A look at recent U.S. toy recalls

Chinese-made toys recalled in the past two years in the U.S. because they contained small magnets or their paint contained lead.

LEAD

_About 253,000 "Sarge" toy cars, imported by Mattel Inc. and recalled Tuesday.

_About 967,000 plastic preschool toys including Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters, imported by Fisher-Price Inc.

_About 13,000 toy sets, imported and retailed by AAFES (Army & Air Force Exchange Service) and recalled July 18. Another 3,000 toy sets were previously recalled May 23.

_About 1.5 million Thomas & Friends wooden railway toys, imported and distributed by the RC2 Corp., recalled June 13.

_About 4,500 toy drums, imported by The Boyds Collection Ltd. and recalled May 30.

_About 5,000 bamboo game sets, imported by Target and recalled May 2.

_About 7,200 stuffed balls, manufactured by Regent Products Corp. and recalled March 28.

_About 128,700 toy sets, imported and retailed by Toys "R" Us Inc. and recalled March 13.

_About 190,500 toy play sets, imported and distributed by Target and recalled Nov. 15, 2006.

_About 340,000 bendable dog and cat figures, distributed by Fun Express Inc., a subsidiary of Oriental Trading Company Inc., and recalled Aug. 17, 2006.

_About 20,800 dinosaur and doggie flashlights, manufactured by The Little Tikes Co. and recalled March 1, 2006.

_About 140 Maptangle World Edition Floor Mat Map Games, manufactured in Taiwan (floor mat only) and distributed by Hidden Hills Productions Inc. The product was recalled Aug. 25, 2005.

_About 438,000 fishing poles featuring cartoon characters, distributed by Shakespeare Fishing Tackle Division and recalled June 17, 2005.

_About 1.5 million toy fishing poles featuring cartoon characters, distributed by W.C. Bradley/Zebco Holdings Inc. doing business as Zebco and recalled April 13, 2005.

_About 220,000 Nu-Tronix Karaoke Cassette Player/Recorder, distributed by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and recalled April 13, 2005.

MAGNETS

_About 7.3 million Polly Pocket play sets, imported by Mattel Inc. and recalled Tuesday. About 2.4 million Polly Pocket play sets were recalled Nov. 21, 2006.

_About 1 million Doggie Day Care play sets, imported by Mattel Inc. and recalled Tuesday.

_About 683,000 Barbie and Tanner play sets, imported by Mattel Inc. and recalled Tuesday.

_About 345,000 Batman and One Piece action figure sets, imported by Mattel Inc. and recalled Tuesday.

_About 800 Mag Stix magnetic building sets, distributed by Kipp Brothers and recalled July 5.

_About 8,800 toy townhouses, distributed by Small World Toys and recalled May 3.

_About 3.8 million Magnetix building sets, imported by Rose Art Industries Inc. (new owner is Mega Brands Inc.) and recalled March 31, 2006. An additional 4 million sets were recalled April 19.

_About 30,000 Link-N-Lite magnetic light-up puzzles featuring Disney and Spider-Man characters, imported by Jazwares Inc. and recalled Feb. 15.

_About 40,000 sets of MagneBlocks magnetic construction toys, distributed by Geometix International LLC and recalled Jan. 18.