Helicopters loose parts, not unlike our Sea Kings

NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs  Washington, DC 20207   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 10, 2011 Release #11-243    Firm's Recall Hotline: (866) 791-4754 CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908    Excite USA Recalls Toy Helicopters Due to Laceration Hazard; Sold Exclusively at Rite Aid Stores  WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.  Name of Product: Military Copters  Units: About 24,000  Manufacturer: Excite USA, of Carrollton, Texas  Hazard: The plastic blades of the helicopter can detach during operation, posing a laceration hazard.  Incidents/Injuries: Three incidents were reported, two to Excite and one to CPSC. Two of these included laceration injuries.  Description: The recalled toy Military Copters are operated by manual rotary starters and sold as a unit with two sizes, 7 and 11 inches in length, of tan and black helicopters. The product comes in a blister pack with "Military Copter with 2 Launchers" marked on the package and "Military Copter" marked on both sides of the manual starter. The model number, #9009935 and UPC 680108044474 number are printed on the back of the package near the bar code.  Sold at: Exclusively at Rite Aid Corporation stores nationwide from January 2011 through May 2011 for about $7.  Manufactured in: China  Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled helicopters away from children and return the product to any Rite Aid store for a full refund.  Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Excite USA toll free at (866) 791-4754 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's website at www.Excite-Limited.com  To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including a picture of the recalled product, please go to: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11243.html      ********************************************************  ‘CPSC 2.0’ Launches Product Safety Agency into Social Media -- Learn more at http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09346.html  Visit our new blog, OnSafety at www.cpsc.gov/onsafety See our videos on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/uscpsc Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/OnSafety See our photos on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/uscpsc  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard. The CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals - contributed significantly to the decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.  To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, visit www.saferproducts.gov, or contact CPSC's Hotline at info@cpsc.gov, (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270. To join a CPSC e-mail subscription list, please go to https://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx. Consumers can obtain recall and general safety information by logging on to CPSC's Web site at www.cpsc.gov.  -----------------------------  You are currently subscribed to the email list "all" as: garthmailman@gmail.com  To unsubscribe, please do one of the following: (1) go to https://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx and use the on-line form (2) send a blank email to leave-2393424-85996.0257ef47ca24afa78ea6150826388f08@list.cpsc.gov  You can also go to https://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx to change your  subscription, or unsubscribe an old address and subscribe a new one.  This message is from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, an independent federal regulatory agency, located at 4330 East West  Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814  Toll-free hotline: (800) 638-2772  Thank you.