Eight Retailers Announce Recalls of Buckyballs in Conjunction with CPSC

By Kyle A. Richardson

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.