15 Most DANGEROUS Toys You Should NEVER Buy!

Many of us don't know that there are millions of recalled products around us and surprising evidence tonight is that the truth is that when we buy children's

toys

we tend to trust the safety standards that govern the industry, after all, The purpose of a toy would be defeated if it is no longer safe to use. It is quite rare nowadays for

toys

to be considered

dangerous

after arriving in stores because they must have gone through several checks, however, that has not always been the case. in the past here are 20 real toys that were banned for being so

dangerous

once it became clear that they could hurt children who just wanted to play with them.

Number one, the Easy Bake Oven, the Easy Bake Oven, which allows children to produce their own baked goods, such as cakes, cookies. and pretzels is one of the toys that has stood the test of time better than any other. The Easy Bake oven has evolved over time in terms of appearance, efficiency, functionality and various baking ingredients, making it a classic childhood favorite, it is certainly hard to overlook the joy you experienced when using it for first time an Easy Bake oven when it comes to remembering classic American toys. The joy of using it as a child or showing your little one how to use it is very satisfying and is a recognition of the toy's lasting appeal.

For kids and adults, November 4 is designated each year as National Easy Bake Oven Day. The Easy Bake Oven appears to have a fascinating history that goes back many years and is based on a lineage of children's ovens that began many years earlier. Whether you've used the device firsthand or just admired it from afar, you'll be curious to know the secret history of the Easy Bake Oven and why it was banned. Hasbro would receive a flood of complaints in May 2006 as a result of the recent addition of the Easy Bake oven, parents reported to the toy maker that 29 children had their fingers or hands caught in the oven door.

Additionally, five burn complaints were filed. Hasbro changed the 2006 version to one that featured a plastic grille. on the door to fix the problem, however, the problems persisted because the redesigned Easy Bake ovens from 2007 onwards were a complete failure. A further 249 reports were filed, 77 of which were of even worse burns. 16 of these burn cases were second or third degree because the damage caused by the oven burn was really serious: a five-year-old girl had to have part of her finger removed because small children got stuck in the opening from the oven. Hasbro recalled about 985,000 Easy Bake ovens in February 2007.

Entrapment and fire hazards were specifically cited as causes for the recall; because of this, the company stopped selling the modernized child and simply recalled the problematic Easy Bake Ovens. Number two, the magic gun Austin, the toy gun industry has historically been quite crowded. so producers had to come up with an inventive and unique way to make their products stand out. In the 1940s, the Austin magic gun was distinguished from any other toy firearm on the market, but not in a good way; the gun employed magic crystals that exploded when combined with water and were made of the dangerous chemical carbide. calcium, the gun also violently threw plastic balls 70 feet or more using the force of the explosion.

The Austin magic gun was indeed an interesting toy that tested the explosion of a ping pong ball so intensely. of an explosive chemical process between calcium carbide and water, however, did not last, the reason being that a dangerous fireball would be produced in the mouth of the toy as a result of a reaction, although the Austin magic gun was briefly on the market in the late 1940s. Standards would probably classify it as a firearm because it was considered a firearm. The toy gun would be prohibited in today's world. Original Austin Magic Guns are highly sought after collectibles and can command significant prices at auction number three.

Refreshment time. Cabbage Patch Kid. kids need something to play with in their free time, otherwise you'd be surprised what they ended up destroying in your house in 1996. Mattel would introduce the Cabbage Patch Kid snack just in time for the holiday season that kids could give. The dolls pretended to eat according to plan and the children gave their plastic dolls a variety of treats which they could then remove from the doll's back and use once again. Although many children loved the toy, it had one problem: The toy's jaws were quite strong and they only saw the sin chew once they had eaten what entered their mouth.

Additionally, this toy lacked a switch or any other type of control mechanism to make it start or stop, and as a result, if a youngster accidentally placed their fingers or even their hair too close to the toy's mouth, they would struggle to get it to stop. try to feed on them. This deficiency of the toy became a great source of concern for people and even to rescue her son from his doll at snack time, one mother had to cut the child's hair in 1997. Mattel would discontinue the product and refund the money to anyone who had already bought one after learning that the dolls were nibbling the hair and fingers of numerous children Mattel would announce that it was withdrawing the well-known Polly Pocket's number four quick-click Cabbage Patch doll is known to attract, but which What would be the fate of a child if he swallowed several of them after it was discovered that the quick-click Poly Pockets magnets were releasing?

Toy maker Mattel was forced to recall more than 4 million products to allow customization of the doll and its home magnets would be inserted into the Poly Pocket dolls' feet, in addition to a number of accessories; However, several of those magnets were being consumed by young children and because they attract each other once inside the body, they can cause significant internal damage. 170 incidents in which these small magnets fall from dolls and accessories in polyethylene pocket games will be presented to the consumer product safety commission. Children have also been known to put magnets in their noses or ears and in some cases have even inhaled them.

