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Recall: Kiddieland Disney Fairies Plastic Racing Trikes

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in
cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the
following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products
immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to
resell a recalled consumer product.

Name of Product: Disney Fairies Plastic Racing Trikes

Units: About 12,000 (9,000 Disney Princess Trikes were recalled in April 2011*)

Manufacturer: Kiddieland Toys Limited, of Scituate, Mass. (Note:
Disney licensed their brand name to Kiddieland.)

Hazard: The plastic fairy figures protrude from the top of the handle
bar posing a laceration hazard if a child falls on them.

Incidents/Injuries: CPSC and Kiddieland have received one report of a
3-year-old girl from Ohio who suffered a facial laceration near her right
eye.

Description: This recall involves the Disney-branded Fairies Plastic
Racing Trike. The trike is green and purple with a white seat and yellow wheels.
On top of the handlebar, there is a Tinkerbell figure and three other rotating
fairy figures. “Disney Fairies” is printed on the label in front of the trike
just below the handlebar.

Sold exclusively at: Target stores nationwide from July 2009 through
December 2009 for about $50.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the trikes away from
children and contact Kiddieland for a free replacement handlebar with an
enclosed rotating display.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Kiddieland at
(800) 430-5307 anytime, or visit the firm’s website at www.kiddieland.com.hk

*New model Princess Trikes do not have figurines and are not included in the
recall.

Karla Urwitz
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