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Review on Alapaste Nursery Bedroom Ornament Photography Nursery by David Bone

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Simple mobile - may need solving

So firstly it's not 100% what I expected - I thought it was homemade - I was planning on putting these felt animals I have on it - but it belongs to me. The phone came in a huge bundle. It took me about 5 minutes to solve, although I had a moment at the very beginning where I decided to just cut it off and put it back together myself. I don't usually mind untying knots, so it wasn't a big deal for me. (For example, I like to untie jewelry.) But if you don't have the patience for knots, be prepared to simply cut the item apart and put it back together. best used with a spinning thing hanging from a moveable arm. I have another mobile that has arms of different lengths and spacing between them to allow the lower/smaller wooden arm to rotate freely under the upper arm and the beads/toys to pass each other. Since the arms are of equal length, when rotated freely, they return to each other and close. This problem can be solved by tying the hands with a rope and using it as a stationary (or only slightly mobile) cellphone. It's also very long and quite heavy. The length may be listed but I just assumed it could hang from a standard length posable arm (attached to the tote bag) but it was too long for that! He would punch the kid in the face! And because of its weight, it tugged at the clip on the arm I used for the cradle (which is fine with the felt and wood mobile I have). It should only be used on a very strong arm (probably attached to a ceiling or wall) and out of the reach of a child. My other mobile probably has 8 wooden beads and felt animals, so it never occurred to me how heavy it would be. It can definitely hurt the baby if it falls on her face. And because of the weight, I don't think it would take a lot of effort on the part of the child to tip it over because it's not very safe and out of reach. I'm still planning on disassembling and adding my felt animals. I will not use all beads in the build due to weight. With all that, it is just like the picture and very attractive, especially in this price range. I deduct 1 star for the knots. (This could have been avoided by individually wrapping the threads during packaging.)

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