Toys R Us Koala children’s sandals with butterfly wings

What went wrong

The notice saysThe butterfly wings on the children’s sandals can rip and detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

The federal small parts rule sets how small a detached piece has to be to count as a choking risk for children under three. Most shoe recalls in this group came after a firm learned that a decoration was coming off; many notices mention only a few reports. Decorations that look sturdy can still loosen with wear, so the notice’s style details are the thing to match.

How to tell if your pair is affected

Product description in the noticeThis recall involves Koala Baby girl’s plastic sandals with butterfly wings attached to the toes with rhinestones and hard or soft cork-type soles. Sandal colors include white or combination pink, gold and blue. They were sold in baby sizes 0 to 3 and girl’s sizes 2 to 10. "Koala Baby" and the size are printed on the soles. White soft-soled sandals have model number GNL 43633BR and item number 795267 printed on a tag sewn into the sandal’s ankle strap. White hard-soled sandals have model number GNL 43706BR and item number 795313. Combination pink, gold and blue soft-soled sandals have model number GNL 43634BR and item number 795275. Combination pink, gold and blue hard-soled sandals have GNM 41761BR and item number 845795.

Numbers named in the notice that you can match against the label, box or receipt:

• 795267
• 795313
• 795275
• 845795

What the notice tells you to do

RemedyConsumers should immediately take the recalled sandals away from young children and return the sandals to any Toys R Us or Babies R Us for a full refund.

Recall contact, as printed in the notice: Toys R Us at (800) 869-7787 anytime or online at www.toysrus.com and click on Safety 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 phone number and 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 19,000 units, this is the 35th 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.
• 41 other footwear recalls in the archive cite the same kind of hazard (choking), 41 of them in children’s footwear. The earliest in this group dates from 1993.
• The notice puts the sales window at about 8 months (February 2014 to September 2014), against a median of 7 months across recalls that state one. The recall came 1 month after the last sale date.
• The notice gives a price of $13. For sandals, clogs and flip-flops in the archive the typical stated price is about $24, so this pair sat at the cheaper end 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 5th of the year by date and the 1st largest by units.
• The notice names the decoration as the part that fails. 4 other footwear recalls in the archive name the same part in their hazard statement; the most recent is KEDS® "Know It All" Girls' Shoes (2011).
• Made in China. 61 of the 91 notices in the archive that name a country list China (67%).
• 1 report on about 19,000 units works out to roughly 5.3 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 19,000 units come to roughly $250,000 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.