MGA Entertainment recalled its popular Miniverse Make It Mini craft toy sets on June 25 over safety concerns. The company says the collectible kits contain resins that can cause skin, eye and respiratory irritation or sensitization when inhaled, touched or ingested by children or adults. MGA has received 26 reports from consumers who had skin burns, skin irritation, respiratory irritation and one complaint that it triggered an individual’s asthma. Shoppers should immediately stop using any unopened kits impacted by the Miniverse recall, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) notice.
MGA Entertainment recalled millions of its Miniverse Make It Mini toy sets that involve building … [+]
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The recall includes 21 million toys sold in the U.S. called Miniverse Make it Mini Sets and another million in Canada. Parents should look for Make it Mini Appliances (all models), Make it Mini Food and Make it Mini Lifestyle to determine if their children’s toys are impacted by the recall. The miniature sets typically come in brightly wrapped spheres and sometimes in multipacks, much like the brand’s popular L.O.L. Surprise Dolls do. Most of the products contain materials to assemble mini versions of lifestyle, food and appliance products, such as peanut butter jars, maple syrup and milk containers. Others came in boxes with similar labeling, such as Kitchen and Ice Cream Social. They’re aimed at children ages 8 and up.
The resins within the kits are used in the building of the sets. But they contain acrylates, specifically hydroxyethylmethacrylate (HEMA) and isobornyl acrylate (IBOA) at levels that exceed the allowed amounts for toys, according to the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. The recall impacts unused kits, not those already assembled, because once the resins are cured or hardened and no longer in liquid form, they no longer pose a threat, the notice and company stated.
“MGA Entertainment is, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), voluntarily recalling all unused MGA’s Miniverse Make it Mini products containing resin produced before May 31, 2024,” an MGA spokesperson told Forbes Vetted. “MGA is… also reformulating the liquid resin for all products launching in the next few weeks and throughout the year globally.”
Consumers who own the recalled products would have purchased them at Amazon, Target, Walmart, Dollar General, ALDI, Family Dollar, Hobby Lobby or in a few other stores between October 2022 and June 2024.
If you have these products, you should stop using them, and contact MGA Entertainment, which has released a dedicated recall page and instructions for consumers. They will send a prepaid label to return the unopened product or the unused resins and a photo of the product if it has been opened but not completed. Consumers have the choice of a refund or replacement.
CSPC shares consumers can also reach the company via the following channels: MGA Entertainment at 800-222-4685 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday or 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET, Saturday, email at mvcustomer_care@mgae.com.
