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Old 11-08-2015, 03:44 PM
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As others have noted it was the imposition of some extremely tight lead standards for toys that caused them to go from the colorful Chinese 'chutes that had been around for a long time to the white ones, then the translucent red ones (which work very nicely and are visible in all sky conditions) and on to the current patterned ones which are reminiscent of the designs of 45 years ago. That, and the "real" DRM chutes.
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