After ingestion of these magnets and subsequent intestinal perforations in three children, doctors in hospitals were able to be put to work and required surgery, all of this led to the toy being banned from skater Barbie number five when Mattel introduced Barbie that could skate in 1991 and, in my opinion, a lot of people really fell in love with her. A fanny pack, knee pads, and of course a pair of skates were included with Barbie's skate set, but these were not common. The inline skates were actually a pair of lighters because Barbie's skates contained a small wheel that was similar to the one seen on a lighter when she skated on a level surface.

Sparks were flying. Barbie is possibly one of the best-known toys in the world. However, some of the versions of her, such as Barbie on roller skates from 1991, have generated a lot of criticism due to her dazzling skates. The Barbie on skates stood out, the skates literally sparkled when you rolled them on a flat surface, but they also flashed a harmless LED light until that terrible day, everything was fine and the children enjoyed this toy a girl and her brother who had Four years old they were playing with it when something unexpected happened before they started playing with their new Barbie skateboard, the girl sprayed her little brother with hairspray and did little.

She knew she would burn her brother's butt by dragging the Barbie on roller skates on it, naturally, this led to a sad end for the Barbie on roller skates, which remains one of the reasons why Mattel quickly stopped the manufacturing process. Kids in Sparks aren't such a good match, so many parents expressed concern that their kids would get burned, plus several people were worried that the doll would cause a fire if Sparks got out of control, and naturally, Mattel He quickly ordered the recall of the product before the children suffered serious injuries. The long game of lawn darts, often called javelin darts, lawn darts, or garden darts, is a toy game that can be played by two people or, more typically, a lawn dart game comes with two targets and four big darts Darts and horseshoe games have similar goals and playing styles, darts are typically 12 inches long and have three plastic fins on a shaft at one end, a weighted metal or plastic tip at the other, One end of the weighted dart would strike first and stick into the ground when thrown with the covert hand towards a horizontal ground.

Landing the target on any part of the target, which is commonly a plastic ring, would award a tip. The safety of metal-tipped lawn darts was questioned in several nations beginning in the late 20th century. Blonde darts were banned from sale in the United States and Canada after they were blamed for thousands of injuries and at least three child deaths, so what could go wrong with the toy? Well, it is obvious that this toy has heavy metal darts that have a very sharp tip on the end and, as a result, More than 6,100 reports of injuries caused by darts, sometimes known as lawn darts, were made in the United States alone.

United before they were banned. Seven-year-old Michelle Snow tragically died in April 1987 after being hit by a lawn dart because she believed it was just a matter. of time until the same event occurred again, Snow's father became outraged and began to advocate for a law against lawn darts, although many did not know how to see things from his perspective, it became evident that in 1988 a jug had not been wrong. that had fallen on the head of an 11-year-old girl from Tennessee put her in a coma, luckily she would live, but Snow's lobbying efforts were successful and in 1988 the number 7 jarts were permanently discontinued.

Barbie and Tanner similar to the Polly Pocket's Quick Click magnets in the 2006 Mattel Barbie and Tanner toys were also unreliable and prone to coming loose. The magnet on the dog poop scooper was prone to coming off and being ingested by children although there were three separate complaints that the magnets fortunately no injuries were reported Mattel would quickly order a recall of the defective toys 683 thousand units in 2007 after receiving reports, customers were offered a free toy in exchange for returning their Barbie and Tanner toys to retailers. It's fortunate that no children were hurt because eating magnets can cause catastrophic internal injuries, as can rapid clicking.

Poly Pocket demonstrated number eight of the Aqua Leisure inflatable baby boats. Children naturally love water and will want to play with it or dive into it whe

never

they have the opportunity. However, do not forget that water continues to be one of the

most

dangerous enemies of children: the Aqua Leisure inflatable. baby boat was an inflatable boat designed for babies to sit on and although they were cute, they were actually quite dangerous and prone to breaking. The leg straps of the boat were prone to breaking according to a consumer product safety commission, plus the seed itself could tear and, in rare cases, submerge the baby directly into the water, babies barely know how to swim and a lot least ask for help, but fortunately no children died and some were in danger due to the malfunctioning boats.

Aqua Leisure recalled four million ships, and in the end, the Consumer Products Safety Commission found the business was around $650,000 in 2012. Number nine Sky Dancers, these popular winged dolls could be made to fly like a helicopter by simply placing them on their base and then pulling a string, later versions had a simple button that, to the delight of many children, turned on the dolls and sent them flying through the air as a result of their popularity, galube expanded Beyond Dolls and They soon had a line that included Dolphins, flowers, horses and other items, and even a line for Boys Called Dragonflies were released by them to the world.

