Evil web vendors are cashing in on the biggest craze of 2017 by selling metal fidget spinners – with razor-sharp edges.
Thousands of the bladed metal ‘toys’, that contain bearings to make them spin, have already been sold on auction website eBay – for as little as £2.60.
The boss of one of Britain’s biggest toy companies has blasted the dangerous loophole that allows unregulated ‘toys’ being sold in Britain.
Every toy sold in shops has to pass stringent regulations, known as the British Standard for toy safety.
But the web-retail loophole means potentially lethal objects, like sharpened fidget spinners , can make their way into the hands of children.
The sharpened fidget spinners being sold on eBay under a variety of names.
One of the most lethal-looking designs is marketed as “Naruto Razor Tri-Spinner Fidget Toy Game” – and has three blades that flick out when the device spins.
Normal fidget spinners are round, plastic devices that were designed to aid concentration.
Since they first appeared on the shelves earlier this year, they have taken off massively and many schools have already banned them because they were too distracting for the kids.
Martin Grossman, MD of toy company H Grossman Ltd, has cornered the market for safe, regulated fidget spinners .
