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The reports, as CPSC published them

1. No one hurt

   Made Sep 6, 2014 · , sent to the company Sep 15, 2014 · , published by CPSC Sep 29, 2014

   The product, in the report: I set up the croquet set by Wild Sports. The carry bag that it comes with requires all the mallets to be put together EACH time by screwing the wooden mallet head onto the wooden stick. Since the threads are wooden, it is very difficult to tighten all 6 mallets. Wild Sports www.wildsports.com Style # YTCQS5-1 317-804-9160 customerservice@wildsports.com This product was bought at Menards in Iowa and Menards will not return it.

   I set up the croquet set by Wild Sports. The carry bag that it comes with requires all the mallets to be put together EACH time by screwing the wooden mallet head onto the wooden stick. Since the threads are wooden, it is very difficult to tighten all 6 mallets. The 2 kids were playing croquet and one of them hit the ball and the wooden mallet head came flying out into the air about 4 feet high and landed by my other child. Fearing that more mallet heads might come off, I tried to tighten them more. Again, another wooden mallet head came flying off endangering 2 children and myself. I immediately took the mallets away and ended the game.

   I contacted the company, Wild Sports, via phone and told the customer service rep what happened. I said the only way to secure the heads is to glue them on but then they wouldn’t fit in the supplied bag. The supplied “carry bag” only fits completely disassembled pieces. She offered another, bigger bag. I agreed, told her I would glue them if there was a bigger bag and emailed her my address per her request. In a return response she then told me that I would have to pay for the bigger bag to hold the pieces.

   I told her no, that the game, as it must be completely assembled for every play, is unsafe and the company should try to remedy it. There was no return response.

   The “assembly, directions, and rules” paper that came with the croquet set did NOT have any assembly directions, nor does it state that assembly is required. The paper only has rules of play on it.

   Wild Sports www.wildsports.com Style # YTCQS5-1 317-804-9160 customerservice@wildsports.com

   This product was bought at Menards in Iowa and Menards will not return it.

   Model

   YTCQS5-1

   Bought from

   Menards, Iowa

   Bought

   Mar 1, 2014, about then

   Where

   Altoona, Iowa: Home/Apartment/Condominium

   Who was involved

   Age 4, Male

   The reporter’s relation to them

   My Child

   As this report names them

   Brand Croquet, made or sold by Wild Sales, LLC DBA Wild Sports

   How badly, in CPSC’s words

   Incident, No Injury

CPSC’s disclaimer

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