Things were going pretty well because both the dragonflies and the Sky Dancers produced their own cartoons, however, there was also a full-fledged hard plastic doll connected to sturdy plastic behind the foam of those wings and yes or you've

never

been released a hard plastic toy. I can tell you personally that it's not fun. Sky Dancers, including miniature Sky Dancers and Fairy Flyers, were offered in a variety of shades and designs. The concept was simple because you just had to pull. a rope to lift them into the air and then they would float elegantly back to Earth, but unfortunately things didn'tThey always turned out like this.

Over a hundred cases of facial, dental, and eye injuries were attributed to the sky dancers during their existence, the dolls became found to be prone to darting in arbitrary directions and were incredibly fast at unintentionally shooting people's faces. Reported injuries ranged from severe facial abrasions that would require numerous stitches to temporary blindness. Production stopped and toys. Creator Galube would remember an astonishing figure. 9 million dolls once it became clear that it was not safe to use the number 10. Gilbert Glass Blowing Game, If you have learned how to blow glass in a safe environment, it is a great skill to have the act of blowing in a wad. of scorching molten glass makes glass blowing extremely dangerous before it reaches its softening point, which is about a thousand degrees Fahrenheit, the glass has to be extremely hot, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that it's not a good idea to let children play with such dangerously heated glass even though this blown glass states instructions caution against doing so using it repeatedly could still cause cancer the Gilbert Atomic Energy Laboratory would be mentioned by the government as an example of a consumer product dangerous in the 1960s when he implemented changes in the broad chain When it came to toy safety, it is no surprise that Gilbert's glass blowing game was eventually pulled from shelves because it became too risky, apart from the fact that the children to face the heat, it could also cause cancer if used continuously number 11.

Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper After the television debut of Battlestar galactica, the Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper toy debuted in 1978. Toys were flying off the shelves even though The original series had been canceled after only 24 episodes, but in December 1978 disaster struck when a four-year-old boy put the toy in his mouth and let it fly like a bullet down his throat. Sadly, the young boy would later die. of suffocation and the item would be immediately removed from the shelves. Most toys these days come with a choking hazard warning because of this, thanks to this toy, Mattel became embroiled in a lawsuit and there was a larger debate about toys that fired missiles the sad story of the boy four-year-old who tragically shot the Viper's launch missile into his mouth in 1978 and then choked to death would give this toy a dead end the Viper would be recalled Mattel was prosecuted and choking hazard warnings were added to the package permanent with the number 12.

CSI Fingerprint Examination Kit The CSI Fingerprint Examination Kit was on its way to becoming one of the best ever until it became potentially life threatening surprisingly the The 2007 CSI fingerprint removal powder that was authorized by CBS included powder that also contained five percent asbestos. After realizing the risk, the asbestos disease awareness organization filed a civil lawsuit in 2008. The fingerprint removal powder The toys included tremolite asbestos, one of the

most

dangerous types that exist, fortunately, thank you. Given the quick response of the organization, no parents or children were affected before it was banned at the time. Linda Reinstein, executive director and co-founder of the organization, would comment at the time that they were horrified to find asbestos in a children's toy and of course. , one would be speechless because even adults must be careful when handling asbestos, much less including it in children's toys.

Although the dangers of asbestos have been well documented for over a hundred years, it is simply unacceptable to have found it in an ordinary home. products toy manufacturers were forced to stop production and sale of kit immediately number 13. clackers now let's talk about clackers a common children's toy in the late 1960s and early 1970s and the idea was quite simple, everything All I had to do was hit two. Kids love this toy until it quickly became apparent that the balls were a safety threat due to their weight and durable acrylic plastic construction, contrary to what you might be thinking. , the biggest risk with clackers was not getting inadvertent bruises, although it was quite common, but of course you would feel the pain if your hand got in the way of an approaching ball, but the real threat was that the balls would break periodically with the impact as the children move them at an increasingly faster pace, scattering plastic fragments everywhere.

Exploding clackers created a significant risk of blindness because it was easy for plastic fragments to fly into a child's eyes. You will not be surprised to learn that they cause many injuries before being ruled out in the study. United States in 1985. These large plastic balls, also called knockers and Click Clacks, were attached to a Hefty rope and had to be hit together as quickly and hard as possible and as a result the toys would break and shrapnel would fly around. everywhere where children were known to hit. themselves or others in the face by hitting the balls, resulting in black eyes, bloody noses, and various other injuries; in addition, the balls would occasionally break when they collided with too much force; they would eventually be recalled because they had hurt too many people. .

