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Adriana of New York, NY writes (6/18/02):
I have been a customer of Fisher Price for years. I have two toddlers. There ages are 2 1/2 & 3 years old. Recently, my husband bought my youngest daughter the Baby Playzone™ Stand-Up Ball Blast toy. I was very thrilled to have this toy in my house.

My joy ended when my daughter's arm got stuck in the top part of the toy where the ball is dropped in. I struggled to dislodge my daughter's arm. For about 4 minutes, we tried, until something finally gave in, and her arm came out. Her right arm stayed red for about an hour and had the mark from the button on the inside of the top part. She complained that her arm was hurting her for the whole day.

I threw the toy out to prevent further damage to my daughter.

Alicia of Wingdale NY (8/13/03):
My 22 month old son was playing with the Fisher Price Baby Playzone Stand Up Ball Blast which is one of his favorite toys. To my horror, he reached his arm in the center hole and his arm became lodged in the toy, he was screaming and I tried to get the toy off his arm and could not.

Since the toy is put together in 2 pieces, I was finally able to remove the bottom part of the toy from the top ring. However, the ring now was like a tourniquet above on the top part of his arm above his elbow and it would not come off, he was screaming and I was afraid I was going to break his arm to remove the toy.

I ran him over to the kitchen sink and began to immerse his arm and the toy in cold water and use liquid soap to try and remove the toy from his arm, his arm at this point was badly bruised and starting to swell, I finally managed using soap and cold water to begin to be able to move the toy down my son's arm and get his arm free, which seemed to be an eternity. I was 15 seconds away from calling 911 to have the toy physically removed.

His arm is bruised and he as well as me was very shaken by this incident. When I contacted Fisher Price I reported the incident, they documented it and told me UPS would come and pick up the toy free of charge, and once they received the toy, I would receive a check for reimbursement of the toy. I told them I did not care one bit about the money, I did not want another little boy or girl or their parents to experience what we did.

A friend of mine has the same toy and I advised her to throw it out or contact Fisher Price. The opening on the top of the toy should be wider so that this does not happen again.

My son's arm was badly bruised and he and I were very upset and shaken.

Adriana of New York NY (6/18/02):
I have two toddlers, 2 1/2 & 3 years old. Recently, my husband bought my youngest daughter the Baby Playzone™ Stand-Up Ball Blast toy. I was very thrilled to have this toy in my house. My joy ended when my daughter's arm got stuck in the top part of the toy where the ball is dropped in.

I struggled to un-lodge my daughters arm. For about 4 minutes, we tried, until something finally gave in, and her arm came out. Her right arm stayed red for about an hour and had the mark from the button on the inside of the top part. She complained that her arm was hurting her for the whole day. I want to know if the company was aware of the danger this toy poses for toddlers.

My daughter almost pulled her arm of the socket, and that is very traumatic. As a result, I threw the toy out to prevent further damage to my daughter.

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