They seized the figures for violating U.S. intellectual property rights laws, as well as being a choking hazard for young children.
The items seized from the country take up around 83 percent of intellectual property violations that the CBP handles.
The US government agency also warned people that counterfeit toys such as these “tend to be coated in excessive levels of lead paint”.
Unfortunately, they haven’t tested them for how much lead these figures contained.
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