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Small World Toys Recalls Two Toy Necklaces

Kids’ product recall 95-040. Announced by CPSC on Dec 1, 1994.

CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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Announced by CPSC on Dec 1, 1994. 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?

Choking

Source:

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

What should you do?

The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.

Source:

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

Which ones are recalled?

December 1, 1994 Release # 95-040 WASHINGTON, D.C. - CPSC, Small World Toys of Culver City, Calif., is voluntarily recalling about 28,000 toy necklaces.The toys were identified during a joint CPSC and U.S. Customs surveillance at the port of Long Beach, Calif. CPSC testing found that the toy necklaces contained small parts that present potential choking hazards to young children.The unlabeled toy necklaces were sold individually from cardboard display containers at retail toy stores. The first toy necklace, Item #8008, is a 20-inch plastic beaded necklace with 14 various colored shaped hearts, telephones, airplanes, rabbits, and other similar items attached. The necklaces were sold from a display container labeled, in part, “ 3 in 1 Mini Charmy Jewels *** Made in China.”The second toy necklace, Item #48901, is a 18-inch plastic beaded necklace consisting of 14 various colored elongated circular beads each placed between four oval shaped glow-in-the-dark beads. The necklaces were sold from a display container labeled in part, “ Glow in the Dark Jewelry ***.”The toy necklaces were imported from China and sold nationwide from November 1993 to November 1994 at Imaginarium stores and approximately 200 other retail stores for 40 cents. Imaginarium stores sold only the glow-in-the-dark necklace, item #48901.The toy necklaces should be taken away from children under 3 years of age immediately and returned to the store where purchased for a full refund. For more information about this recall, call Small World Toys at (800) 421-4153 or write the company at P.O. Box 3620, Culver City, CA. 90231-3620.Neither CPSC nor Small World Toys is aware of any injuries involving these toys; this recall is being conducted to prevent the possibility of injury

Glow in the Dark Jewlery toy necklaces and Mini Charmy Jeweks toy necklaces.

Source:

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

Who made and sold it?

  • Made by Imaginarium.
  • Made by Small World Toys.
  • Made in China, as the notice gives it.
Source:

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

Was anyone hurt?

The notice doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.

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.
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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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