Independent AAFES Testing Leads to Recall of Four Toys Published Dec. 20, 2007 DALLAS -- An aggressive supplemental testing program of the Army & Air Force Exchange Service's Quality Assurance department is working. As a supplement to the command's normal testing for safety and performance, AAFES has been routinely and randomly sending toys to independent labs for supplemental lead testing. These additional tests have revealed problems with the following four "Soldier Bear" toys: Toy Description Style UPC: - Wooden Pull-Along Learning Blocks Wagon (alphabet blocks in a wooden wagon) 6320 834162002158 - Time Teacher (magnetic shapes & clock in pull cart) 6231 834162002646 - Wooden Riding Horse 6349 834162003698 - Vehicle Playset (blue military vehicle with action figures) 1007 4895130810072 Consumers should immediately take these recalled toys away from children and return them to the nearest AAFES store for a full refund. "After being notified of elevated levels of lead by our contracted lab partners, AAFES immediately pulled the products from BX/PX shelves and contacted the Consumer Product Safety Commission," said AAFES' Director of Quality Assurance Tom Rebman. "Today, CPSC and AAFES are voluntarily recalling about 11,400 toys." Manufactured by First Learning Company Ltd. and Toy World Group Co. Ltd, both of Hong Kong, the affected wooden and plastic toys were sold under the "Soldier Bear" logo in AAFES stores worldwide from Aug. 2006 through Oct. 2007. Consumers with questions regarding this recall can contact AAFES at (800) 866-3605 or visit www.AAFES.com.