What is the Fidget Spinner Incident? Fidget Spinner Incident Review

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Google Trends shows that the search popularity has soared since September 2016, with the United States being the country with the highest search popularity. Subsequently, various players have continuously updated the gameplay on social networking platforms;

After April 2017, the popularity of fidget spinners clearly surpassed that of Trump.

In April 2017, fidget spinners experienced explosive growth, dominating the charts with high sales on major e-commerce platforms. From April 24 to April 30, 2017, a total of 570 products were listed on Amazon's Toys & Games category. Among them, 255 brands were involved. As of April 30, 2017, the total number of reviews for the listed products reached 243,556, with an average star rating of 4.03 stars.

effect

1. According to psychiatrists, the spinning top movement has a great effect on promoting the attention of patients with attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity disorder. It also has a certain auxiliary effect on relieving mental stress, quitting smoking, alcohol addiction and other non-physical dependence diseases.

2. Since fidget spinners, like e-cigarettes and Zippo lighters, also need to have a certain ornamental appearance, fidget spinners are a kind of small artifact that can serve as a physical spiritual toy and can satisfy one's own style according to different materials, shapes and rotation effects.

Cause of decline

In May 2017, pointed or star-shaped spinning tops caused a number of cases in the United States and Ireland where children developed esophageal obstruction after swallowing such toys, and were considered to have safety issues.

Follow-up

In June 2017, DHL issued a notice stating that fidget spinners have been recognized as toys in the European market. All such products shipped to Europe must have the European CE mark and test report (EN71), otherwise the goods will be returned and the resulting costs will be borne by the sender.

Starting from June 22, 2017, due to issues such as customs and product safety regulations, Wish Post-European Parcel will no longer accept the shipment of fidget spinners to Germany.

Starting from July 17, 2017, AliExpress will return fidget spinners that pose a safety hazard and deduct 1 point per time. At the same time, AliExpress will promptly improve the control standards for fidget spinners based on the adjustment of laws and regulations, changes in the business environment, and other factors, such as verifying the EU CE certification.

Amazon notified that before July 20, 2017, fidget spinners must have test documents issued by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) approved by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, showing that they meet the ASTM F963-16 test standard for the U.S. market, before they can be sold on Amazon's Canadian site.

Patent situation

The term Fidget spinner is currently undergoing trademark applications in the UK and the US, but has not yet been registered.

UK, February 24, 2017, applied for category 28 (toys);

In the United States, on March 1, 2017, an expression of interest application was submitted for category 28 (toys).

References

• 1. The function of the fidget spinner: Sina Blog [cited on 2017-04-19T16:00:00.000Z]
• 2. Follow-up of the fidget spinner incident: Sohu.com [cited on 2017-06-06T16:00:00.000Z]