
When I saw the new lighter, I was shocked that any company would produce such a product. The butane lighter was in the likeness of the old claymation cartoon character "Gumby" (http://www.gumby.com). I thought to myself, "Why would anyone want to be liable for making a potentially dangerous product like a butane lighter in the shape of a children's toy?" The advertising on the display box states that the lighter is "child resistant". The spring on the trigger lever is quite strong, but a determined child using both hands could probably activate it. The butane lighter is manufactured in China (isn't EVERYTHING?...don't get me started on THAT topic!) by Gibson Enterprises (http://www.gibsonent.com) for Prema Toy Company.As a sidelight, even though Prema Toys doesn't have a website of their own, their claim to fame over the years has been suing a 12 year old boy nicknamed "Pokey" for trademark infringement because his father gave him a gift of a pokey.org website registered in the child's name. For those of you too young to remember, Pokey was the name of the horse who was Gumby's sidekick.
(http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1998/04/11846)
