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Remote controlled helicopters - product recall

Categories: Toys & games, Shopping & recalls

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced yet another recall of remote controlled helicopters due to faulty batteries. This time, it's about 685,000 "Sky Scrambler" and "The Sharper Image" Wireless Indoor Helicopters. The rechargeable lithium ion battery inside the helicopters can overheat, catch fire, and well, you can see where this is going.

The distributor of the helicopters, Innovage LLC, has received two reports of incidents involving the toy helicopters igniting, including one where a fingertip was burned.

The recalled helicopters have yellow, red or blue decals. "BH26047" is printed on the Sky Scrambler's tail and "The Sharper Image" is printed on the tail of The Sharper Image helicopters. More photos of the recalled toy helicopters can be found here.

These were sold at mass merchandisers, department stores, drug stores, and other retail stores nationwide, and on the Web from June 2007 through May 2008 for about $20 each.

If you have one the recalled helicopters, you should immediately stop playing with it and contact Innovage for a full refund. You can reach them be calling (866) 672-2630 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, by visiting either of their Web sites, or by emailing them at returns@copterrecall.org.

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