July 13, 2005

Value City Announces Recall of Blow Dart Guns

Name of Product: African Blow Dart Guns

Units: About 300

Importer/Distributor: Value City Department Stores, of Columbus, Ohio

Hazard: Consumers may have mistakenly purchased the dart guns thinking it was a decorative walking stick, posing the risk of injury if someone used the gun for its intended purpose.

Description: The blow dart gun is a 51-inch long decorative wooden tube with an attached pouch containing five darts. The brown, bamboo-shaped gun has a black, small barrel-like container attached to the top.

Manufactured in: Indonesia

Sold at: Value City stores nationwide from June 2005 through July 1, 2005 for about $5.

Remedy: Consumers should secure the blow dart gun and darts and return them to any Value City store for a full cash refund.