Throwing banana peels at your rivals and driving down a rainbow with Donkey Kong in your rearview mirror, you might not think Mario Kart is the type of game that really lends itself to products that make its experience a reality.
While you can't drive up a rainbow using it, you can own your very own Mario Kart via Jakks Ride-On Racer Cars. You might want to give your kart a once over if you own one though as 17,500 of them have been recalled due to an issue with the accelerator pedal.
Reported by IGN, the United States Consumer Product and Safety Commission revealed last week that debris can clog the accelerator pedal.
That means the pedal reacts as if it is being pressed even when it's not. Even though the kart's top speed is only eight miles per hour, since they are designed for small children, the ride-on cars continuing to move when the pedal isn't being pressed certainly isn't ideal, and the problem has led to at least one injury.
The safety commission revealed it has received 65 reports of the kart's accelerator becoming jammed. Of those 65, 15 resulted in the car colliding with permanent structures.