Product name | “Kiddy Phone Wind-Up Educational Toy” and the “Tub Pets, Fantastic Bath Toy” |
Description | The Kiddy Phones were sold from August 1991 through December 1991. These wind-up education toy phones (model #888) are a yellow plastic telephone with two moving eyes on the front of the cradle, a red push-button nose in the center of the rotary dial, three push buttons (red, white and blue) on its base, a small square drawing board inside the base, a red stylus, and a phone receiver with a mirror and a puzzle. A bell rings when either the blue or white button is pushed or when a wind-up key on the side of the phone is wound. The phone also serves as a bank with a coin slot in the cradle. The “Tub Pets, Fantastic Bath Toy” (model #31-062) is a blue dolphin or a green turtle. When the dolphin’s top pink fin is pressed down, the back fins move and water squirts out of the dolphin’s mouth. The green turtle has a pink baby turtle on the top of its shell. When the pink turtle is pressed down, the big turtle’s fee move and water squirts out of the big turtle’s mouth. |
Problem | Components on these toys can separate, presenting a choking or aspiration hazard to young children |
Distribution | Approximately 180 Kiddy Phones were sold in the Los Angeles area at various stores and approximately 200 Tub Pets were sold in the Los Angeles area at various retail stores |
Company | Toy Power, Incl. of Los Angeles, California, 1-213-622-4625 |
Dates sold | January 1990 through December 1991 |
Date posted | 12/31/2001 |
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