Swing Sets Recalled for Repair Due to Risk of Top Beam Disconnecting
Kids’ product recall 06-535. Announced by CPSC on Mar 15, 2006.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Mar 15, 2006. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- About 3,600 units, as CPSC gives them
- None injuries, CPSC’s notice says
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The connection between the swing set’s horizontal top beam and the vertical end support post can break, posing a risk of injury, if the user falls to the ground or is hit by the beam.
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What should you do?
Consumers should stop using the recalled swing sets immediately and remove the swing’s chains and seats from the top beam until a repair kit can be installed. PlayPower LT is contacting swing owners directly by mail and is providing free repair kits.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: For additional information, contact PlayPower LT at (800) 265-9953 Ext. 206, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, visit the firm’s Web site at www.littletikescommercial.com, or e-mail the firm at mike.hayward@ltcps.com
Which ones are recalled?
Both swing sets have metal frames in a variety of colors. The swings hang by chains from the top beam and have black flexible rubber seats. The frame of the “Max Play” Model 200096625 has vertical support posts with a horizontal beam connected across the top. The frame of the “Kid Builders Arch” Model 200122457 has arched end posts with a horizontal beam across the top.
About 3,600 units, as CPSC gives them.
Max Play Single Post and “Kid Builders Arch” Swing Sets.
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?
- Distributed by PlayPower LT Farmington Inc., Farmington, Mo. (formerly Little Tikes Commercial Play Systems Inc.).
- PlayPower LT representatives directly to consumers from December 1997 through June 2004 for the “Max Play” Single Post Swing for about $900, and from May 2002 through November 2005 for the “Kid Builders Arch” Swing for about $1,800.
- Made in United States, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
PlayPower LT has received 22 reports of cracks at the connection between the swing’s horizontal top beam and the vertical end support post. No injuries have been reported.
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.