CPSC, The Betesh Group Announce Recall of "John Lennon" Crib Mobiles
John Lennon Musical Mobiles hang from white wooden dowels that attach to cribs with white clamps. "John LennonTM" and "MADE IN CHINA" is written on the wind-up music box that turns the mobile. The music box plays the song, "Imagine." The mobile has colorful wooden cut-outs of a rhinoceros, two elephants, a giraffe and a bird hanging from yellow ribbons. Below each animal is a round disk with a drawing of the animal it hangs from on the bottom.
| Recall date | October 27, 2000 |
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| Recall number | 01021 |
| Units | About 47,000 |
| Hazard | The screws that connect the mobile's arm assembly and crib clamp can become loose if overtightened. The arms can detach and fall into the crib, injuring the baby inside. |
| Remedy | Consumers should stop using these mobiles immediately, and call The Betesh Group to receive a free replacement plastic mobile with stuffed animals. |
| Injuries | CPSC and The Betesh Group have received seven reports of bumps and scratches to babies after the mobiles attached to their cribs fell on them. |
| Sold at | Department and specialty stores sold these mobiles, from June 1999 through August 2000, for about $39. |
| Importer | The Betesh Group, of New York, N.Y. |
| Made in | China |
| Contact | For more information, call The Betesh Group at (212) 686-4666 anytime, or write to: The Betesh Group, One East 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016. |
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Copied from CPSC's recall record 207, last published by CPSC December 8, 2025, read November 6, 2026. If anything here differs from CPSC's notice, CPSC's notice is right.