For additional information, contact Family Dollar at (800) 547-0359 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's website at www.familydollar.com
Recall Details
This recalled product is the Authentic Heroes Target Practice Tank play set, a remote-controlled green toy tank attached by a cable to a grey battery-powered controller. The controller requires three AAA batteries to power the tank to move forward and backward and the tank turret to rotate and shoot projectiles. The controller is marked "Target Practice Tank Play Set."
Consumers should take the toy away from children, remove batteries and return the toy to a Family Dollar store for a full refund.
Family Dollar has received five reports of the controllers overheating and melting. No injuries have been reported.
Family Dollar Services Inc., of Charlotte, N.C.
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