Magnetic number 14. Since children are prone to swallowing almost anything and everything, any toy with small magnets is inherently dangerous. Unfortunately, magnetism focuses entirely on magnets, as the name implies, and children use plastic pieces filled with magnets to build things, there are likely to be one or more victims. The plastic parts of the toy included 10 magnets that presented a major choking hazard and were easily removable. Tragically, a 20-month-old baby would be fatally injured by magnets after ingesting a large number of loose magnets that obstructed his small intestine since they would tend to attract each other after ingestion.

Magnets are particularly dangerous to swallow after several More children swallowed magnets from this toy set, suffered serious injuries, and the toys were later withdrawn from the market in 2006. number 15. Splash water rockets, whether your product is good or not As a producer, you must consider the risks to the health of your creation because, in fact, it is one of the criteria that certifies that your product is safe. Water splashing rockets seemed safe at first, but after their launch in the late 1990s, they really hurt many. of children in several cases the water pressure caused the Rockets to disintegrate as they were filled.

Ohio Art Academy the toy producer would receive 37 reports of incidents in which the Rockets broke while being carried, resulting in numerous injuries, some of which included hands and

should

ers. and abrasions and bruises on the forehead, the Ohio art company would recall just over 67,800 Splash off water rockets after cooperating with the United States Consumer Products Safety Commission number 16 yo-yo water ball in the 1990s the name yo-yo water ball resonated in many places and Children in the 1990s had a strong preference for these toys, unfortunately, although these softballs were as unsafe as they were pleasantly entertaining, playing with water balls Yo-yo turned out to be a real death trap because they were composed of a highly combustible material containing dangerous substances. liquid and had a long, elastic string that made them dangerously strangleable. 409 injuries had been reported as of December 2007 according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The toys would eventually be blacklisted in New Jersey, Illinois. and New York despite the organization's refusal to explicitly ban them to decrease the risk of strangulation. The toy would also be modified to keep the cable at a shorter length. Number 17 Aqua Dots. In November 2007, a recall was issued for Aqua Dots because some children had felt unwell after ingesting them. beads from these toy craft kits from the early 2000s. Aqua Dots, sometimes called bindis Beados pixos and Aqua Beads or popular children's toys. Aqua Dots were a collection of small colored beads that could be used to make different designs, however it was discovered in 2007 that one of the cheap substances used to produce them when consumed degraded to GHB after ingestion of some.

From accounts, several children in the United States and Australia would be rushed to hospital for immediate care; Unlucky children would experience seizures and two of them in the United States actually fell into a coma after consuming the beads. Later, American inspectors would recall more than 4 million toys from the market and Spin Master, the producer, would be penalized more than one million dollars number 18. atomic energy laboratory the atomic energy laboratory was discovered to have real radioactive materials, making it possibly the most alarming example of a dangerous toy we've encountered yet. The well-known Erector Set would be created by Alfred Carlton Gilbert, an American athlete, magician, toy manufacturer and businessman.

Gilbert also created the Gilbert u-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory the A.C. Gilbert company published the Atomic Energy Laboratory in 1950. The goal of the kit was to allow children to use radioactive material to produce and observe nuclear and chemical reactions. Alfred Carlton Gilbert, who designed the set, wanted children to be able to generate and observe chemical processes and then be inspired to pursue scientific professions, but it is fair to say that the product fulfilled Gilbert's goal of encouraging children to carry out these experiments, but The kit had to be withdrawn from the market in 1951, as it actually included samples of the radioactive material. element Uranium, fortunately, because the kit was not a financial success, only about five thousand kits were produced and it did not reach many children number 19.

Hannah Montana Pop Star Card Game, naturally, a card game just doesn't seem like it could However, deadly, the 2007 Hannah Montana Pop Star card game would manage to prove many people wrong. The Hannah Montana card game was found to contain a significant amount of lead after a wide range of toys were tested for lead content in December 2007. According to laboratory testing, this card game has a lead content 75 times higher than recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, with a limit of 40 parts per million for children's toys. A staggering 3,000 parts per million were present on these cards. More than 6 million toys.

They had to be recalled as a result of the testing and other toys that had too much lead included the Go Diego Go backpack and a pair of Circle brand number 20 shoes. Slap bracelets. A simple but useful toy, Slap bracelets were extremely popular in school playgrounds. In the 1990s, the idea was easy and straightforward and you only needed to put the magnetic bracelet on your own wrist or even a friend's wrist; However, problems soon arose as weaker, lower quality, and less expensive bracelets entered the market. from a flat metal strip that is covered with a colorful fabric;

However, some of the less expensive imitations used inferior fabrics that the metal strip could tear. The unfortunate injury to a four year old girl's finger caused by one of these imitation bracelets would lead numerous schools to ban them, it was probably a good idea to restrict these bracelets on playgrounds because people wore them around their necks as well as on the dolls.