Target toys
2 reports to CPSC, the latest made Jan 10, 2023. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 2reports to CPSC
- Jan 10, 2023the latest report was made
- Sep 20, 2017the earliest
- 2with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Target
- Maker
- TargetMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- ToysToys without a type of their ownCPSC’s product type: Toys, Not Elsewhere Classified (code 1381), in Toys & Children: Toys
Other ways the reports write the brand (1)
“Target brand”
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | 1 |
| September 2017 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Emergency room 1 CPSC: Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
- No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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No one hurt Made Jan 10, 2023, sent to the company Jul 6, 2023, published by CPSC Jul 27, 2023
The product, in the report: Green t rex dinosaur shaped pop it Dinosaur stamped on each button Thin rubber $3 Target party section
One of the pop its target is selling is super dangerous and the buttons are coming out because the design flaw of having each button stamped with a dinosaur and the rubber being much thinner than other pop its. It’s a green t rex dinosaur pop it for $3 in their party section
- Model
- I do not have any of it anymore, oops
- UPC
- :(
- Serial number
- Sorry
- Bought from
- Target
- Bought
- Jan 6, 2023
- Where
- Olympia, Washington: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 2, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand Target, made or sold by Target
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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Emergency room Made Sep 20, 2017, sent to the company Oct 3, 2017, published by CPSC Oct 18, 2017
The product, in the report: “Light up bouncy baton-bullseye’s playground”. Long green wand with soft pumpkin top that lights up. Store item number 234-25-1459. barcode is 085761241077
Saturday, I got a call at work that was probably the worst phone call of my life: my four year old son was choking on a part of a toy, not breathing, and they were rushing him to the emergency room at Rady Children’s. Terrified, I left work and drove as fast as I could to Rady’s. When I got there, thank everything, my son was breathing and part of the toy- a button battery- had been extracted from his airway. However, he had some swelling, a raspy voice, and was unable to swallow, leading doctors to think there might be more parts of the toy still caught in his airway or esophagus. They had to take him to the operating room, put him to sleep under general anesthesia, insert an artificial airway into his trachea and put him on the ventilator (life support) so that they could send scopes down both his airway and his esophagus to ensure there wasn’t any other foreign body present.
There wasn’t, but they did find laryngeal swelling and irritation from where the battery had come to rest (and cut off air supply!) in his airway. There was evidence of bleeding from the trauma to his airway as well. They gave him steroids and he was monitored. It took a long time for him to wake up from anesthesia and every second was agony while we waited in the waiting room, separate from our son, not knowing what was going on or if he was okay.
Our story had a happy ending- he ended up being okay and was discharged home later on. But it so easily could have gone another way. The button battery was lodged deep, deep in his airway. The ENT doctor who performed the procedure showed us how it had caused irritation to his vocal cords and explained that aside from lye, button batteries are one of the most toxic things you can ingest. He asked where the battery had come from.
And here’s the thing. Here’s the thing. It came from a toy. It came from a toy, from the Target dollar spot. One of those silly Halloween toy wands where you bang the head of the pumpkin and it lights up. The ones marked ages three and up.
Well, guess what. My son IS three and up and this still happened. All he had to do was bang the head of that pumpkin and it came flying off, exposing the battery assembly. I don’t care what age a toy is marked as, children should NEVER have direct access to the batteries that run them. This was a cheap, silly toy that I bought because I thought it would make him smile. It almost killed him instead. PLEASE don’t buy this toy for your children. The risk is simply unacceptable and I would hate for any other child to go through what mine went through. They might not be as lucky as we were.
- Model
- 234-25-1459
- UPC
- 085761241077
- Bought from
- Target
- Bought
- Sep 9, 2017, about then
- Where
- Santee, United States: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 4, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand Target brand, made or sold by Target
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
CPSC’s disclaimer
Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
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