Toy Train & Music Box Recalled by Enesco Imports
Kids’ product recall 87-020. Announced by CPSC on Mar 24, 1987.
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Announced by CPSC on Mar 24, 1987. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
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What’s wrong with it?
Lead
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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?
Toy Train & Music Box Recalled by Enesco Imports NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 24, 1987 Release # 87-020 Toy Train & Music Box Recalled because of Lead in the Paint WASHINGTON, DC -- In cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Enesco Imports Corporation, Elk Grove Village, Illinois today announced the recall of a Wood Toy Train and Toy Chest Music Box because of excess lead in the paint on these items. The wood Toy Train and Toy Chest Music Box were tested for lead in the paint by the State of Ohio Department of Public Health as part of a cooperative program with the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Testing indicated that the paint on the Wood Toy Train contained 1.5% lead, and the paint on the Toy Chest Music Box contained 3.0% lead. CPSC safety requirements limit the amount of lead in paint to no more than 0.06%. The Wood Train, Item #300403, consists of a locomotive and two cars. The train is approximately 10 l/2” long and is painted green, blue, red, yellow, gold and white and is sold in a red box labeled in part “ENESCO Wood Toy Train, Taiwan, R.O.C.” . The Toy Chest Music Box, Item A315427, is a music box with a drum shaped base with a boy on top opening a toy chest. The unit is approximately 6” in diameter and 6” high and is painted various colors. It is sold in a red box labeled in part “ENESCO, Boy Opening Toy Box Action Musical, Taiwan, R.O.C.” Approximately 900 of the Wood Trains and 900 of the Toy Chest. Music Boxes have been sold nationwide since 1986. Neither the Consumer Product Safety Commission nor Enesco have received any reports of lead poisoning from either of these toys. Consumers should stop using these items and discard them or return them to the retailer where purchased for a full refund. Retailers should remove both items from sale immediately and return them to Enesco Imports Corporation, One Enesco Plaza, Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007. Anyone wishing additional information may contact Enesco Imports Corporation at 312-640-5200.
Enesco Boy Opening Toy Box Action Musical Toy Chest Music Box, Enesco Wood Toy Train and Wood Toy Train and Toy Chest Music Box.
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Who made and sold it?
- Made by Enesco.
- Made in Taiwan, 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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