The Recall Desk
Our severity:HighCPSC·95008·Announced 1994-10-17

Lyons Group Recalls Santa Barney Dolls Due to Choking Hazard

CPSC and Lyons Group urge parents to remove a pom-pom from Santa Barney dolls to prevent choking. One child required medical attention after choking on the part.

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 one reported case of a child requiring medical attention, fitting the 'High' severity criteria for risk-of-harm products where injury has been reported but not severe or fatal.

Plain-English summary

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Lyons Group of Richardson, Texas, are urging parents to remove a small white pom-pom from the tip of the red Santa hat on 6-inch BARNEY dolls. The dolls feature a red and white scarf and a red Santa hat. The pom-pom poses a choking hazard if it detaches from the hat.

The safety warning was issued after the company received seven reports of the pom-pom coming off the hat. In one instance, a child required medical attention for choking on the pom-pom, though the child fully recovered. Approximately 594,000 videotapes and BARNEY dolls were sold nationwide during the previous holiday season as the Barney Holiday Gift Pack.

Consumers should immediately snip off the pom-pom from the doll. The Lyons Group is asking consumers to attach the removed pom-pom to a 3-inch by 5-inch card with their name and address and send it to P.O. Box 9523, Allen, TX 75002. Cards received by December 15, 1994, were entered into a sweepstakes for a chance to win a 4-foot BARNEY or 4-foot Baby Bop doll. Retailers were also notified to remove pom-poms from dolls in stock before selling them.

The recalled product

Product
Barney dolls
Manufacturer
Lyons Group
Category
Consumer Product — Toys
Hazard

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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