We got Sophie a few months ago as a gift from a friend. Our little one was immediately enthusiastic. A few weeks ago but we did go lost (Sophie, not our daughter). Immediately I set out to Amazon reorder a Sophie and then read the various reviews astonished and newspaper articles on Sophie. The bottom line is the following: stricter limits will apply in Germany with regard to the potentially carcinogenic "nitrosatable amines" as in the EU Toys Directive D: 0.1 milligrams per kilogram, EU: 1.0 milligrams per kilogram). Until the end of 2011 produced "Sophia" passed the German, but not the EU limits. The magazine Ökotest has proved this in November in a test and therefore classified the giraffe as not marketable. Vulli contradicted the since the European limit is relevant. One can now argue Whoever was right, in any case the image damage was sometime probably too big The end of May and the German dealers Vulli Elements for Kids (EFK) have struggled through to a product recall. The newly produced Chragen of Sophie are now no longer exceed the German limits. I have therefore ordered Sophie again, but can understand when others do not.