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Friday, August 14, 2009

Kids' workshop sets

Little Tikes is recalling about 1.6 million Little Tikes workshop sets and trucks. The recalled workshop sets and trucks have oversized, plastic toy nails that can pose a choking hazard to young children.

The toy nails are about 3 1/4 inches long by 1 1/4 inch in diameter and come in red or blue. They have large round heads; about 1 1/4 inches below the head is a plastic ridge, slightly smaller than the nail head and about 1 inch in diameter. They were sold with a variety of Little Tikes Children's products.

The following models (with model numbers in parenthesis) are included in this recall: Electronic Project Workshop (0914), Little HandiWorker Workhorse (0920/612237), Home Improvements 2-Sided Workshop (4146), Swirlin' Sawdust Workshop (440Z), Black Pickup Truck with Tools (4028).

Web sites such as www.littletikes.com and other large retailers, including Toys R Us, sold the products from March 1994 through June 2009 for between $25 and $100.

Consumers should contact the firm for a free replacement toy nail. Call Little Tikes toll-free at 1-800-791-2737, or visit the firm's Web site at www.littletikes.com.

Wii recharge stations

Griffin International is recalling about 220,000 Psyclone Essentials and React Wii 4-Dock Battery Recharge Stations.

The battery pack can overheat, posing a burn or fire hazard.

The Wii 4-Dock Recharge Station includes a white docking station with four recharge stations and a four rechargeable battery pack. Brand names are on the front of the packaging and the model numbers, Psyclone (PSE6501) and React (RT530), can be found on the bottom side of the product.

The Psyclone Essentials brand was sold at Target, Toys R Us and Amazon.com; React was sold at Best Buy stores. Both were sold from January 2008 through July 2009 for about $50.

Consumers should contact Griffin International to obtain information on how to return the product and receive a free replacement. Call Griffin toll free at 1-888-344-4702, e-mail productsafety@psyclonegamer.com or visit www.psyclonegamer.com/Wii4Dock.

Generators

Homelite Consumer Products Inc. is recalling about 51,750 Homelite, Husky and Black Max brand generators. The fuel gauge can leak excessive amounts of gasoline, posing a fire hazard to consumers.

This recall involves Homelite and Husky brand generators sold exclusively at Home Depot stores and Black Max brand generators sold exclusively at Sam's Club stores. Affected generators include Homelite models HG3500, HG3510, HG5700 and HG5700R, Husky models HU3650, HUCA5700 and HUCA7000 and Black Max models BM10700A, BM10700B, BM10711A, BM10700DG, BM10700R, BM10700BR & BM10722G. Generators included in this recall have manufacturing date codes between BML306-BMM151, CHL122-CHM151 and CRL153-CRM059. The model number and manufacturing date code are included on the data label located on the top or side of the generator engine. Products with a green "dot" on the outside of the package or a "silver dot" on the fuel gauge face are not included in the recall.

The generators were sold from July 2008 through May 2009 for $480 to $1,600.

Consumers should contact Homelite Consumer Products Inc. (Homelite and Husky brands only) or Black Max (Black Max brands only) for a free repair kit.

For more information regarding Homelite or Husky brand generators, contact Homelite Consumer Products toll-free at 1-800-242-4672 or visit www.homelite.com. For more information regarding Black Max brand generators, contact Black Max toll-free at 1-800-726-5760 or visit www.blackmaxtools.com.

Visit the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission online at www.cpsc.gov.
First published on August 14, 2009 at 12:00 am