My 22 month old son was playing with the Fisher Price Baby Playzone Stand Up Ball Blast which is one of his favorite toys. To my horror, he reached his arm in the center hole and his arm became lodged in the toy, he was screaming and I tried to get the toy off his arm and could not. Since the toy is put together in 2 pieces, I was finally able to removed the bottom part of the toy from the top ring. However, the ring now was like a tourniquet above on the top part of his arm above his elbow and it would not come off, he was screaming and I was afraid I was going to break his arm to remove the toy.
I ran him over to the kitchen sink and began to immerse his arm and the toy in cold water and use liquid soap to try and remove the toy from his arm, his arm at this point was badly bruised and starting to swell, I finally managed using soap and cold water to begin to be able to move the toy down my son's arm and get his arm free, which seemed to be an eternity.
I was 15 seconds away from calling 911 to have the toy physically removed. His arm is bruised and he as well as me was very shaken by this incident.
When I contacted Fisher Price I reported the incident, they documented it and told me UPS would come and pick up the toy free of charge, and once they received the toy, I would receive a check for reimbursement of the toy. I told them I did not care one bit about the $$ I did not want another little boy or girl or their parents to experience what we did.
A friend of mine has the same toy and I advised her to throw it out or contact Fisher Price. The opening on the top of the toy should be wider so that this does not happen again.
My son's arm was badly bruised and he and I were very upset and shaken.
