German Customs Seize 35 Metric Tons of Fidget Spinners
They’re here, they’re there, they’re EVERYWHERE! As I was casually walking around the Wildwood Boardwalk in Wildwood, NJ, I noticed that almost every single store along the boardwalk had signs for these ‘fidget spinners’.
The boardwalk isn’t the only place I’ve seen these things advertised. The King of Prussia Mall is literally full of them as well. You can find them in pretty much any variety. I saw a few that were superhero themed, and one that even looked like the golden snitch from Harry Potter. It’s amazing the variety that they can come in.
While here in America the fidget spinner is flying off the shelves, not all locations agree that the creation of the spinning toy is for glee.
An airport in Germany has taken a strong anti-fidget spinner stance, stopping 35 metric tons of the toys from entering the country.
Customs officials at an airport in Frankfurt said children could potentially choke on pieces that might detach from the whirling contraptions, and that they planned to destroy the seized toys, according to the Associated Press:
Currently, the spinners are still being held up, pending a further investigation.
Sources: TIME, Washington Post
Julia recently published her first novel, titled; Anomic. She is currently co-authoring a novel called ‘Snow Falls’. She has a B.A in Communications with concentrations in Professional Writing and Public Relations. She is also in the United States Army Reserves as a Military Police Officer, and is currently in the process of going back to school for her Masters Degree in Business. When she isn’t writing, she is co-owner of a film production studio called ‘Valentine Productions LLC’ and she frequently spends her weekends acting in films, or being a stuntwoman.