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New York Importer Announces Refund Program For "Funny Clown" Dressing Doll

CPSC recall 90133. Recall date: .

Hazard, in the words of CPSC

Choking

CPSC recall 90133 has the recall date 31 Jul 1990. The notice names the firm JSNY. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under the hazard Choking. CPSC gives the product type Toy Dolls & Accessories.

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CPSC recall 90133: incidents, units, products and firms
UnitsThe CPSC record gives no number
Description
New York Importer Announces Refund Program For "Funny Clown" Dressing Doll NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: July 31, 1990 (301) 504-7908 Release # 90-133 New York Importer Announces Refund Program For "Funny Clown" Dressing Doll WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Brightly colored toy clown dolls, marketed as the "Funny Clown" or "Dress-Me Clown," are the subject of a safety warning/recall program by JSNY of New York, NY because they contain small parts that present a choking risk to children under the age of three. The refund program is being conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Over 250,000 clown dolls were sold by mail order catalogue and by retailers nationwide from 1986 to 1989 at a cost of about $5.00. Clothed primarily in red, blue and yellow, this doll has yellow string hair, a clown's cap and is about 13 inches long. It also has a snap, button, zipper, buckle and shoe laces intended to introduce children to various dressing functions. The doll may be identified by a cloth tag sewn onto the doll's cap that say: "JSNY." While the dolls…
ProductJSNY Dress-Me Clown Brightly colored toy clown dolls, Toy Dolls & Accessories
ProductJSNY Funny Clown Brightly colored toy clown dolls
ManufacturerJSNY

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The recall in context

Units in this recall
not givenMedian of 1990: not given
CPSC recalls of 1990
78
Recalls of 1990 with one of the same hazards
45%
Recalls of 1990 in the category Toy Dolls & Accessories
5%
Recalls on the register that name JSNY
1

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Recall Register. CPSC recall 90133. https://recallregister.com/product/4968-new-york-importer-announces-refund-program-for-funny-clown-dressing-do/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .

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 90133 report injuries?
The CPSC record of recall 90133 has no incident or injury text.