New magnetic toy recall

[Raph's Girl]

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08222.html

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: MagnaMan Magnetic Toy Figures

Units: About 1.3 million

Distributor: MEGA Brands America Inc., of Livingston, N.J.

Hazard: Small magnets inside the figures can detach. Magnets found by young children can be swallowed or aspirated. If more than one magnet is swallowed, the magnets can attract each other and cause intestinal perforations or blockages, which can be fatal.

Incidents/Injuries: MEGA Brands and CPSC have received 25 reports of magnets coming loose from the figures. No injuries have been reported.

Description: The recalled MagnaMan magnetic toys are figures that have body parts that attach with magnets. They come in either a “Futuristic Warrior” or “Ancient Warrior” theme. Each figure comes with three accessories.

The model number is printed on the front of the product’s packaging.

Sold at: Wal-Mart, Target, Toys R Us, K-Mart and other toy stores nationwide from January 2005 through December 2007 for about $10.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should stop using the recalled toys immediately and return them to MEGA Brands for a free replacement toy.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact MEGA Brands at (800) 779-7122 between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.megabrands.com

I've never even seen these figures before. Heck I've never even heard of em!.They look cool tho...

[Jack Skellington]

werent there spidey 3 ones too?

[Drtooth]

All I'm saying. Tiny little plastic caps to keep them locked in. All it takes. What? Like 3 cents more to produce, and you can charge a full 50 cents- a dollar more? The Lead paint thing could have been the fault of the Chinese sweatsho---errrr--manufacturer, but when designing a magnet based toy, you have to find some way to keep them locked in. Look at the Palisades Muppet line. They had magnets hidden inside the hats and character heads. They knew what they were doing.

I seriously wonder why Mattel's Robots movie toys weren't recalled. I have some and the magets just can't keep still in the feet.

[Jester]

Our store carried a couple of these, and when we get toys it's cause they weren't selling in an actual retail chain like K-mart or Wally World. I wonder if Darleene (Our General Merch. Manager) pulled them.