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CPSC, Front Porch Classics Announce Recall of “Old Century Dread Pirate™” Coffee Table Games

Home product recall 04-144. Announced by CPSC on May 27, 2004.

CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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The short answer

Announced by CPSC on May 27, 2004. 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 surface coating and the metal in the ships contain lead and pose a risk of lead poisoning to young children. A child could ingest lead by swallowing a broken part of the ship or by repeatedly mouthing the ships.

Source:

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

What should you do?

Take the recalled “Dread Pirate” ships away from children immediately and call Front Porch for free replacement toy ships that do not contain lead and will not break.

Source:

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

  • How to reach the firm: Call Front Porch at (800) 526-0314 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. (PT) Monday through Friday. Or visit the company’s website: www.frontporchclassics.com

Which ones are recalled?

The “Old Century Dread Pirate™” coffee table game has many playing pieces illustrating pirates, ships, coins, and treasure. This recall covers all games with lot numbers 75, 79, and 81. The lot numbers are on the bottom of the “treasure chest.”

2,000 units, as CPSC gives them.

Dread Pirate coffee table game.

Source:

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

CPSC’s photos

CPSC shows 2 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.

Who made and sold it?

  • Made by Front Porch Classics, Seattle, Washington.
  • Approximately 170 toy and game stores, on-line and catalog vendors, and gift stores sold the “Dread Pirate” games, from October 2003 through March 2004, for about $100.
  • Made in China, as the notice gives it.
Source:

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

Was anyone hurt?

None reported.

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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