Maxfield & Oberton CEO Craig Zucker on the Demise of Buckyballs

You may recall my tongue-in-cheek post back in July when the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) decided to sue Maxfield & Oberton, makers of the powerful magnet toy Buckyballs, due to 20 cases over the last four years of children swallowing them out of more than 3 million sold. Now it’s over, and Buckyballs are officially discontinued. Farewell, Buckyballs. How we loved thee. The good news is that the Buckyballs company plans to continue making other magnet toys, including the new Buckybigs and Buckybars. The bad news is that if you don’t have any Buckyballs or Buckycubes and don’t get some