Fisher-Price recalls about 10 Million Toys

Sep 30 2010, 3:08pm CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Toy company Fisher-Price just announced a huge toy recall. Most of the 10 million toys recalled are Trikes. About 7 million Fisher Price Trikes and Tough Trikes toddler tricycles are recalled. A child can strike, sit or fall on the protruding plastic ignition key resulting in serious injury, including genital bleeding. The problem trikes feature a either a disc-shaped or D-shaped pretend key.

Fisher-Price als recalls 2.8 million infant toys that feature an inflatable ball. These toys include Baby Playzone Crawl & Cruise Playground, Baby Playzone Crawl & Slide Arcade , Baby Gymtastics Play Wall, Ocean Wonders Kick & Crawl Aquarium (C3068 and H8094), 1-2-3 Tetherball and Bat & Score Goal. The valve of the inflatable ball on these toys can come off and pose a choking hazard to young children.

Another toy affected by this massive recall is the Fisher-Price Little People Wheelies Stand 'n Play Rampway. About 100,000 of these toys are recalled.

Besides toys, Fisher-Price also recalls close to 1 million high-chairs including the Healthy Care, Easy Clean and Close to Me High Chairs.

To find out more details if your toys are affected by this recall visit this support page or call Fisher-Price at 800 432-5437. The US Consumer Product and Safety Commission has also put up pages with more information on the recalled Fisher-Price toys: Trikes, Wheelies Stand, Toys with inflatable Balls and high chairs.

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