The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the recall of two toys due to a potential choking hazard.
The Zoom Buggy Car and Dream Pillow Star toys, both from Greensboro, N.C.-based Kindermusik are being recalled thanks to small pieces detaching and causing a choking hazard. There were about 7,000 Zoom Buggy Cars and 300 Dream Pillow Stars sold in the United States and 1,300 Zoom Buggy Cars and 100 Dream Pillow Stars sold in Canada. Both toys were manufactured in China.
The wheels on the Zoom Buggy cars and plastic beads on the Dream Pillow Star can detach. No injuries have been reported as of yet.
According to the CPSC, Zoom Buggy Cars have a wooden body with red and blue plastic wheels and a red handle. The recalled units have tracking labels on both the product and packaging with a date code of 201005 and a batch ID of APO18829 on the bottom of the cars. Dream Pillow Stars have a wooden star center with red plastic handles, yellow plastic center stars and red, blue and green plastic beads. The recalled units have tracking labels on both the product and packaging with a date code of 201005 and a batch ID of APO18829 on the bottom of the product.
They were both sold through Kindermusik Educators as part of Kindermusik At-Home-Materials from July 2010 through October 2010 for the Zoom Buggy Car and from September 2010 through October 2010 for the Dream Pillow Star for about $33.95. Also sold at Kindermusik classes and Kindermusik.com from August 2010 through October 2010 for about $10.
For refund or replacement information, call Kindermusik International at (800) 628-5687 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.
In both cases, take the toys away from your child immediately.
It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled toy. Visit the CPSC website to see all of the recall toy pictures, to read more information about this recall and to sign up for free email alerts for future toy recalls. To stay up-to-date on toy recalls, check out this list of recent toy recalls with recall toy pictures and visit the toy recall information center
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