Discovery Hello Baby toy phones

Description: Discovery Toys Children's Toy Phone Recall Recall Alert U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 October 23, 2001 Alert #02-502 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 [email protected]. Purchasers were sent direct mail notification of this recall. [Learn More]