Eastman Footwear Coleman® Runestone Style Children’s Shoes

What went wrong

The notice saysThe metal rivets surrounding the holes where the shoestring is secured on the shoes can have sharp edges, posing a laceration hazard.

Cut hazards in footwear almost always come from metal parts: thread, wire, studs, rivets or trim. They tend to show up after some wear, when linings thin out or edges lift. A quick run of your fingers along the inside of the shoe will often reveal the problem the notice describes.

How to tell if your pair is affected

Product description in the noticeThe Runestone children’s shoes are black with gray mesh fabric panels on the side of the shoe with a green "Coleman" logo name and lantern graphic on the tongue. The black shoestrings on the shoes are threaded through green fabric tabs on the top of the shoe. A label located on the inside of tongue of the shoes identifies the style as Runestone.

The notice gives no style numbers or barcodes, so you match on what it does give: the brand and style (Coleman® Runestone Style Children’s Shoes), the sale period (January 2013 to December 2013), where it was sold (see “Sold at” above) and the “made in” label (China). If a detail does not line up, the recall contact below can confirm.

What the notice tells you to do

RemedyConsumers should immediately stop using the recalled shoes and return them to a Big 5 Sporting Goods store for a full refund or contact Eastman Footwear for instructions on returning the shoes for a refund.

Recall contact, as printed in the notice: Eastman Footwear at (800)786-0282 ext. 301 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s website at www.efny.com and click Runestone Recall for more information.

The recall is 12 years old, and the last pairs were sold about 12 years ago. Most original owners have moved on to bigger sizes; the pairs still around tend to sit in donation bags, consignment shops and online resale listings. The notice gives a website for the firm; details that old may have changed, and the CPSC notice stays online as the record.

How this recall compares

• With about 12,200 units, this is the 40th largest of the 95 footwear recalls in our archive that give a U.S. unit count. The median recall in the archive covers about 7,200 units, so this one is above typical size.
• 9 other footwear recalls in the archive cite the same kind of hazard (cuts and scrapes), 5 of them in children’s footwear. The earliest in this group dates from 1997.
• The notice puts the sales window at about 12 months (January 2013 to December 2013), against a median of 7 months across recalls that state one. The recall came 2 months after the last sale date.
• The notice gives a price of $39. For shoes in the archive the typical stated price is about $38, so this pair sat near the middle of its group.
• The notice cites 1 report before the recall. 36 of the 95 detailed notices in the archive cite no incidents at all.

Year, part, store and origin

• 2014 brought 5 footwear recalls in our archive, covering about 48,900 units in all. This was the 1st of the year by date and the 2nd largest by units.
• The notice names the rivet or stud as the part that fails. 5 other footwear recalls in the archive name the same part in their hazard statement; the most recent is Birkenstock Kids' Mogami Sandals Sizes 24-28 (2021).
• Made in China. 61 of the 91 notices in the archive that name a country list China (67%).
• 1 report on about 12,200 units works out to roughly 8.2 reports per 100,000 units. The median across the 55 recalls that give both figures is 16, so this recall drew fewer reports per pair than most.
• At the stated price, the 12,200 units come to roughly $480,000 of retail sales.

Comparisons use the 103 footwear recalls in our archive, read from the CPSC recall database on October 20, 2026. See data and methods.