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CPSC, Playnation Play Systems Announce Recall of “Fun Buckets” on Backyard Play Sets

Home product recall 03-084. Announced by CPSC on Feb 20, 2003.

CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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The short answer

Announced by CPSC on Feb 20, 2003. 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?

As children play on the play set’s slide or platform, the 6- to 8-ft free- hanging rope can become entangled around the child’s neck. This presents a strangulation hazard to young children.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

Consumers should take down the “Fun Buckets” immediately and return them to the store where purchased, for a refund or a credit toward another product.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

  • How to reach the firm: For more information, consumers can contact Playnation at (770) 792-9300 between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s website at www.playset.com

Which ones are recalled?

This recall involves “Fun Buckets” sold as an add-on option for backyard play sets. The 14-inch-deep buckets are either yellow or green vinyl and have a black nylon strap attached to the rope. The “Fun Bucket” was sold with a heavy wood bracket to attach it to the roof of a play set fort.

About 1,400 units, as CPSC gives them.

Fun Buckets.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 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?

  • Made by Playnation Play Systems, Kennesaw, Ga.
  • Distributors of backyard play sets nationwide sold the fun buckets, from February 1998 through February 2003, for about $25.
Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

Playnation is aware of two incidents where the bucket’s rope became entangled around the necks of two 4-year-olds. Both of the children were freed without injury.

Source:

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.
Source:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

  • 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.

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 19, 2026.

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