CPSC, Discovery Toys Announce Recall of Children's Toy Phones

Recalled October 23, 2001 · CPSC recall 02502 · Discovery Toys

Hazard

The blue, hard plastic antenna ball can break off the toy phone, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Remedy

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.

Units

About 57,000

Incidents / injuries

Discovery Toys received eight reports of the antenna ball breaking off the toy phones. No injuries have been reported.

Description

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 to do

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.

Contact

Consumers may call Discovery Toys at 800-341-TOYS (1-800-341-8697) Monday through Friday 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM (PT) or email [email protected]

Product

Hello Baby toy phones

Manufacturer(s)

Discovery Toys Inc., of Livermore, Calif.

Retailers

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.

Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Official recall notice on cpsc.gov →