The Recall Desk
HighCPSC·93102·Announced 1993-08-12

Fisher-Price Recalls Snuggle Light Dolls Due to Choking Hazard

Fisher-Price is recalling approximately 420,000 Snuggle Light dolls because the pom-pom on the nightcap can be removed and cause choking or gagging in infants.

What this means for you

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 with reported instances of choking and gagging, but the source explicitly states that no injuries have been reported, fitting the High severity criteria for risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported.

Plain-English summary

Fisher-Price is recalling approximately 420,000 "Snuggle Light" dolls, model numbers 1372 and 1373, sold nationwide since February 1992. The product is a doll with a nightcap and pom-pom whose face lights up when its body is squeezed.

The recall was initiated after Fisher-Price learned from consumers that very young children, primarily infants five to seven months old, can get the doll's nightcap pom-pom into their mouths and choke or gag on it. The company reported five instances of children choking or gagging on the pom-pom but has received no reports of injuries resulting from this problem.

Parents should cut off the doll's pom-pom and product label and send them to Fisher-Price, Consumer Affairs, 636 Girard Avenue, East Aurora, NY 14052. Fisher-Price will send a new doll body free of charge, which includes everything but the light component and features a cap sewn to the head so it does not swing freely. Consumers should not return the dolls to retailers. If the doll has a cap sewn to the head, no action is required.

The recalled product

Product
Fisher-Price Snuggle Light dolls
Manufacturer
Fisher-Price
Hazard

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.