woman to get up on her high hobby horse and name a company by name.

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  kirakira25 at 12:27 PM JST - 12th November

  Indeed the idea of boycotting foreign products at infinitesimally small risk to the benefit of domestic manufacturers is the real purpose, no?

  ronaldk - you have hit the nail on the head! Just in the last 6 years (my experience with strollers to date) I have seen a HUGE influx of foreign brands to Japan, and it has become THE must-have accessory to have a foreign stroller, particularly a McLaren, although more recently the sporty-style ones are now taking over in popularity. It has pushed the likes of Combi and Aprica well down the first-choice list. Believe me, baby-car culture is like handbags - you absolutely MUST be seen with the right one, otherwise it is just plain embarrassing!

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  The758 at 01:59 PM JST - 12th November

  Four kids got their fingers caught. Sounds like an epidemic.

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  kokorocloud at 03:21 PM JST - 12th November

  Yeah, I'm not sure I understand this. It doesn't sound like the stroller is the problem here. More like the kid being right up next to it or still in the stroller while it's being folded. How does that work?

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  dammit at 06:34 PM JST - 12th November

  We almost bought one of the Volo buggies for our youngest recently, but luckily we bought a different product instead in the end. (We suffered from the Aprica recall, so don't want or need more hassle.)

  I have mixed feelings about this though, I mean the hinges of anything, doors, strollers, etc are always hazardous for children especially, and it always states in the instruction manual to make sure children don't go near it when you open the stroller. So on one hand it's the parents' fault in the first place (and I always make sure our child is nowhere near the hinges when I open our Japanese brand, made in China, stroller.)

  But on the other hand, if this is so easy to fix with a small repair kit, WHY WEREN'T THEY SOLD WITH THE EXTRA PART ATTACHED? That question is to Maclaren of course, so it obviously won't be answered, but I was always under the impression that these hazards were unavoidable, and now Maclaren claims to be able to fix it easily? So why sell them without the modification at all?

  Like I say, I have mixed feelings. I usually see a few of those around here, but as it's been raining we haven't been to our usual haunts and I haven't seen whether people are still using them. If we had one, I'd still use it but order the repair kit and use it when it arrived.

  They are sending the repair kits to Japan are they not? God knows they charge enough for their products here after all.

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  elbudamexicano at 06:55 PM JST - 12th November

  Sounds very sad, and this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to terrible products that result in injuries or even death. This Maclaren must be British because I have never heard of it, just stick to American or Japanese strollers, but parents must becareful with anything they buy for their kids!!!

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  PepinGalarga at 07:08 AM JST - 13th November

  i think it was unjustified to single out this company even though they don't have any reported accidents in Japan.

  What about car doors, how many kids fingers are trapped in car doors every year... should he say don't buy (foreign) cars as well?

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