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Fisher-Price Inc., a major maker of children's toys, has agreed to pay $1.1 million to the government to settle charges that it failed to promptly report serious safety defects about its battery-powered Power Wheels vehicles.
The list includes lawn darts; Power Wheels, a battery-powered vehicle that children can ride but which poses a fire hazard because of faulty wiring; Soft Walkin' Wheels, toy trucks with small wheel hubs that pose choking hazards; Flying Dolls, a spinning toy with plastic wings that can fly off and cause eye injuries; and various toy chests that have lids that can entrap or strangle children.
The commission said that from 1984 to 1998 nine children were hurt in fires caused by Power Wheels and six more children were injured when the battery-powered vehicles, which travel up to 5 miles an hour, failed to stop.
This is the time for heroes". Adorable children joyriding interlude: Two kids drift in a Power Wheels toy car.
And in its largest consumer action involving toy safety, in 1998, the company recalled more than 10 million Power Wheels cars.
Mattel acquired the Power Wheels line when it bought Kransco in 1994 and then moved the toy to its Fisher-Price division the next year.
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Granted, it was probably just a case of petty jealousy—I wish I had a power wheel!—but man oh man did the rich kid win no friends.
It was a power wheel that goes on the back of your manual chair to help you out.
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