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Toy Recalls

Button Batteries Can Kill Your Kid

September 22, 2010

There was a recent recall from Chuck E. Cheese regarding some branded light up rings and funny sunglasses that they gave out as promotional products. Probably something kids could win from playing Skee-ball and the like. They were recalled because the plastic wasn’t particularly strong and a kid sitting or stepping on them could cause [...]

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Are Zhu Zhu Pets Toxic?

December 5, 2009

There have been reports popping up that Zhu Zhu pets are toxic and a Zhu Zhu pets recall might be at hand. This is all based around a report by a website called Good Guide that the Zhu Zhu pets, specifically a Mr Squiggles that they had tested, has higher than allowable amounts of tin [...]

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Graco Doorway Jumper Recall

September 15, 2009

There was a recall announced recently for the Graco Jump ‘n Jive Doorway Jumpers. No, it was not related to the terrible grammar involved with the product naming, nor was there any danger with the doorway jumper or with crazy older siblings using it as an indoor swing. Although they should certainly consider that last [...]

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Bakugan Recall or The Locust Effect?

February 17, 2009

We get large numbers of visitors from various search engines looking for Bakugan information here at The Toy Report and looking through the logs we’ve been getting a lot of hits for people searching for terms like like “bakugan recall” and “recalled bakugan”

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Three Earth Friendly Toys Recalled Due To Choking Hazards

October 30, 2008

Just goes to show you that just because a toy is wooden or labeled as “organic” it doesn’t mean it’s necessarily good or safe. Earth Friendly announced the recall of three of their MAYA Organic toys today, which are sold in specialty stores in Alaska, California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington from April 2008 [...]

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Toy Recalls – Hasbro Recalls Nerf Blaster

October 12, 2008

The darts may be soft and relatively harmless, but this toy weapon mechanism will apparently rip your child’s ear off. According to this CPSC Report, there have been 47 official reports (and who knows how many others) of “bruising, abrasions, pinching/pinch marks, blood blisters and welts” caused by the plunger mechanism: Hasbro has volunterrily recalled [...]

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Shocking Lawn Dart Recall!

October 11, 2008

Anyone living in suburbia in the 70′s and 80′s can’t possibly forget Jarts. For those of you too young to remember, Jarts were also know as Lawn Darts, heavy metal sharp pointed aerodynamic projectiles intended to be thown high up in the air so that they stick in the ground inside a ring target, for [...]

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