CPSC, Child GuidanceTM Announce Recall to Replace Caterpillar Toys
Kids’ product recall 00-147. Announced by CPSC on Jul 21, 2000.
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Jul 21, 2000. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
Young children can choke on the small balls attached to these toys.
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What should you do?
Parents and caregivers should take these toys away from young children immediately. Consumers should send the toy back to the firm to receive another toy of similar value. The firm will pay postage costs.
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- How to reach the firm: For more information, call Child Guidance™ at (877) 586-1006 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday or visit their website at www.jakkspacific.com/recall.html
Which ones are recalled?
The Wiggle Waggle Caterpillar™ is a pull toy that plays four songs and various sounds. It has five ball shapes raised from its body on the end of tightly wound coil wire springs. The two smaller ball shapes on the caterpillar’s head resemble antennas. The toy is about 10 inches long, and is green with yellow oval wheels that cause it to wobble when it moves. The segments of the caterpillar’s body have lights that flash to the music and sounds. “Child Guidance™” and “MADE IN CHINA” are imprinted on the bottom of the toy. “Ages 12 months & up” is written on the packaging.
Almost 1 million units, as CPSC gives them.
Wiggle Waggle Caterpillar™ toys.
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CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 1 photo on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Imported by Child Guidance™, New York, N.Y., a division of JAKKS Pacific Inc.
- Toy and discount department stores nationwide sold the caterpillar toys, from May 1998 through June 2000, for about $13.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
CPSC has received one report of a 5-month-old girl in El Paso, Texas, choking to death after one of the small balls attached to these toys lodged in her throat. CPSC also received reports of two children starting to choke on a ball from this toy.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.