Various Miniverse Make It Products

The Miniverse Make It Mini Sets with Liquid Resins have been recalled due to safety concerns. These sets contain resins that, in their liquid state, can lead to skin, eye, and respiratory irritation or sensitization if they come into contact with children or adults through inhalation, skin contact, or ingestion. The resins in question consist of acrylates such as hydroxyethylmethacrylate (known as "HEMA") and isobornyl acrylate (referred to as "IBOA"), which exceed the permissible levels for children's products under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. Once the resins have cured, they no longer pose this risk.

The options for addressing this issue include refunds or replacements. The recall was announced on June 25, 2024, and it affects approximately 21 million units in the United States, with an additional 1 million units impacted in Canada.

Description:

This recall involves Miniverse Make It Mini Sets with unused liquid resins. These sets include “Make It Mini Appliances,” all models and series of “Make It Mini Food,” and “Make It Mini Lifestyle.”

Most sets consist of a sphere which contains the materials required to assemble the intended miniature imitation “appliance,” “food,” or “lifestyle” items. The resin packaging in each set may imitate food items such as a peanut butter jar, maple syrup, milk container, etc. and the resins when hardened imitate food. The sphere consists of a disposable wrapper bearing “MGA’s Miniverse” on a yellow burst background and “Make It Appliances,” or “Make It Mini Food,” in bright pink or “Make It Mini Lifestyle” in salmon pink. The wrapper contains information related to the manufacturer’s identity and country-specific information in different languages. The sets packaged in spheres could also be sold as bundles with multiple units. The “Kitchen”, “Multipack”, “All You Can Eat”, “Ice Cream Social”, and “Pizza Party” sets come in dedicated boxes with similar labeling without spheres. The item number and the UPC code are printed on the back side of the wrapper.

Remedy:

Consumers should immediately stop using any units with unused resins and contact MGA to receive a pre-paid label to return either: (a) the entire product, including the unused resin, if the product has not been opened, or (b) the unused resins and a photograph of the product if the product has been opened. Consumers will receive a full refund or replacement product, at the consumer’s choice.

Incidents/Injuries:

MGA has received 26 reports of incidents with this product from children and adults, including reports of skin burns and irritation, and respiratory irritation, with one report that a consumer’s asthma was triggered.  

Sold At:

Target, Walmart, Family Dollar, Dollar General, ALDI, Hobby Lobby and other stores nationwide, and online at Amazon.com, shop.mgae.com, Target.com, Walmart.com and other sites from October 2022 through June 2024 for between $7 and $13 for sphere sets sold individually. Sets were also sold in a box for about $14 to $52, depending on the model.

Importer(s):

MGA Entertainment, of Chatsworth, California

Manufactured In:

China

Recall number:

24-281

Source and more images: CPSC