The Conqueror recalled 476 Avengers medals after magnets detached — no injuries reported

On October 8, 2026, The Conqueror — the New Zealand company behind app-based virtual fitness challenges — recalled about 476 Avengers Infinity Gauntlet finisher medals after three reports that magnets came loose, per the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. The gold medal went only to customers who finished the Infinity Gauntlet challenge in the Conqueror App; sold from March through May 2026 for about $50, made in China. The CPSC said the medals violate the federal mandatory magnet safety standard because the magnets may detach. No injuries were reported.

The hazard is the standard magnet-ingestion scenario: swallowed high-powered magnets can attract each other or other metal objects and become lodged in the digestive system, causing perforations, twisting or blockage of the intestines, blood poisoning and death, per the CPSC. In broader background, the agency has estimated 2,400 magnet ingestions treated in US emergency departments from 2017 through 2021 and seven deaths involving hazardous magnets since 2005.

Owners are told to stop using the medal immediately, cut the ribbon from the medal, write "RECALLED" on both in permanent marker, throw them away and email a photo to the company for a full refund or replacement. The US action follows Ireland's consumer protection agency, which posted a product-safety notice for the same medal on July 21, 2026, saying affected customers there had already been contacted directly.

About 476 medals recalled (sold March–May 2026 at ~$50); full refunds or replacements, with owners asked to destroy the medals.

One magnet was, in the company's words, prone to falling off the medal — and the product fails the mandatory magnet standard.

Finisher medals end up on shelves, doors and in children's hands, where a detached magnet becomes an ingestion hazard.

The medals sold only online, so owners are spread nationwide and notification depends on email and app accounts.

Ireland's regulator acted in July 2026; the US CPSC recall followed roughly three months later.

A licensed keepsake is still a consumer product: one weak attachment in 476 units can turn a reward into a recall if it fails the magnet standard.

The Conqueror is offering full refunds or replacements and a toll-free line, and the CPSC has reported no injuries. Owners who never saw the notification email are being pointed to their inboxes and app accounts. The recall is small — about 476 units — but the same medal had already been pulled in Ireland in July 2026.