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CPSC, XL Machine Ltd. Announce Recall of Playskool Toy Chests Sold at Target

Kids’ product recall 02-243. Announced by CPSC on Sep 4, 2002.

CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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The short answer

Announced by CPSC on Sep 4, 2002. Copied from CPSC on Oct 24, 2026.

Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.

What’s wrong with it?

Screws in the chests’ lid support hinges can loosen over time, and come out from the base of the toy chests. If this happens, the lids of the toy chests can collapse suddenly, possibly causing injuries to children’s head, neck, fingers or hands.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

Consumers should take these toy chests away from young children immediately and return them to the Target store where it was purchased for a refund or store credit.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

  • How to reach the firm: For more information, contact XL Machine toll-free at (866) 746-8097 anytime, or go to Target’s web site at www.target.com

Which ones are recalled?

These blue toy chests measure 18.5-inches by 12-inches by 12- inches, and were sold under the Playskool brand name. On the toy chest lid top are depictions of “Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head” characters and the “PLAYSKOOL” logo. The front panel has a “Glow Worm” figure and a dog. The bottom of the toy chests contains “DISTRIBUTED BY: XL MACHINE LTD, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55347.” The chests were made in China.

About 3,300 units, as CPSC gives them.

Playskool Toy Chests.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

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?

  • Distributed by XL Machine Ltd., Eden Prairie, Minn.
  • Target stores sold the toy chest nationwide, from October 2001 through December 2001, for about $50.
  • Made in China, as the notice gives it.
Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

CPSC and XL have received one report of screws in the lid support hinge of a toy chest coming out, resulting in one injury, a bruise to the neck.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 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.
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Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.

    Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

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 24, 2026.

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