Popular toy urgently recalled after multiple children are hospitalized with life-threatening injuries
An urgent recall has been issued for a popular children’s toy after it was reported that parts had broken off and landed two children in emergency surgery.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a recall for 213,500 units of Goody King Magnetic Building Cubes and Blocks.
The cubes contain small, powerful magnets that allow the cubes to stick together to create 3-dimensional designs.
The recall involves the magnetic cube toy sold in sets of 45, 56, 100, 120, 150 and 300 in a variety of styles and themes, including forest, galaxy, farm, castle, unicorn, woods and dinosaur.
The toys were manufactured in China and distributed in the US via Amazon.com. They were sold via the online retailer from January 2024 through July 2026 for between $17 and $50.
The importer, Yi Suen Commerce of Hong Kong, has been made aware of 27 reports of the toy’s cubes breaking or opening, causing the magnets to become loose and accessible to children.
Two children who ingested the magnets from the broken parts had to undergo emergency surgery to remove them.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a recall for 213,500 units of Goody King Magnetic Building Cubes and Blocks
The cubes contain small, powerful magnets that allow the cubes to stick together to create 3-dimensional designs (stock image)
When high-powered magnets such as the ones in the recalled product are swallowed, they can attract each other, or other metal objects, within the body.
They then can become lodged in the digestive system, resulting in perforations, twisting, blockage of the intestines, blood poisoning and death.
A full list of the recalled items, announced last week, and their identifying model numbers can be found on the CPSC website.
The agency said customers should immediately stop using the toy and contact Yi Suen for a refund.
In a similar recall also issued last week, the CPSC also recalled 123 units of CuberShop Magnetic Stickerless Speed Cubes because the cubes were packaged with loose magnets, which posed a similar ingestion hazard to children.
The Speed Cubes were also manufactured in China and sold on Amazon.com from April 2025 through June 2025 for between $20 and $25.
No injuries or incidents have been reported in connection to this recall.
And earlier this month, another magnet-related recall was issued for nearly 1,000 PIXLABBY Silicone Sensory Magnetic Fidget Sliders.
They were also manufactured in China and sold via Amazon.com from October 2025 through May 2026 for about $10.
The recall was issued because the Fidget Sliders contain high-powered magnets that can become loose and accessible to children.
One child was hospitalized after gaining access to two magnets inside the slider and ingesting them.
No other injuries were reported in connection to this recall.
