The RC2 Corporation, a division of Japan-based firm Takara Tomy, is a toy design, marketing, and distribution company headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1992.
Overview
RC2 markets brands such as The First Years and Lamaze.[1][2] Its Learning Curve Brands subsidiary is dedicated to infant and preschool merchandise.
The company went public in 1997.[3] In 2005, they signed a deal with Marathon Media to produce a line of Totally Spies! dolls.[4] By 2006, 91.8 percent of RC2's products were made in China.[3] In 2007, the company made headlines after it was forced to recall 1.5 million Thomas & Friends wooden toy trains after they were found to contain excessive amounts of lead.[3][5] The toys involved in the recall had been manufactured in China.[3]
RC2 was acquired by Takara Tomy in 2011.[6]
External links
- Official website (archived, 30 Oct 2007)
References
- About Our Key Brands and Licenses RC2 company website, retrieved 19 June 2010^
- Corporation News: RC2 Corporation The New York Times, retrieved 19 June 2010^
- David Barboza and Louise Story. RC2's Train Wreck The New York Times, June 19, 2007, retrieved 19 June 2010^
- Toy maker RC2 to sell line of Totally Spies fashion/action dolls Kids Today, October 14, 2005, retrieved February 2, 2016^
- RC2 recalls more toy trains due to lead paint Reuters, 2007-09-26, retrieved 2015-12-16^
- Hiroyuki Kachi. Tomy Buys Toy Train Line Wall Street Journal, retrieved 2015-12-16^