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Product name Pokemon Plush Toys
Description The recall involves 10 "pokedoll" plush toy characters including Pikachu, Minun, Plusle, Skitty, Evee, Munchlax, Mew, Ho-Oh, and Lugia. Pikachu comes in a 12-inch and 6-inch tall version. All of the other characters are approximately 6-inches tall. They have a sewn-in label that reads: "Pokemon Center 2005 Pokemon /Nintendo /Creatures/ GAME FREAK" on one side and "2000 MADE IN CHINA" on the other. 
Problem The stuffing of the toy may contain tips of sewing needles which could pose a puncture hazard. 
Distribution Nintendo World, 10 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, and on the firm's Web site. The Pokedoll plush toys were also given away as promotions by Nintendo of America Inc. at the E3 Conference in Los Angeles in May 2005. 
Company Pokemon USA - 800-930-6613; Web site - www.pokemoncenter.com/recall.asp. 
Dates sold April 2005 through June 2005. 
Date posted 08/30/2005 
 

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