The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has just issued a recall on Disney Fairies Plastic Racing Trikes manufactured by Kiddieland Toys Ltd. The recall effects around 12,000 of the Disney-branded tricycles that were sold in Target stores across the United States from July to December 2009.
The tricycles feature plastic fairy figures, including Tinker Bell and other characters featured in Disney’s recent Tinker Bell animated movies. These figures are featured as rotating ornaments on top of the green and purple tricycle’s handlebars; however, these figurines may cause laceration injuries if a child falls on them. The likelihood and severity of such injuries in the event of an unsafe toy accident has caused Kiddieland and the CPSC to issue the recall.
The recalled line has a “Disney Fairies” label on the front of the tricycle below the purple handlebars, but does not include the new model of Princess Trikes as they do not feature the figurines on the handlebars. Consumers should immediately take the tricycles away from children and contact Kiddieland at (800) 430-5307 for a replacement handlebar with a safe, enclosed rotating display. One child has been reported to have been injured by the toy so far.
This is not the first Kiddieland Disney tricycle to be recalled by the CPSC. In April 2011, the organization recalled 9,000 Kiddieland Disney Princess Plastic Racing Trikes for a similar problem.
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