Smurf Musical Crib Train Toys Recalled by Durham
Kids’ product recall 84-009. Announced by CPSC on Feb 3, 1984.
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Announced by CPSC on Feb 3, 1984. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
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What’s wrong with it?
Choking
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What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
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Which ones are recalled?
Smurf Musical Crib Train Toys Recalled by Durham NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 3, 1984 Release # 84-009 Durham Industries Smurf Musical Crib Train Toy Recalled Because Of Choking Hazard. Washington, DC-- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Durham Industries, Inc., New York, New York, today announced a voluntary recall of approximately 4,300 Smurf Musical Crib Train toys, Model 5340/5342, because small parts may break off this toy if it is dropped. These small parts may present a choking, aspiration, or swallowing hazard. CPSC safety standards specify that toys for children under three (3) must not have such small parts. Since 1982, approximately 4,300 of these toys have been sold through Toys-R-Us stores in the East Coast, Midwest, West Coast, and Florida for $13 to $15 each. The CPSC has received one report of an infant choking on a small parts from this toy. The child was not injured and required no medical attention. The toy is a light blue plastic train engine with yellow wheels and smokestack. It is 7 l/2 inches long by 3 l/2 inches wide by 7 l/2 inches high. There is a Smurf face on the front of the train. This toy is designed to be fastened on to the rail of a baby crib. When the smokestack is ‘wound up’, the train moves along the crib rail and plays music. The train may also be used as a floor toy. The following label is molded on the right side of the train engine: “DURHAM INDUSTRIES, INC., MCMLXXXII NEW YORK, N.Y. 10010, ITEN NO. 5340/5342 MADE IN HONG KONG.” Consumers should remove these products from use immediately and return them to the retailer where purchased for a full refund. For further information, consumers may call Durham Industries, 212-679-2282, or the CPSC toll-free Hotline at 800-638-CPSC. A teletypewriter number for the hearing impaired is (301) 595-7054.
Smurf Musical Crib Train toys.
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Who made and sold it?
- Made by Durham.
- Made by Toys R Us.
- Made in Hong Kong, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
The notice doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
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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.
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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.
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