If you still have some Holiday shopping to do for kiddies well, you might want o know what toys are ranked the most dangerous. Dora the Explorer guitars and backpacks, toy food, Power Rangers helmets, and Incredible Hulk hands are among the toys that consumer watchdogs have listed among their most-dangerous toys of 2012.
The group took a look at 200 toys purchased at stores like Toys R Us and Target, as well as dollar stores. Here are the top offenders:
- Dora Tunes Guitar, $22.39, by Fisher Price (excessively loud)
- FunKeys, $9.99, by B. Lively (excessively loud)
- Snake Eggs, $1, by GreenBrier International Inc. (ingestion hazard)
- Morphbot, $6, by GreenBrier International Inc (high lead levels)
- Just Like Home 120-piece Super Play Food sets, $19.99, by Toys R Us (choking hazards)
- Pullback dragster cars, $4.99, by Z Wind Ups (choking hazards, warning labels too small to read)
Also on Tuesday, Boston-based consumer watchdog World Against Toys Causing Harm released their annual "10 Worst Toys" list. (You can find last year's list here.) Their roundup focuses on toys that are aimed at older kids and widely available in big box stores and online:
- Magnetic Fishing Game, $1.77, by Kole Imports (choking hazard)
- Inflatable Bongo Ball, $49.99, by Toys R Us (impact injuries)
- Dart Zone Quick Fire 12 dart gun, $19.32, by Prime Time Toys Ltd. (eye injuries)
- Spinner Shark 4-Wheel Kneeboard, $59.97, by FuzionNextsport (impact injuries)
- Explore & Learn Helicopter, $15.99, by V Tech (strangulation hazard)
- N-Force Vendetta Double Sword, $19.99, by Hasbro (impact injuries)
- Water Balloon Launcher, $21.99, by Water Sports LLC (choking hazard, facial injuries)
- Power Rangers Super Samurai Shogun Helmet, $29.99, by Bandai (puncture wound,
- impact injuries)
- Playful Xylophone, $29.99, by P'Kolino (choking hazard)
- The Avengers Gamma Green Smash Fists, $16.99, by Hasbro (impact injuries)
