Baby Toy Warning

Recall at a glance

What was recalled

Baby Toy Warning NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: OCTOBER 17, 1989 (301) 504-7908 Release # 90-001 Baby Toy Warning WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, as a precaution, is issuing a warning on the Shelcore "8 in 1 Play Center" with four corner holes manufactured prior to 1988. Play Centers manufactured after July, 1988 do not contain four corner holes and are not subject to this notice. Consumers are warned not to attach the Play Center by strings to a crib or playpen. If strings are not tied tightly or become loosened with use, the string between the toy and the crib may present a potential strangulation hazard if a child places his neck over the excess string. The Company never received a consumer complaint or report of injury associated with this product. The Play Center, model No. 61012, measures approximately 10 inches by 10 inches by one inch and contains four corner holes and eight multi-colored, eight-sided individual toys which can be pulled out and played with separately. The toy was designed for children between the ages of nine to 36 months. The toys were sold nationwide for about $8.50 each. To date, approximately 400,000 units have been sold. Attachment to a mesh-sided playpen is more dangerous than to a wooden crib or playpen since the flexible mesh creates a greater potential for entrapment. In July, 1988, Shelcore, Inc. redesigned the product without corner holes so it cannot be attached to anything. Play centers which do not contain four corner holes are not subject to this warning. Consumers who have attached the Play Center to a crib or playpen by strings should immediately cut and throw away the strings. The toy can still be used safely on the floor of a crib or playpen.

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• Shelcore 8 in 1 Play Center

Where it was sold

Companies named in the notice: Shelcore.

Recall history and context

Shelcore appears in 3 CPSC recalls on record. See all Shelcore recalls.

Since 2019 CPSC has recorded 238 recalls in the baby and nursery category, 59 recalls of them in the past 12 months.

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More recalls from Shelcore

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• Crib Soft Playgrounds Recalled by Shelcore
  October 27, 1987 · Shelcore · Baby and nursery

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