BOSTON — A bow that shoots illuminated arrows that its manufacturer says can fly up to 145 feet and the “Catapencil” — a pencil with a miniature slingshot-style launcher on its end — are on an annual list of unsafe toys released Wednesday by a Massachusetts-based consumer watchdog group.
World Against Toys Causing Harm issued its list of the 10 worst toys to remind consumers of the potential hazards in some toys as the holiday shopping season gets underway. Here’s WATCH’s list of “worst toys” for 2014:
• “Air Storm Firetek Bow,” by Zing
• “Ziggle,” a four-wheeled cycle, by Radio Flyer
• “Catapencil,” by Toysmith
• “Alphabet Zoo Rock & Stack Pull Toy,” by Skip Hop
• “SWAT Electric Machine Gun,” by Junxing Toys Industrial Co.
• “Wooden Instruments,” sold at Walmart
• “Bottle Rocket Party,” by Norman & Globus (ScienceWiz)
• “Lil’ Cutesies-Best Friends” doll, by JC Toys Group
• “True Legends Orc Battle Hammer,” sold at Toys R Us
• “Colored Hedgehog” plush toy, sold at Toys R Us.
