Safety regulator, Discovery Toys Announce Recall of Children's Toy Phones
Recall 02502 · Oct 23, 2001 · Discovery Toys Inc.
57,000
units affected
57,000
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 02502
- Date
- Oct 23, 2001
- Company
- Discovery Toys Inc.
- Units affected
- 57,000
- Product
- Hello Baby toy phones
- Product type
- Toy Telephones
- Hazard
- Choking
The product
The battery-operated, multicolored toy flip phone is red, blue and yellow with green, blue, yellow and orange dial buttons. Each button has its own sound: a ring, a beeping dialing tune, a busy signal and a "hello." The toy phone has a blue hard-plastic antenna with a ball-shaped tip that makes a clickity-clack sound.
What can happen
The blue, hard plastic antenna ball can break off the toy phone, posing a choking hazard to young children.
The fix
Consumers should stop using the toy phone immediately and call Discovery Toys for a free repair kit. Purchasers were sent direct mail notification of this recall.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- Discovery Toys received eight reports of the antenna ball breaking off the toy phones. No injuries have been reported.
- Sold at
- The toy phones were sold nationwide through Discovery Toys sales network. They were sold in the U.S. and Canada, from May 1999 through November 2000, for about $10, and have since been discontinued.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled hello baby toy phones?
Consumers should stop using the toy phone immediately and call Discovery Toys for a free repair kit. Purchasers were sent direct mail notification of this recall.
What is the hazard?
The blue, hard plastic antenna ball can break off the toy phone, posing a choking hazard to young children.
A recall means the maker found a safety problem and offers a free fix; it does not mean every unit has the problem. Units affected are as reported by the company. Popular models sell more and so have more recalls and complaints. Official public data; texts are shortened. Contact the company named above for the remedy.