# Six Retailers Announce Recall of Buckyballs and Buckycubes High-Powered Magnet Sets Due to Ingestion Hazard
> **CPSC recall** · 2013-04-12 · 13168 · 1 injuries reported
## Recall
- **Number:** 13168
- **Date:** 2013-04-12
- **Injuries reported:** 1
## Products

Buckyballs and Buckycubes high-powered magnet sets

## Hazards

These products contain defects in the design, warnings and instructions, which pose a substantial risk of injury and death to children and teenagers.

## Retailer(s)

U.S. retail stores nationwide and online since 2010 for between $5 and $100.

## Importer(s)

Maxfield & Oberton LLC, of New York, N.Y.

## Description

Imported by Maxfield & Oberton LLC, of New York, N.Y., Buckyballs and Buckycubes consist of sets of numerous, small, high-powered magnets. These sets vary in the number of magnets included and come in a variety of colors. Individual magnets in the set are about 5 millimeters in diameter. Individual magnets in Buckyballs are spherical and individual magnets in Buckycubes are cube-shaped. Retailers Barnes & Noble, Bed Bath & Beyond, Brookstone, certain Hallmark retailers, Marbles the Brain Store, and ThinkGeek have agreed to participate because Maxfield & Oberton has refused to participate in the recall of all Buckyballs and Buckycubes.

## Source
- [CPSC recall page](https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2013/Six-Retailers-Announce-Recall-of-Buckyballs-and-Buckycubes-High-Powered-Magnet-Sets)
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