Safety regulator, Playskool Announce Recall to Replace Infant Toys
Recall 00181 · Sep 14, 2000 · Playskool
550,000
units affected
550,000
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 00181
- Date
- Sep 14, 2000
- Company
- Playskool
- Units affected
- 550,000
- Product
- Klackeroo toys
- Product type
- Toy Miscellaneous
- Hazard
- Choking
The product
Playskool's Klackeroo is a brightly colored toy with orange plastic rods and small geometric shapes that move through a center purple ball. Solid-colored knobs with animal faces or the sun and moon imprinted on them cap both ends of each orange rod. When shaken, the rods move through the ball and the geometric shapes slide along each rod, making a "clacking" sound. The knobs are green, yellow, blue and red. The Playskool logo is imprinted on one end knob and "MADE IN CHINA" is imprinted on the center ball.
What can happen
The toy's brightly colored end knobs can detach and allow small geometric-shaped pieces to come loose, posing a choking hazard to infants and young children.
The fix
Parents and caregivers should take the toy away from infants and young children immediately, and contact Playskool to receive a free redesigned replacement toy.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- Playskool has received 10 reports of the toy's knobs detaching to release small parts, including four reports of a small part from the toy being found in the mouths of infants and young children. There have been no reported injuries.
- Sold at
- Toy and mass merchandise stores, including Toys "R" Us and Wal- Mart, sold these toys, from October 1997 through September 2000, for about $8.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled klackeroo toys?
Parents and caregivers should take the toy away from infants and young children immediately, and contact Playskool to receive a free redesigned replacement toy.
What is the hazard?
The toy's brightly colored end knobs can detach and allow small geometric-shaped pieces to come loose, posing a choking hazard to infants and 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.