A movie souvenir meant for children can become dangerous when its light-up battery compartment opens too easily. About 55,350 Fantastic Four cups and Captain America popcorn-helmet containers are under recall because children can access their button batteries and required warnings are missing. Owners can recover the purchase price after documenting disposal.
The hazard is ingestion, not ordinary battery leakage
The Consumer Product Safety Commission’s July 30 notice says the compartments allow easy access to button batteries. If swallowed, these small cells can cause serious internal burns, injury or death.
No injuries had been reported at announcement. The products nevertheless violate the mandatory standard associated with Reese’s Law, including labeling requirements intended to make the danger visible.
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Identify both the cup and the helmet container
The recall covers LED Fantastic Four character cups and Captain America popcorn helmet containers sold as theater souvenirs. Compare the product with the federal photographs and identifying details rather than assuming every Marvel cup is included. Recall 26-650 is useful when contacting the company.
Remove the item from children’s reach immediately. Do not leave it in a kitchen cabinet or toy bin while waiting to file; the accessible battery is the defect.
The remedy requires a disposal photograph
Golden Link instructs consumers to dispose of the recalled product and submit a photograph showing disposal to receive a refund of the purchase price. Read the current instructions before destroying the item so the photograph contains what the company needs.
Save the purchase receipt if available, the submitted photo, correspondence and confirmation. The official remedy does not require returning a hazardous object through ordinary mail.
Know the emergency response for a missing battery
If a child may have swallowed a button battery, do not wait for symptoms. Seek immediate medical guidance and use the National Capital Poison Center battery hotline information. Serious tissue damage can occur quickly even when a child initially appears well.
Do not induce vomiting or offer food and drink unless medical professionals direct it. Bring product packaging or a matching battery when safe to do so.
Check other battery products at the same time
Remote controls, key fobs, musical cards, flameless candles and toys can also contain coin cells. A screw-secured or child-resistant compartment and intact warnings are essential. Loose spare batteries belong in secured storage, not a drawer a child can reach.
CPSC maintains button-cell safety information that explains why used batteries can remain dangerous.
A refund turns a dangerous keepsake into a closed task
Sentimental or collectible value is not a reason to keep an item that fails the battery standard. Disposal prevents later use, and the purchase-price refund prevents the household from bearing the full cost of the manufacturer’s remedy.
The active federal notice supports each key fact: roughly 55,350 units, accessible batteries, a Reese’s Law violation, stop-use instructions and a refund after proof of disposal. Those specific terms should guide the household response.
Disposal should prevent reuse
Follow the company’s photograph instructions and local rules so the recalled item cannot be retrieved and given to another child. If the battery can be removed safely under the official direction, terminals should be secured against contact and the cell taken to an approved battery-collection point. Do not improvise removal when the compartment itself is defective.
Movie theaters or retailers that sold the souvenirs may be able to confirm purchases or direct customers to Golden Link. A bank statement showing the theater charge can support the purchase date even when the paper receipt is gone.
Caregivers need the product description
Grandparents, babysitters and shared-custody households may have the recalled item even if they did not buy it. Send the federal photographs to everyone who stores the child’s toys. A collectible placed on a high shelf today can become a plaything months later.
The prevention step is immediate and free: separate the item from children while completing the refund process.
Refund records may also matter if the purchase was part of a theater bundle and the receipt does not list the souvenir separately. Send the full receipt and let the company apply its published purchase-price method rather than guessing a value. A denial should cite the official remedy instructions, giving the consumer a specific issue to correct or escalate.
Keep that response.
This article was produced with AI assistance and reviewed by a human editor. Figures are linked to their primary sources; where a claim could not be verified from the public record, we say so.
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