BJ Fireworks Company Recalls "Thunderstick" Rockets - Might Explode

[matcom]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.


Name of Product: Thunderstick Rocket Fireworks

Units: About 61,200 packages of six rockets

Distributor: BJ Alan Co., of Youngstown, Ohio

Hazard: These rockets are overloaded with flash powder, violating the regulatory standard for this product. During use, these fireworks could explode with a greater force than expected and cause burns and bodily harm to nearby consumers.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported.

Description and Models: The products are a stick-type rocket with a 4-inch long, ½-inch in diameter engine mounted on a wooden stick approximately 16-inches long. The engine is wrapped in blue or purple paper with a picture of a rocket, and the writing, “Phantom Fireworks Thunder Stick Rocket.”

Sold at: Phantom Fireworks showrooms nationwide from December 2005 through June 2006 for about $10 per package of six rockets.

Manufactured In: China

http://www.usa.safekids.org/tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=22670&folder_id=302

[Hugin]

1. I've counted at least 4 points of irony in the headline alone...

good job matcom! :thumbsup:

[matcom]

2. still no dead pigeon or diaper

x(

[Hugin]

3. Yep.

I'd still be riding that wave, man.

It was the Perfect Storm.

[ZombieNixon]

4. You too, huh?

:D

[xchrom]

5. ...

:spray:

[TOhioLiberal]

6. And in other news...

Water is still wet! Film at 11. :eyes:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

7. I blew up quite a few of those this summer.

I only had one dangerous near-accident this summer, and it was with a very large firework that fell over and shot at me.

I grabbed my beer and ran.

Both the beer and I were unscathed.

[Deja Q]

8. Would they explode if they were made in the US?

And isn't their point TO explode?

Right on, BJ! :wow:

:rofl:

[eppur_se_muova]

9. No one could have predicted that ... oh, never mind.

"Firecrackers: The Silent Killer!"