Toy Telephones

CPSC product category · 14 recalls · 0.1% of the register · about 1,186,500 units

14 CPSC recalls on this register (0.1% of 10,027) are filed under Toy Telephones, most in 2006 (2). Together they cover about 1,186,500 units; the median recall lists 34,000.

The hazards mentioned most often are choking, burn and fire.

Hazards cited

Choking12

Burn2

Fire2

Fall1

Firms named most often

Firm	Recalls
Battat	1
Discovery Toys	1
Dollar General	1
Evenflo	1
International Playthings	1
Kmart	1

Recalls by year

CPSC recalls in Toy Telephones by year announced.

Median units per recall: 34,000 (all recalls: 8,800).

Most recent recalls

Date	Recall	Firm	Hazard	Units	No.
16 Jul 2009	Evenflo Recalls Telephone Toys Due to Choking Hazard	Evenflo	Choking	25,000	09275
28 May 2008	Kids Station Toys Recalls Little Tikes Toy Cell Phones Due to Choking Hazard	Kids Station Toys International	Choking	1,000,000	08290
3 May 2007	Battat Inc. Recalls Parents Magazine Toy Cell Phones for Choking Hazard	Battat	Choking, Fall	14,000	07178
2 May 2006	Toy Phones Recalled for Choking Hazard	Marvel Education	Choking	6,000	06152
28 Feb 2006	Toy Mobile Phones Recalled for Choking Hazard	International Playthings	Choking	50,500	06099
23 Oct 2001	CPSC, Discovery Toys Announce Recall of Children's Toy Phones	Discovery Toys	Choking	57,000	02502
22 Jun 2000	CPSC, Vtech Industries Announce Recall of Toy Baby Phone	Vtech Industries	Choking	34,000	00127
13 Nov 1996	Kid's Phone Beeper Combo Recalled by Dolgencorp	Dollar General	Choking	—	97021
5 May 1993	Coynes, Inc. Recalls Musical Cordless Toy Telephone	Coynes	Choking	—	93067
30 May 1991	TDT Toy Company Recalls Plastic Telephones Because Of Potential Choking Hazards	TDT	Choking	—	91079
9 May 1990	Toy Public Telephone Recalled By Goldwell International	Goldwell International	Choking	—	90094
17 Nov 1988	Pop Up Phone Recalled; Antenna Is Choking Hazard	Larami	Choking	—	88099
1 Oct 1979	Toy Telephones Recalled by Durham	Kmart	Fire, Burn	—	79054
9 Jan 1979	Toy Telephone Sets Recalled by Montgomery Ward		Fire, Burn	—	79064

Questions and answers

How many CPSC recalls are there for Toy Telephones?

14 on this register (0.1% of 10,027), covering about 1,186,500 units; the median recall lists 34,000 units.

What hazards are cited for Toy Telephones?

choking (12), burn (2), fire (2), fall (1).

Where does the category come from?

It is the product type CPSC assigns to the first product in each recall record. Records without a product type (mostly before 2010) are not in any category.

Provenance

Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission Recall Retrieval Web Services, public domain, retrieved 29 Sep 2026; latest record dated 24 Sep 2026. See the methodology.