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

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Recall Category: Kids Recalls

Recall Date: 2001-10-23T00:00:00

Product: Hello Baby toy phones

Company: Discovery Toys Inc., of Livermore, Calif.

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

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.

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.

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

Recall Number: 02502

Product Type: Toys / Play Products, Baby / Infant Products

Hazard Type: Choking Hazard, Battery Hazard

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