Toymaker Mattel Inc. said Thursday that product recalls will wind up taking about $30 million from its second-quarter profits. Mattel subsidiary Fisher-Price said it was recalling 967,000 toys — including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters — because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead. The Fisher-Price recall involves 83 types of plastic preschool toys made by a Chinese vendor and sold in the United States between May and August. "We apologize to everyone affected by this recall, especially those who bought the toys in question," Robert Eckert, Mattel Inc.'s chairman and CEO, said in a statement. "Our goal is to correct this problem, improve our systems and maintain the trust of the families that have allowed us to be part of their lives by acting responsibly and quickly to address their concerns," he said. The recall is the largest for Fisher-Price and parent company Mattel Inc. since 1998, when Fisher-Price had to yank about 10 million Power Wheels from toy stores.