CPSC, Value City Announce Recall of Blow Dart Guns
CPSC recall 05225. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .
Hazard, in the words of CPSC
Consumers may have mistakenly purchased the dart guns, thinking it was a decorative walking stick, posing the risk of injury, if someone used the gun for its intended purpose.
Remedy, in the words of CPSC
Consumers should secure the blow dart gun and darts and return them to any Value City store for a full cash refund.
CPSC recall 05225 has the recall date 13 Jul 2005. The notice names the firm Value City Department Stores. The recall has about 300 units. The median CPSC recall of 2005 has 14,000 units. CPSC gives the product type Spear/Dart Guns.
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More of the notice
The hazard and the remedy are at the top of the page. Each quotation is the text of CPSC.
| Incidents and injuries | None. |
|---|---|
| Units | 300 |
| Description | The blow dart gun is a 51-inch-long decorative wooden tube with an attached pouch containing five darts. The brown bamboo-shaped gun has a black, small barrel-like container attached to the top. |
| Product | African Blow Dart Guns, About 300, Spear/Dart Guns |
| Sold at | Value City stores nationwide, from June 2005 through July 1, 2005, for about $5. |
| Importer | Value City Department Stores |
| Made in | Indonesia |
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- Category: Spear/Dart Guns
- CPSC recalls of 2005
The recall in context
- Units in this recall
- 300Median of 2005: 14,000
- CPSC recalls of 2005
- 323
- Recalls of 2005 with one of the same hazards
- 18%
- Recalls of 2005 in the category Spear/Dart Guns
- 0%
- Recalls on the register that name Value City Department Stores
- 1
Official channels
- CPSC recall notice 05225The notice on the CPSC site, with the pictures and the contact of the firm.
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Recall Register. CPSC recall 05225. https://recallregister.com/product/2975-cpsc-value-city-announce-recall-of-blow-dart-guns/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- US Consumer Product Safety Commission
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- US government work, public domain
- Data retrieved
- 30 Sep 2026
- Newest CPSC recall on the register
- 24 Sep 2026
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Questions
- Does CPSC recall 05225 report injuries?
- The CPSC notice says:
None.
- Where was the product sold?
- The CPSC notice says:
Value City stores nationwide, from June 2005 through July 1, 2005, for about $5.
- How many units are in CPSC recall 05225?
- The CPSC notice gives this number:
About 300
- Where was the product made?
- The CPSC notice gives:
Indonesia