Released on = December 21, 2006, 12:20 am

Press Release Author = George McQuade @MAYO PR

Industry = Consumer Services

Press Release Summary = D&L Company, which makes the safe Ultra Stomp Rocket® Toys
Warns Parents about dangerous knockoffs Toys still on the shelves this year

Press Release Body = Los Angeles - \"The CPSC knows there are toy rockets still being
sold today that are exact copies of toy rockets what they classified in 2003 as
\'hazardous,\'\" said Fred Ramirez, CEO and President, D & L Company, which has been
making the award-winning Stomp Rocket® for the last decade.

Each year the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warns the public about
dangerous toys, but California Toy Maker D&L Company warns there are still hazardous
toy air rockets being sold.

The Porterville, California toy maker was forced by the CPSC to take the original
Stomp Rocket® toy off the market, but according to Ramirez, the federal agency has
allowed knockoff rockets, of the exact design, to remain on store shelves. \"These
rockets are violating the CPSC\'s own safety standards and design guidelines set out
for these types of toys.\"

The air-powered ULTRA STOMP ROCKET® requires no fuel or batteries and can be used
repeatedly. There are some rockets that are battery and water propelled on the
market with dangerous sharp, pointed tips.

Ramirez also said, even though the CPSC knows that there are \"hazardous\" toys still
being sold, which the Commission has not recalled or forced them off the market. \"I
would really like to know why the CPSC doesn\'t extend its design requirements
equally to other toy rocket toy manufacturers? This is not only discrimination, but
dangerous for parents of innocent children across the country,\" he said.

Ramirez noted that most toy rockets have small nosecones that can enter the eye
socket and cause serious eye damage, including detached retinas.

D & L\'s ULTRA STOMP ROCKET® toy with its \"OG-1\" nose cone is a unique design. It is
larger than the eye socket and therefore reduces the possibility of the eye injuries
most associated with air or water powered rockets.

\"We\'re very proud of our part in creating a category in the toy industry by creating
the Stomp Rocket®,\" explained Ramirez. \"We\'re also very proud of being able to put
the safest nosecone in the industry on our new Ultra Stomp Rockets®.\"

CPSC states that toy air rockets are \"hazardous\". Referring specifically to rockets
with small diameter or pointed nose cones, the CPSC claims that they \"present a
substantial product hazard\", and that they have \"caused corneal abrasions and
detached retinas leading to permanent vision loss.\"
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public
from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of
consumer products under the agency\'s jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries and property
damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $700 billion
annually.

[Editors: For more information about D & L company toys please visit
www.stomprocket.com. For images and media interviews with Fred Ramirez, CEO and
President of D & L Company please call MAYO Communications,
www.MayoCommunications.com at 818-340-5300 or 818-6187-9229. For Toy recalls visit
the CPSC site at: http://www.recalls.gov/.] -30 -


Web Site = http://www.StompRocket.com

Contact Details = D & L Company
Porterville, CA
Media Contacts: George McQuade
PR@MayoCommunications.com
818-340-5300
www.MayoCommunications.com or
www.MayoPR.com