Wimmer-Ferguson Infant Stim-Mobile
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Manhattan ToyBrand: Manhattan Toy
Model: 201770
Product features:
- Stimulate visual activity and encourage early motor skills
- Introduces baby to high-contrast graphic toys for early visual and multi-sensory development
- Features contrasts objects of bright color with bold black-and-white designs
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Toys and Games Reviews of Wimmer-Ferguson Infant Stim-Mobile
Customer Review: I want to like it.
Summary: 3 Stars
I was excited when one of my friends purchased this mobile off our registry for us because I'd read such excellent things about it. Well, it arrived yesterday. I put it together last night and here is my review.
I want to like it. I love the idea of the interchangeable high-contrast cards to keep a baby interested. I knew it didn't have a motor and planned to have a fan circulating air in the nursery, which would move the cards a little bit. I knew people had had breakage troubles with some of the parts so I was careful in my assembly and indeed did not break anything. However, it still falls short of what I'd hoped for.
First, I agree with other reviewers that it is very cheaply made. The various plastic components are different shades of "white" (one reviewer said the arm and crib attachment were lavender and that's about right).
Second, the crib attachment piece is non-adjustable. If your crib slats or edges are too skinny or too wide (like mine is), it simply will not fit. However, I imagine if your crib is too skinny you could find something to act as a spacer and get it to wedge on there just fine.
Third, as mentioned, the mobile doesn't fit on my crib. I have the Baby Mod Park Lane crib from Walmart and the edge panel of the crib is just slightly too wide for this mobile to fit. For the time being, I have figured out a much less secure way to attach it, but we will probably just end up trashing the plastic arm and crib attachment piece and hanging the mobile itself from the ceiling.
Fourth, as other reviewers have mentioned, you'd think that all of the cards would be interchangeable but they're not. Some cards are designed to be vertical and some are designed to be horizontal. Therefore, your selection of cards to display to the baby is limited to only the fronts & backs of the horizontally-designed cards. I'm not sure what the purpose of the vertical cards is other than to look pretty for Mom and Dad.
Fifth, it *is* difficult to switch the cards out. Because I knew that people had broken theirs, I took my time and tried not to force anything. It definitely required a bit of patience and some twisting/turning this way and that. Fortunately, I was successful and did not break any of the tabs off the cards but I can see how it would be easy to.
Sixth, the notches of the vertical cards inserted into the slits of the horizontal cards (the ones baby sees) is a very tight fit. This causes the horizontal cards to sit at an angle. I am crossing my fingers that these "joints" will loosen and relax over time, perhaps if I take a few minutes to wiggle them each a little bit whenever I think of it.
Like I said, I want to like this mobile. I love the concept and the images are pretty cool. However, I wish the crib attachment fit my crib. I wish that all of the cards could be used horizontally rather than only half of them. I wish the plastic arm and crib attachment didn't look so cheap. And I hope the plastic cards relax a little so that the images hang straight down rather than at an angle. If I have my husband hang this from the ceiling and remove the plastic arm and crib attachment I will eliminate two of these problems so that's what I will probably do.
I'm really glad my friend only paid $11 for this. That's about as much as I would feel comfortable having paid or having had someone else pay for this right now given its limitations.
Description of Wimmer-Ferguson Infant Stim-Mobile
Birth & up. This mobile is eye catching with high contrast graphic pictures in bright colors or reversible to black and white images. Includes hanger with attachable arch and 20 images. The maximum opening spread of the piece that attaches the mobile to the crib is 3 and 1/16 inches. Minor assembly.Toys and Games
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