SAFETY RECALL – tonies® Blocks
Date: Thursday Mar 17
Product Description:
tonies® Blocks Marine Life
tonies® Blocks Gentle Giant Dinos
tonies® Blocks Innovation and Invention
UPCs: 840147407689, 840147407580, 840147407733
Countries Impacted: US
Recall Announcement
Name of Product: tonies® Blocks
Hazard: When two or more high-powered magnets are swallowed, either intentionally by younger children or accidentally by older children, the ingested magnets can attract to each other, or to another metal object, and become lodged in the digestive system. This can result in perforations, twisting and/or blockage of the intestines, infection, blood poisoning and death.
Remedy: Refund
Consumers should stop using the recalled blocks with magnets immediately, take them away from children and contact tonies® for instructions on returning the recalled blocks for a full refund. Consumers can also go to https://tonies.happyreturns.com/ and choose "Blocks Return" as the reason for return. tonies® will then provide the customer with a return label. After the product has been received, tonies® will provide the initial form of payment with a full refund and an additional $14.99, plus free shipping, tonies.com coupon code. tonies® is contacting all purchasers directly and remotely deactivating the products so that they no longer function.
Consumer Contact: tonies® toll-free at 877-397-7898 or email productsafety.us@tonies.com, or online at tonies.com and click on click on ‘Recall and Safety’.
Recall Details
Units: About 4,200
Description: This recall involves tonies® wooden blocks, with magnets inside. Only tonies® Blocks Marine Life, UPC 840147407689, tonies® Blocks Invention and Innovation, UPC 840147407733 and tonies® Blocks Gentle Giant Dinos UPC: 840147407580 are being recalled.
Each Block is approximately 5cm wide and 1.5cm thick. The blocks were sold in blue, tan and green with pictures on one side of various marine life, dinosaurs and invention and innovation, and white text on the other side. Blocks were sold in sets of four. Each set is packaged in a white and red cardboard box. The UPC is on the back of the box beneath the barcode.
Incidents/Injuries: tonies® has received one report of the magnet detaching from the product. No injuries have been reported.
Sold Exclusively: Online at tonies.com from November 2021 to December 2021.
Manufacturer: Boxine GmbH, Germany.
Importer: Boxine US Inc, 3000 El Camino Real Palo Alto CA 94306
Manufactured in: Germany