Nylint Corporation Recalls Thomas The Tank Engine Toys

May 29, 1991 Release # 91-078 Nylint Corporation Recalls Thomas The Tank Engine Toys WASHINGTON, DC -- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Nylint Corporation, Rockford, IL is voluntarily recalling approximately 5,800 units of the "Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Push-A-Long Train," model number 8841 and "Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Shape Sorter Pull Toy," model number 8809. When CPSC tested the toys in accordance with regulations under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, the gray pegs on the side rods and the red latch on the back of the engine doors separated from both the "Push-A-Long Train" and the "Shape Sorter Pull Toy" while the black hitches connecting two cars separated only from the "Push-A-Long Train." All of these pieces are small parts that could present potential choking or aspiration hazards for young children. The Push-A-Long Train consists of one Thomas the Tank Engine with two passenger cars, Annie and Clarabel. The Thomas the Tank Engine is a hard plastic blue toy which is approximately five and one-quarter inches tall, nine inches wide, and nine and one-half inches long; the body of the engine includes pictures of two engineers in the cab and has various colored components. The engine cab is a "shape sorter" with six different colored shapes (red, green, yellow, blue, white, orange). The removable black lid and the rear roof each has three holes carved in them to correspond with the shapes. A blue door with a red latch at the back of the engine provides easy access to the shapes. The Annie and Clarabel brown passenger cars stand approximately six inches tall, four and one-half inches wide, and 10 inches long; and, each car is identified by a name, either Annie or Clarabel. The label printed on the toy's box and underneath each toy reads in part "Manufactured in China Under License to Nylint Corp., Rockford, IL 61104-5491 USA." The Shape Sorter Pull Toy consists only of an engine which is identical in