Product name | Xylophones Mallets |
Description | Xylophones, Little Ones(TM) Infant three-piece musical gift sets, and Little Ones(TM) Infant five-piece musical gift sets. The Xylophones are mostly white with a red button and yellow handle. The metal bars on the xylophones are red, yellow, green and blue, and the mallets are red. The three-piece Little Ones(TM) Infant musical gift sets consists of a toy xylophone and mallet, an accordion and a tambourine. The five-piece set consists of a xylophone, tambourine, harmonica and two maracas. All the instruments in both sets are multi-colored plastic. |
Problem | The rounded ends of the xylophone mallets are smaller in diameter than the 1.75-inch standard for small balls. The mallets can get stuck in the throats of young children, blocking their airways, and possibly causing death |
Distribution | Target and other retail stores nationwide sold the individual xylophones; K-mart stores nationwide sold the three-piece musical gift set; and Right Start Stores nationwide sold the five-piece musical gift set |
Company | Playwell Toy Inc. 877-PLAY-WELL, 25142 Wandering Lane, Lake Forest, CA 92630 |
Dates sold | February 1996 to April 1998 - Target and other retail stores; May 1996 to April 1998 - K-mart stores; and November 1997 to August 1998 - Right Start Stores |
Date posted | 12/31/2001 |
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