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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Originally issued June 27, 2000
Revised October 24, 2002
Release # 00-134
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Galoob Hotline: (800) 327-8264
CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Ken Giles, (301) 504-7052
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Note: phone number change
CPSC, Galoob Toys Inc. Announce Recall of Sky Dancers® Flying Dolls
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), Galoob® Toys Inc., of San Francisco, Calif., is
recalling about 8.9 million Sky Dancers® flying dolls. Galoob® was
purchased by Hasbro in 1998. The hard plastic Sky Dancers® dolls can
fly rapidly in unpredictable directions, and can hit and injure both
children and adults.
Galoob® has received 170 reports of the dolls striking children
and adults resulting in 150 reports of injuries. They include eye
injuries, including scratched corneas and incidents of temporary
blindness, broken teeth, a mild concussion, a broken rib, and facial
lacerations that required stitches.
The recalled Sky Dancers® dolls were sold in many different
styles, including Pretty Lights Sky Dancers, Mini-Sky Dancers and Fairy
Flyers. The princess/ballerina-type dolls have hair pulled up into a
pony tail and have stiff foam wing-covered arms that propel the doll
when it is launched. The launchers, sold in many shapes including
dolphins, flowers, moon, ponies, and sun and rainbow, have a molded
plastic base and a pull-cord. The launchers were sold in both hand-held
and table-top versions. The doll is inserted into the top of the
launcher feet-first, and the pull-cord is pulled to launch the doll. The
packaging is labeled "Sky Dancers®", "galoob®", "MADE IN CHINA",
"Ages 5 and Up Only" and "Not for children under 3 years".
Mass merchandise and toy stores nationwide sold the dolls from
November 1994 through June 2000 for between $8 to $25.
Consumers should stop using these flying dolls immediately and
call Galoob® for instructions on how to return the toy sets to receive
a product of equal value. For more information, consumers should call
Galoob® toll-free at (800) 327-8264 anytime, or go to the firm's web
site at http://www.galoob.com/skydancer.html.
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