CPSC Recall in 2001: CPSC, Discovery Toys Announce Recall of Children's Toy Phones

PRODUCT: Children's Toy Telephone - Discovery Toys Inc. of Livermore, Calif., is voluntarily recalling about 57,000 Hello Baby toy phones, model #1077. The battery-operated, multicolored toy flip phone is red, blue and yellow with green, blue, yellow and orange dial buttons. Each button has its own sound: a ring, a beeping dialing tune, a busy signal and a "hello." The toy phone has a blue hard-plastic antenna with a ball-shaped tip that makes a clickity-clack sound. The toy phones were sold nationwide through Discovery Toys sales network. They were sold in the U.S. and Canada from May 1999 through November 2000 for about $10 and have since been discontinued.PROBLEM: The blue, hard plastic antenna ball can break off of the toy phone, posing a choking hazard to young children.INCIDENTS/INJURIES: Discovery Toys received eight reports of the antenna ball breaking off of the toy phones. No injuries have been reported.WHAT TO DO: Consumers should stop using the toy phone immediately and call Discovery Toys at 800-341-TOYS (1-800-341-8697) Monday through Friday 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM (PT) for a free repair kit. Consumers also can request a free repair kit by sending an email to productsupport@discoverytoys.net.Purchasers were sent direct mail notification of this recall.

The blue, hard plastic antenna ball can break off of the toy phone, posing a choking hazard to young children.

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Discovery Toys received eight reports of the antenna ball breaking off of the toy phones. No injuries have been reported.

The toy phones were sold nationwide through Discovery Toys sales network. They were sold in the U.S. and Canada from May 1999 through November 2000 for about $10 and have since been discontinued.