RC2 Corporation

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| hq_location_city = Oak Brook, Illinois

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.rc2corp.com/company/about_brands.asp|website=RC2 company website|title=About Our Key Brands and Licenses|accessdate=19 June 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/business/companies/rc2-corporation/index.html|title=Corporation News: RC2 Corporation|work=The New York Times|accessdate=19 June 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131143035/http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/business/companies/rc2-corporation/index.html |archivedate=January 31, 2011}} Its Learning Curve Brands subsidiary is dedicated to infant and preschool merchandise.

The company went public in 1997.{{cite web|author=David Barboza and Louise Story|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/business/19thomas.html?_r=1|title=RC2's Train Wreck|website=The New York Times|date=June 19, 2007|accessdate=19 June 2010}} In 2005, they signed a deal with Marathon Media to produce a line of Totally Spies! dolls.{{cite web|url=http://www.kidstodayonline.com/article/396203-toy-maker-rc2-to-sell-line-of-totally-spies-fashionaction-dolls|title=Toy maker RC2 to sell line of Totally Spies fashion/action dolls|website=Kids Today|date=October 14, 2005|accessdate=February 2, 2016}} By 2006, 91.8 percent of RC2's products were made in China. 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.{{Cite news|title = RC2 recalls more toy trains due to lead paint|url = https://www.reuters.com/article/-idUSN2624789120070926|newspaper = Reuters|date = 2007-09-26|access-date = 2015-12-16}} The toys involved in the recall had been manufactured in China.

RC2 was acquired by Takara Tomy in 2011.{{Cite news|title = Tomy Buys Toy Train Line|url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704399804576193532715138742|newspaper = Wall Street Journal|access-date = 2015-12-16|issn = 0099-9660|first = Hiroyuki|last = Kachi}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20071020231744/http://www.rc2corp.com/ Official website] (archived, 30 Oct 2007)

Category:Companies based in DuPage County, Illinois

Category:Takara Tomy

Category:Toy companies of the United States