The Recall Desk
Our severity:HighCPSC·02530·Announced 2002-04-02

Discovery Toys Recalls Up, Down & Around Toddler Maze Toys

Discovery Toys is recalling Up, Down & Around toddler maze toys because plastic tubes can break, releasing beads that pose a choking hazard to young children.

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a choking hazard to young children, which is a risk-of-harm product where injury has not yet been reported, fitting the High severity criteria.

Plain-English summary

Discovery Toys, of Livermore, California, is recalling approximately 21,000 Up, Down & Around toddler maze toys, model #1612. The recall was initiated because the plastic tubes on the toy can break from the wooden base, releasing beads that pose a choking hazard to young children.

The recalled toys feature four circuit flexible wires coated in blue, orange, red, and yellow plastic tubes, sliding multi-colored shaped beads, and two abacuses attached to a wooden base. The toys measure 9 1/2 inches by 8 inches by 7 inches and use four suction cups to anchor to non-porous surfaces. Discovery Toys' Educational Consultants sold the toys nationwide from July 2001 to January 2002.

Discovery Toys has received nine reports of the tubes breaking, but no injuries have been reported. Consumers should stop using the toy immediately and contact Discovery Toys to receive a free replacement. Purchasers were sent direct mail notification of this recall. For more information, consumers can call Discovery Toys at (800) 341-8697, Monday through Friday PST 7:00 am to 3:30 pm, visit www.discoverytoysinc.com, or email [email protected].

The recalled product

Product
Up, Down & Around toddler maze toys
Manufacturer
Discovery Toys, of Livermore, Ca.
Category
Consumer Product — Toys
Hazard
Affected units
21,000

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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