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| | | Description: | | That's no moon; it's the Death Star Planetarium. This tabletop Death Star opens up into a planetary projector to display the cosmos on your bedroom ceiling. Choose to view a map of the worlds that make up the Star Wars galaxy, or view the Earth's own night sky. | | | Features: | |
• Transform a darkened room into a planetarium
• Table top Death Star planetarium
• Two ways to project the night sky:
• Compare the Star Wars galaxy and Earth's night sky
• Fun and informative learning guide
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 5.65 inches | | Product Width:
| 5.65 inches | | Product Height:
| 6.25 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.3 pounds | | Package Length:
| 11.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 10.08 inches | | Package Height:
| 4.02 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.3 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 32 reviews |
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40 of 45 found the following review helpful:
 Where's the thermal exhaust port so I can blow up this horrible product!!Jan 21, 2011
By K. Weber
Yet another inferior quality "toy" unscrupulously pushed onto 2nd generation Star Wars fans! Just like any action figure produced in the last 10 years, (Y'know, the ones that can't stand up or hold any weapon!) the expectations far exceeded the result. I swear that more design and thought goes into the packaging and marketing of the Lucasverse than any actual play value. It seems that every modern Star Wars product is really just supposed to be displayed in the box. Once you take it out to use it, you see it for the piece of crap that it truly is.
I disagree with some of the reviewers who are complaining about blurriness. It's a tiny circle shining light in a big square room. Unless your kid bunks under a low dome, of course it's going to be blurry in spots. On the bright side, half of the Star Wars galaxy map simply says "Unknown Regions," so you don't even have to look at that side of the room! Whether the other dome actually projects "Earth's sky" is up for debate. It just looks like a bunch of evenly spaced dots to me without any labels or supporting materials. I'd love to find out if there is actually any accuracy in the placement of those 'stars.' Well, I would, but it doesn't really matter since this product is now useless after just 3 nights.
Firstly, the 2 light bulbs and 2 screws that came with it were so tiny that they were almost lost in the packaging. The 4 pieces were wrapped so tight into a tiny taped bundle no more than 3/4" long and 1/4" wide. I had thought they were not included after my son tore open the packaging, but later found them across the room. It just looked like a tiny piece of plastic bag.
The first of those two bulbs burnt out the first night. And I mean burnt. It was totally black inside. Now, in full disclosure, my 8-year-old son may have fallen asleep without turning it off. But thank goodness they had enough decency to include a spare bulb, right? So, I changed the bulb and we used it about 5 minutes on the next night. But that second bulb didn't last more than 30 minutes on the following night. WTF!? Really? Didn't they learn anything from Return of the Jedi? Make the second one stronger or it, too, will quickly be destroyed! I don't even know if replacement bulbs are available. It looks kind of like an LED bulb, but if it was, I don't think that it would have burnt out so quickly, or burnt out at all.
If this wasn't a gift from Grandma, I'd seriously consider taping all of those garbage action figures to it, sticking an M80 inside, pressing 'record' on the camera, and running like hell. I'm sure that the 'durable' plastic joints on each of those guys would disintegrate into a shower of shrapnel not seen since Alderaan took one for the good guys. Well, I'm not going to be taken in by any Star Wars Schwag anymore. If I want my kids to experience stars at bed time, we'll sleep outside. And if they want to have an action figure instead of an inaction figure, we'll get the vintage guys on eBay!
31 of 34 found the following review helpful:
 Not worth the moneyNov 17, 2010
By Strawberry Wireless
I bought this for my two older boys (8 & 6) because they love Star Wars and are interested in stars and planets. Its a cool idea except if you don't have a perfect 12X12 room, its a waste of money. All the walls need to be flat. No windows, closets, ect. The stars and planets are very blury. Almost too hard to read. The batteries run out after an hour or so as well. They didn't play with it again after the first night.
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 More fun than I expectedJan 24, 2011
By Isaac S. Kohane
"zakthehack"
This globe provides a low-quality projection of both the "real" night sky and an imagined Star Wars night sky. Rooms larger than approximately 10 by 10 ft will result in out of focus stars. Nonetheless, I found that my oldest (7 years) boy was quite captivated and invested quite a bit of time exploring all the sky features he could recognize. So, in the spectrum of scientifically-inspiring toys for kids, I would rate this one as reasonably effective.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Great giftDec 25, 2011
By K. Reeves
I bought this as a Christmas gift for my son who is 10. He opened it, as his one gift, on Christmas Eve. I had heard a lot of skepticism from friends who had purchased other brands of planetariums. However, this is awesome. We sat it on his dresser and, even though we have low ceilings, you can see the stars and what not very well, almost perfectly. He was able to point out places in the Star Wars Galaxy as well as stars and constellations from our own galaxy. It was pretty easy to assemble, only difficult to get the screws and lightbulbs out of the packaging. I am sure he will have a great time with this.
12 of 17 found the following review helpful:
Bring the Stars to your child's bedroomOct 05, 2010
By Leatherwulf
This product is wonderful. I would only get this for children 9 years or older as it is a bit fragile. Great item low cost and it encourages a questioning mind. Above all else never taunt Happy Fun Ball!
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