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The Busy World of Richard Scarry comes to life with Tomy’s new introductions for the year. 2. World Championship Wrestling’s Jimmy Hart and Hulk Hogan unveiled an action figure toy line from The Original San Francisco Toymakers during Toy Fair. The line includes action play sets, figures, and wrestling pals. 3. New to the Mattel family this year are Cabbage Patch Kids, each with different ethnicities, faces, hair colors, and outfits. 4. Galoob has created Sky Dancers, the industry’s first flying doll. 5. Cardinal Industries is releasing a Nickelodeon-licensed game based on the TV show “Are You Afraid of the Dark?,” which incorporates stories of ghosts and goblins.
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News Briefs Hasbro Buys Super Soaker Hasbro Inc. has acquired the Super Soaker line of products from Larami Corp. The Super Soaker franchise has been a category leader since its introduction in 1990, and its products continued to command an impressive proportion of category sales through year-end ’94, according to the company.
CPSC Sets Final Rules on Choking Labels
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62 • THE TOY BOOK
The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) has voted to finalize regulations requiring packaging labels for balls, balloons, marbles, and other toys presenting choking hazards to small children. The rules mandated by the Child Protection Act, passed by Congress in 1994, bans balls smaller than 1.75 inches in diameter for toys and games, balls, and marbles for children over age three and under age six. The rules also require manufacturers, importers, distributors, and retailers of small balls, marbles, and similar objects to report to the federal government any incidents of children choking.
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