Toy Telephones Recalled by Durham

CPSC recall 79054. Recall date: 1 Oct 1979. Last publish date of the CPSC notice: 17 Dec 2014.

Hazard, in the words of CPSC

Burn - Not Fire-Related

CPSC recall 79054 has the recall date 1 Oct 1979. The notice names the firm Kmart. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under 2 hazards. The first is Fire. CPSC gives the product type Toy Telephones.

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Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.
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CPSC recall 79054: incidents, units, products and firms
Units	The CPSC record gives no number
Description	Toy Telephones Recalled by Durham NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 1, 1979 Release # 79-054 Cords On Toy Telephones Recalled WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 1) -- Durham Industries, Inc., of New York City is recalling the detachable connector cords sold with approximately 97,000 toy telephone sets, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today. The cord connects two battery-operated toy telephones, enabling children to talk to each other. The two-prong plugs at each end of the cord so closely resemble genuine electrical plugs that children may try to force them into household sockets, thereby receiving severe shocks or burns, according to CPSC staff. An 8-year-old girl was burned earlier this year when she was able to force one of the plugs into a wall electrical outlet. The connector cord is sold as part of the model 7028 "Holly Hobbie" dial/intercom toy telephone set. Available in pink and blue, the toy phones are equipped with functional intercoms, signal lights and buzzers. The words "Holly Hobbie" are printed on the center dial of each toy phone. The set has…
Product	Holly Hobbie dial/intercom toy telephone sets, Toy Telephones
Manufacturer	Kmart; Durham
Made in	Yugoslavia

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The recall in context

Units in this recall: not givenMedian of 1979: not given
CPSC recalls of 1979: 33
Recalls of 1979 with one of the same hazards: 36%
Recalls of 1979 in the category Toy Telephones: 6%
Recalls on the register that name Kmart: 32

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Kmart: all 32 recalls

Official channels

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Recall Register. CPSC recall 79054. https://recallregister.com/product/3984-toy-telephones-recalled-by-durham/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through 30 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Licence: 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 79054 report injuries?: The CPSC record of recall 79054 has no incident or injury text.
Where was the product made?: The CPSC notice gives: Yugoslavia
How many CPSC recalls name Kmart?: 32 CPSC recalls on this register name Kmart. This recall is 1 of them.