The Recall Desk
Our severity: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

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 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.

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