CPSC, Playskool Announce Recall to Replace Infant Toys
Kids’ product recall 00-181. Announced by CPSC on Sep 14, 2000.
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Sep 14, 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?
The toy’s brightly colored end knobs can detach and allow small geometric-shaped pieces to come loose, posing a choking hazard to infants and young children.
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What should you do?
Parents and caregivers should take the toy away from infants and young children immediately, and contact Playskool to receive a free redesigned replacement toy.
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- How to reach the firm: Consumers may contact Playskool anytime at (800) 752-9755 to receive a free, redesigned replacement toy.
Which ones are recalled?
Playskool’s Klackeroo is a brightly colored toy with orange plastic rods and small geometric shapes that move through a center purple ball. Solid-colored knobs with animal faces or the sun and moon imprinted on them cap both ends of each orange rod. When shaken, the rods move through the ball and the geometric shapes slide along each rod, making a “clacking” sound. The knobs are green, yellow, blue and red. The Playskool logo is imprinted on one end knob and “MADE IN CHINA” is imprinted on the center ball.
About 550,000 units, as CPSC gives them.
Klackeroo 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 Playskool, Pawtucket, R.I.
- Toy and mass merchandise stores, including Toys “R” Us and Wal- Mart, sold these toys, from October 1997 through September 2000, for about $8.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
Playskool has received 10 reports of the toy’s knobs detaching to release small parts, including four reports of a small part from the toy being found in the mouths of infants and young children. There have been no reported injuries.
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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.