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TOYS plastic toy — chemical & choking risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalChokingOct 24, 2025
Photo from the official notice: TOYS plastic toy — chemical & choking risk
Photo from the official notice: TOYS plastic toy — chemical & choking risk

Photos from the official notice: EU Safety Gate (European Commission) · image rights

Hazard

The battery compartment breaks easily, leaving the batteries accessible. A child may put them in the mouth, and choke. The button batteries could cause damage to the child’s gastrointestinal tract if they are ingested. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with European standard EN 62115.

Measures taken

  • Recall of the product from end users — Distributor (27/05/2025)
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Distributor (27/05/2025)
  • Destruction of the product — Distributor (27/05/2025)
  • Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace — Other
  • Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace — Other (18/05/2026)
  • Warning consumers of the risks — Other (18/05/2026)

Product description

Pink plastic lightsaber. The saber lights up when the switch is pressed and makes a sound when it is waved. Product sold online, in particular via Amazon and eBay.

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and check the official notice for what the seller or authority advises (return, refund, repair or disposal). Measures listed here were reported by national authorities to the EU Safety Gate system.

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