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Around 70,000 toys are involved in the U.K. from January 2005 through June 2007.Ī subsequent recall has been issued in the United Kingdom, where Thomas the Tank Engine was originated in the 1940s as a character in a children's story by the Reverend W.V. The recall involved 1.5 million "Thomas Wooden Railway" vehicles and train sets sold at toy stores and various retailers across the U.S.

toy company based in Oak Brook, Illinois, issued a recall for its popular wooden " Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends" train sets.
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Percy is not part of the recent recall of Thomas toy trains.Ī recall issued last week for Thomas the Tank Engine toys made in China and containing lead-based paint, is the latest scare for consumers, and follows recent scandals involving Chinese-made pet food, pharmaceuticals, toothpaste and other toys, The New York Times has reported in a series of articles.


contemporary art Jim'll Paint It Microsoft Paint Post navigation Image: One of our favorites from Jim’ll Paint It - “Please paint me Jimi Hendrix explaining to an owl on his shoulder what a stick of chalk is, near a forest”. Read the entire article following the jump. MS Paint is still current but one day it will be as archaic as Pong.
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In a world where gadgets and software packages are constantly being reinvented, earlier phases of modernity are relegated to a sentimental past. By being simplified and unrealistic, it is arguably wittier, more imaginative and therefore more arty than paintings made on a tablet computer or smart phone that look like … well, like paintings.ĭigital culture is as saturated in nostalgia as any previous form of culture. In fact, Jim reveals how familiar the visual lexicon of Microsoft Paint actually is in contemporary culture. His style is like a South Park storyboard, which I suppose tells us about how South Park is drawn. Using his archaically primitive Paint software, Jim has recently created scenes that include Jesus riding a motorbike into Hitler’s bunker, Nigella Lawson eating a plate of processors and Brian Blessed riding a vacuum cleaner.
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I say this after perusing Jim’ll Paint It, where a guy called Jim offers to depict peoples’ craziest suggestions using Microsoft Paint, the graphics software included with all versions of Windows that now looks limited and “old-fashioned” compared with iPad art.įor anyone who is really trapped in the past, daddy-o, I am talking here about “painting” on a computer screen, not making a mess with gooey colours and real brushes. Is all art nostalgic? Is it only when something is in the past, however recent, that it becomes interesting artistically? While there aren’t enough hours in the day to physically paint every suggestion I will consider them all. Ask me to paint anything you wish and I will try no matter how specific or surreal your demands. I am here to make your wildest dreams a reality using nothing but Microsoft Paint (no tablets, no touch ups). At his Jim’ll Paint It tumblr account Jim takes requests - however crazy - and renders them beautifully and with humor. However, in the hands of an accomplished artist Paint still shines. Microsoft’s arcane Paint progra seems positively antiquated compared with more recent and powerful drawing apps. Falling more towards the latter category is “ Jim’ll Paint It“. Art can make you think art can make you smile.
