HUNTINGBURG, Ind. -- The parents of an 8-year-old southern Indiana girl who swallowed 20 marble-size steel balls and half as many magnets from a building set want the toy completely removed from stores.

Haley Lents of Huntingburg underwent emergency intestinal surgery last month in Indianapolis after she swallowed pieces from her Mega Brands Magnetix MagnaCase set.

She was taken to the emergency room for stomach pains, and an X-ray revealed the force from the magnets had torn her intestines in eight places.

Her family plans to meet soon with an investigator from the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission to discuss ways to keep other children safe.

"We're going to work toward getting them out of the schools and off the shelves," said Jason Lents, Haley's father.

Mega Brands recalled about 2.4 million of the Chinese-made toys in March because the small magnets could fall out. The recall said more than one magnet, if swallowed, could attach to each other and cause intestinal perforation, infection or blockage, which can be fatal.

Two years earlier, Mega Brands recalled 3.8 million Magnetix sets because one child died and four others were seriously injured after swallowing magnets in the toys.

In April 2007, that recall was expanded to include an additional 4 million Mega Brands magnetic toys.

"I feel guilty because I put a very dangerous object in her hands, magnets that I had no idea were that powerful. I had no idea they were that attractive for a child. I might as well have handed her a gun," Lents said.

Haley said she thought the small shiny balls - looked like something she could eat.

"I like candy a lot so that's why I ate them,” Haley said from her hospital bed.