The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced that it is working with eight companies to recall Buckyballs and Buckycubes toys, high-powered magnet sets that first came under fire in 2012.
Promotional products supplier ThinkGeek, as well as retailers Barnes & Noble, Bed Bath & Beyond, Brookstone, Hallmark, Marbles the Brain Store, Overstock.com and Toys 'R' Us are all working with the commission to recall every order for the tiny, high-powered magnets sold by the companies. The CPSC estimates that 3 million sets of the magnetic toys were sold by a variety of retail and online businesses since 2010.
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Kyle A. Richardson is the editorial director of Promo Marketing. He joined the company in 2006 brings more than a decade of publishing, marketing and media experience to the magazine. If you see him, buy him a drink.
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